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The Cave
The cave cover.png
Developer(s) Double Fine Productions
Linux, OS X Edward Rudd
Publisher(s) Sega
Engine Buddha
First release date Windows, OS X January 23, 2013
Linux February 20, 2013

Key points

Disadvantage Currently capped at 30 FPS.

General information

More information Double Fine Action Forums - The Cave
More information Steam Community Discussions

Contents

[edit] Availability

Source(s) Store unlock Notes
Steam Steamicon.png
Amazon Steamicon.png

[edit] Game data

[edit] Save game files

  Location 
Windows %APPDATA%\Doublefine\TheCave\[usernumber]\auto.sav
Mac ~/Library/Application Support/Doublefine/TheCave/[usernumber]/auto.sav
Linux ~/.local/share/Doublefine/TheCave/[usernumber]/auto.sav
Advantage This game supports XDG on Linux.

[edit] Display configuration

  Location 
Windows %APPDATA%\Doublefine\TheCave\screen.dat
Mac ~/Library/Application Support/Doublefine/TheCave/screen.dat
Linux ~/.local/share/Doublefine/TheCave/[usernumber]/screen.dat

[edit] Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes 
Steam Cloud Native Syncs save games and settings. 
GameSave Manager Native

[edit] Video settings

Display settings.
Video settings.
WSGF multi-monitor screenshot.
Graphics option Native WSGF Notes 
Widescreen resolution Native WSGF WS Gold.png  
Multi-monitor Native WSGF MM Limited.png  
Windowed Native  
Borderless fullscreen windowed Hackable Working using Borderless Windowed.[1] 
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Unknown  
Anti-aliasing (AA) Native FXAA by default, SSAA in the future.[2] 
Vertical sync (Vsync) Native

[edit] 30 FPS cap

Rendered is capped at 30 Hz. Developers have announced this will be removed in a future update.[3]

Fraps displaying 30 FPS cap.

[edit] Input settings

Input Settings Native Notes 
Remapping Native    
Mouse acceleration Unknown    
Controller support Native  See Multiplayer controls 

[edit] Multiplayer controls

Information 3 players are supported via controller, but only 1 player can be using the keyboard and mouse controls at any one time[4]

[edit] Issues resolved

[edit] Poor performance

Fix Ensure discrete GPU is being used[5] • Link

Fix Do not run from slow external hard drive[6] • Link

[edit] Black screen

Information Can be caused by connecting via HDMI to a TV or projector that does not support the display mode. Note that the below fix does not work for all users.

Fix Edit screen.dat[7] • Link

  1. Go to the display configuration file.
  2. Create an empty text file called screen.dat if it does not exist.
  3. Open screen.dat in the text editor of you choice.
  4. The format of the file should look like the following, but change the details to meet the capabilities of your display: 
fullscreen = true
width = 1920
height = 1080
refreshrate = 60
vsync = false


If this doesn't work, you can try to edit the screen.dat file with vsync ACTIVATED, that is, replace the last line with 

vsync = true
This may be useful, apparently, mostly to laptop users and/or people whose PCs (especially the GPU) are slightly outdated. It solved the problem on a 15.6' HP Pavilion DV6000 laptop with a Geforce Go 7400 (256MB, DX9.0c) and 1280x800 resolution.

[edit] Strange visual artifacts on rocks

Information Caused by MSAA being forced externally.

Fix Set 'use application defaults'[8] • Link

Set MSAA settings to 'use application defaults'.

[edit] Brake pedals do not rest in neutral position

Fix Unplug controller[9] • Link

[edit] White flickering

Disadvantage Caused by Depth of Field effect, particularly on Intel cards on Mac OS X.

Fix Disable Depth of Field[10] • Link

[edit] System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3 7
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz dual core Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.2 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 at 2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB 1 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB GeForce 8800, Radeon 3850, or Intel HD 2000 Graphics 512 MB GeForce 220, Radeon 4550, Intel HD 3000 Graphics
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 GB 1.5 GB
Mac
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Snow Leopard 10.6.8, or later Snow Leopard 10.6.8, or later
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Duo Intel Core i Series
System memory (RAM) 2 GB 4 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI HD 2600 / NVIDIA 8800GT / Intel HD3000 or better card with at least 256 MB VRAM ATI HD 4670 / Nvidia 285 or better with at least 512 MB VRAM
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB 4 GB
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz dual core 1.8 GHz dual core
System memory (RAM) 1 GB 1 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB GeForce 8800, Radeon 3850, or Intel HD 2000 Graphics 256 MB GeForce 8800, Radeon 3850, or Intel HD 2000 Graphics
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 GB 1.5 GB

References

  1. ↑ Tested by Andytizer 25 January 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=46827299&postcount=390
  3. ↑ http://steamcommunity.com/app/221810/discussions/0/846943418830963479/#c846943418831385335
  4. ↑ http://www.doublefine.com/forums/viewthread/8385/#258081
  5. ↑ http://www.doublefine.com/forums/viewthread/8420/
  6. ↑ http://www.doublefine.com/forums/viewthread/8420/
  7. ↑ http://www.doublefine.com/forums/viewthread/8420/
  8. ↑ http://www.doublefine.com/forums/viewthread/8420/
  9. ↑ http://www.doublefine.com/forums/viewthread/8442/
  10. ↑ http://www.doublefine.com/forums/viewthread/8420/
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