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Perpetuum

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Perpetuum
Perpetuum cover
Developers
Avatar Creations
Release dates
Windows November 25, 2010
Taxonomy
Monetization Freeware
Microtransactions None
Modes Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control, Point and select
Genres MMORPG, Simulation
Vehicles Robot
Art styles Realistic
Themes Sci-fi
Perpetuum on Wikipedia

Perpetuum is a multiplayer third-person MMORPG and simulation game.

The game ceased development on January 25, 2018, but was patched with the ability to connect to private, community-made servers.[1]

The game is freeware as of August 2, 2021.[2]

General information

Official homepage
Official game forums
Official Wiki
Steam Community Discussions
Open Perpetuum Project (developer-promoted community server)

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
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Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/223410/pfx/[Note 2]
Configuration files encrypted with game data.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.
General settings.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound, Movement Sounds, and UI Sounds
Surround sound
Subtitles
All dialogue is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Cannot be changed.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
English
Dutch
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Polish
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 17700, 18800:18810
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues unresolved

Game client crashes

Network-related

The developers have been continually attempting to mitigate the effects of network-related issues beyond their control since 2011.[5]
Delete Perpetuum.gbf from installation folder[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Find Perpetuum.gbf and delete it.
  3. Restart the game and allow the game to re-update or, if you're using Steam, verify the game's cache to force the file to be re-downloaded.
Ensure network ports are allowed through your router/firewall[citation needed]

Notes

You can find the game's port settings here.

"Low memory" crash

Reduce graphical settings[6]
  1. Go to the "Options" menu of the Options window.
  2. Disable shadows.
  3. Uncheck Render decorational plants.
  4. Set Draw distance to its middle or lowest setting.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Shader Model support 3.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio DirectSound3D

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz Intel or AMD
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 3.0 support


Notes

  1. When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/223410/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (223410) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Perpetuum Developer Blog - 2018 STATUS REPORT - last accessed on 2021-10-23
  2. Steam Community Announcement - Perpetuum is now free! - last accessed on 2021-10-23
  3. Perpetuum Development Blog - PERPETUUM IS DEAD, LONG LIVE PERPETUUM - last accessed on 2021-10-23
    "So while the official server is still going to stay online for an undetermined time, in the last few months we’ve been working on a standalone server solution, in order to ensure the game’s future."
  4. Perpetuum Development Blog - PERPETUUM IS DEAD, LONG LIVE PERPETUUM - last accessed on 2021-10-23
    "The introduction of the standalone server will of course require support in the game client as well, while still retaining simple access to the official server. It’s not a big change though: a new server selection screen will precede the current login screen. This includes a new server browser window where all the publicly available player-run servers are listed along with the official server, and you can select any number of them to be included in the server dropdown menu on the main screen. From there it’s as easy as clicking the connect button and after that it’s business as usual, just enter your credentials and play."
  5. Client Crash & Lag - last accessed on May 2023
  6. Client Crash & Lag, post #2 - last accessed on 9 June 2023