Thomas Was Alone

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Thomas Was Alone
Thomas Was Alone cover.jpg
Developers
Engines
 
Release dates
Windows
November 12, 2012
OS X
November 12, 2012
Linux
May 28, 2013
Thomas Was Alone at Steam Charts
Thomas Was Alone at SteamDB
 Thomas Was Alone at Wikipedia

General information

More information Official website
More information Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys
Developer website DRM-free
Desura DRM-free Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg
Steam Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg

Game data[edit]

Configuration file and save game data location[edit]

  Location 
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mike Bithell\Thomas Was Alone\
OS X
Linux ~/.config/unity3d/Mike Bithell/Thomas Was Alone/
Disadvantage This game does not support the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud Impossible

Video settings[edit]

Launcher video settings.
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution Native WSGF WS Gold.svg
Multi-monitor Impossible WSGF MM Bronze.svg
Field of view (FOV) Unknown
Windowed Native
Borderless fullscreen windowed Unknown
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Unknown
Anti-aliasing (AA) Native Enabled for graphics presets "Beautiful" and higher.
Vertical sync (Vsync) Native Enabled for graphics presets "Good" and higher.
High frame rate Native No frame rate or refresh rate cap.[1]

Input settings[edit]

Launcher key map settings.
Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping Native
Mouse input in menus Impossible Only for the launcher, not in-game.
Mouse Y-axis inversion Impossible
Controller
Controller support Native
Full controller support Native
Controller remapping Native
Controller Y-axis inversion Impossible

Audio settings[edit]

In-game options menu.
Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls Native
Surround sound Impossible
Subtitles Native On by default.
Closed captions Impossible
Mute on focus lost Impossible

Localizations

Language UI Audio CC Notes
English Native Native Native

Issues fixed[edit]

Crashes on Windows 7[edit]

Information Crash with error message "GetThreadContextFailed"

Fix Set compatibility mode to Windows 98 / Windows ME[2]

  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Right-click ThomasWasAlone.exe and choose Properties.
  3. Go to the Compatibility tab.
  4. Check option "Run this program in compatibility mode for:"
  5. Select "Windows 98 / Windows ME" from the drop-down list under the check box

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 500 MHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 400 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7.0
OS X
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5
Processor (CPU) 500 MHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 400 MB

References

  1. New 120Hz Games Report
  2. Game crashes constantly on Win7 - Steam Community Discussions