Transistor

Transistor

Developers
	Supergiant Games
OS X	Ethan Lee
Linux	Ethan Lee
Engines
	MonoGame
Release dates
Windows	May 20, 2014
OS X	October 30, 2014
Linux	October 30, 2014

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Technical Support FAQ

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com
Mac App Store
Steam		Does not require the Steam client to run.

Game data

Configuration file and save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Saved Games\Transistor\
OS X	~/Library/Application Support/Transistor/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/Transistor/
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/237930/

This game supports the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings.

Resolution options.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			16:9 (other aspect ratios are letterboxed).
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD			Game uses sprites done for 1920x1080 resolution. However it's possible to force higher resolution with -x XXXX -y XXXX parameter.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Launch with /noborder.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Launch with /nofixedstep. Some glitches such as getting stuck to wall with Jaunt() skill.

Input settings

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping		Mouse 4 is used to undo, but can't be rebound or disabled.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput and DirectInput. Hotpluggable. Under Windows all XInput devices have to be unplugged to use DualShock 4.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Other
Touchscreen optimised		Windows 8 and later only.

DualShock 4 light bar support

Transistor for Linux supports the DualShock 4 light bar. The light bar will sync with the transistor's speech. To access this feature, refer to the FNA user documentation.

Audio settings

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, SFX and voice.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Localization settings.

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
Brazilian Portuguese
French
German
Italian
Japanese				Launch with /lang=ja.
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

The Transistor Technical Support FAQ includes fixes for a few issues with the game.

Many crashes can be fixed by updating your display drivers, make sure to do so if other solutions don't work.

On Linux issue with FMOD Studio may also lead to crashes on startup if it selects wrong audio interface. See OS X/Linux audio missing

Game won't start or crashes on launch

Verify your game cache[citation needed] Find the game in your library, right-click it, go to Properties > Local Files. Click on Verify Integrity of Game Cache... After it finishes, click OK and launch the game. Game files may have been corrupted when downloading or through other means, causing the game to crash. If this is the case, this should fix the issue.

Other crash/stability issues

Disable the Steam Overlay In some cases, this may be caused by the Steam Overlay. Disabling it may fix the issues. Find the effected game in your Steam Library Right-click the game name Select Properties Uncheck the "Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game" box in the "General" tab Press OK Launch the game

AllowPackageSwap This can, in some cases, fix issues for users experiencing crashes in Performance Tests. Find Transistor in your Steam Library Right-click the game's title Select Properties Select Set Launch Options... Input /AllowPackageSwap=false Press OK Launch the game

Garbled text

OnlyFancyText Find Transistor in your Steam Library Right-click the game's title Select Properties Select Set Launch Options... Input /OnlyFancyText=true Press OK Launch the game

OS X/Linux audio missing

The FMOD Studio runtime may not pick the right audio device for sound playback.

Change used audio device[citation needed] Navigate to the configuration file and save game data location. Open FMODDriver.txt and enter the index of the sound card you wish to use. This is generally a single digit - the list of sound cards and their respective index is printed to the terminal at the start of the application.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	3.0
64-bit executable

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD
Input	SDL2
Cutscenes	Bink

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7
Processor (CPU)	Dual core, 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD 3000 AMD HD 5450 Nvidia 9400 GT 1 GB of VRAM

Windows XP and Vista are not officially supported but the developer has updated the game to work better with these versions.

OS X
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.7
Processor (CPU)	Dual core, 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	1 GB of VRAM OpenGL 3.0 compatible (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	glibc 2.15+
Processor (CPU)	Dual core, 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	1 GB of VRAM OpenGL 3.0 compatible (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)