World of Goo

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World of Goo

Developers   2D Boy

Release dates Windows October 13, 2008 OS X November 2, 2008 Linux February 12, 2009

General information

Official website

Unofficial community

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys
Developer website
Desura
GamersGate
Steam

The soundtrack can be downloaded here.

Game data

Configuration file and save game data location

	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\properties\ %LOCALAPPDATA%\2DBoy\WorldOfGoo
OS X	~/Library/Application Support/WorldOfGoo/
Linux	~/.WorldOfGoo/

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

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
High frame rate		Frame rate is capped at 100 FPS.

Widescreen resolution

The game attempts to detect the correct resolution on start-up. Sometimes it may be necessary to set it by hand.

Set by hand in the configuration file Open the file config.txt in the configuration file(s) location. Change the following lines to specify the desired resolution: <param name="screen_width" value="0" /> <param name="screen_height" value="0" />

Windowed

Set by hand in the configuration file. Open the file config.txt in the configuration file(s) location. Change the following line to false: <param name="fullscreen" value="true" />

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping		Entirely mouse driven.
Mouse acceleration		Must be edited in config
Mouse input in menus
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings

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

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play		Linux only. Enable in the config (manymouse). Requires multiple mice.
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Multiple monitors issue

The game spans across multiple monitors on Linux When running the game (on Steam) while using more than one monitor the screen of the game spans across both monitors. Open the config file, located at <path-to-game>/properties/config.txt. Open the file with a text editor and search for the line < !-- Graphics display -->. Insert the width and height of your primary monitor at <param name="screen_width" value="1920" /> and <param name="screen_height" value="1080" />.

Multi-monitor crash on Windows When running the game (on Steam) while using more than one monitor the screen of the game flashes multiple times before crashing or closing the game using the task manager. Since the in-game options doesn't give a possibility to run the game windowed the only way to run it so is to force it through the 'Properties' menu. For exmaple disabling desktop themes and desktop compositsion.

Blue Screen of Death World of Goo is known to cause on occasion a BSoD Happens for some people on start up, usually when the game has finished loading or when the 2D Boy logo appears. In most cases, this is due to an incompatibility with some newer NVIDIA drivers. Fortunately, there are two known ways this can be fixed. If you've bought World of Goo outside of Steam, try installing it through the official site or Humble Bundle (or wherever you bought it from) without using Steam. This will however mean you will not be able to use Steam achievements or some other Steam functions. If the first solution did not work, or you want to continue using World of Goo through Steam, try installing an older NVIDIA driver here, or here to roll back to a previous driver.

Other issues

Steam version not starting at all The Steam Version can cause issues on 64bit PC´s. To fix this problem the newest WoG patch has to be installed which is not that easy. It´s recommended to apply the patch to a completly different folder and then copying over the newly created files into the Steam installation folder. The patcher is avaliable here.

Notable mods

GooTool

GooTool is a utility to extend your World of Goo experience, enabling you to install new levels and mods to provide further gameplay, and to view and share your World of Goo accomplishments.

Features:

• Profiles - View your profiles, view your tower image and stats, backup and restore your profile, move it between machines, and upload to your tower on this website.
• Addins - Install and uninstall mods and new levels within the game.
• Options - Configure certain aspects of the game that you can't easily do otherwise - for example changing resolution or removing the loading screen video.
• Translation - An advanced mode for those interested in translating the game into their own language.

Download link

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	70 MB
Video card (GPU)	Anything released after 2003

OS X
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.5.8 or 10.6.3
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	70 MB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2.4
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	70 MB
Video card (GPU)	Anything released after 2003