Shadowgrounds: Survivor

Shadowgrounds: Survivor

Developers   Frozenbyte OS X Alternative Games Linux Alternative Games

Release dates Windows November 14, 2007 Linux September 18, 2009 OS X April 12, 2011

Shadowgrounds

Shadowgrounds	2006
Shadowgrounds: Survivor	2007

Key points

Game progress is only saved in-between levels. It's due to a technical limitation in the game engine.

General information

Official Forum

General series tech support (Windows)

General series tech support (OS X & Linux)

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys
Developer website		Windows, OS X, and Linux. Uses the Humble Store.
Steam		Windows and OS X.
Desura		Windows and Linux
GOG.com		Windows and OS X.
GamersGate		Windows only
Amazon.com		Windows only
Humble Store

Game data

In-game options menu.

External audio settings.

Configuration file location

	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\config\
OS X
Linux	~/.frozenbyte/survivor/

Save game data location

	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Profiles\
OS X
Linux	~/.frozenbyte/survivor/

This game does not support the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
GameSave Manager

Video settings

External general settings.

External advanced graphics settings.

External physics settings.

Graphics option	Option	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
High frame rate

Widescreen resolution

Open options.txt in the configuration file location using Notepad, scroll down to:

screen_height =
screen_width =

Insert the resolution you wish to use (ex. For 1680x1050, screen_width=1680 screen_height=1050).

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller Y-axis inversion

Audio settings

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
French
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local co-op		4	Shared-screen. Other players must use controllers.
LAN co-op
Online co-op

Issues unresolved

Game Crashes after loading a level

Most commonly happens on the levels Backups Missing, Inferno, Dead Colony and Keep Your Claws Off.

Devs are unable to determine what causes the problem.

Download a save file Check your save file by going to \profiles\<user-id>\save\, it should be named save_xx.dhs with xx being a number. Download a save file here that is above your current number (i.e. if your current save file is save_8.dhs you would need to download save_9.dhs). Place the save file you just downloaded in the same folder you found the original save file in.

Use a script file Download this script file and extract it to the installation folder.

Issues fixed

Water-rendering bug in Chapter 5: Sewers

According to a Frozenbyte developer, it is not likely they will patch this bug.

Use console command Press F8 to bring down the console and enter /render_distortion 0

Tip: Disable anti-aliasing in the setup dialog and the reflection should be fixed.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 ATI Radeon 9200 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	512 MB of VRAM

OS X
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.5
Processor (CPU)	Intel Mac
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.08 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.0 compatible

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 10.10
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.08 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6800 AMD Radeon HD 2800 OpenGL 2.0 compatible Shader model 3.0 support

OS X 10.9 or newer is not supported

Intel integrated graphic chipsets are not supported