Rive

Rive

Developers
	Two Tribes
Linux	Edward Rudd
macOS (OS X)	Edward Rudd
Release dates
Windows	September 13, 2016
macOS (OS X)	September 13, 2016
Linux	September 13, 2016
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Humble Store
Mac App Store
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Two Tribes\RIVE\
macOS (OS X)
Linux

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Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Two Tribes\RIVE\
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/278100/remote/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen			See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See the WSGF entry.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 61 FPS and is tied to the game speed.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Run in borderless fullscreen windowed
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open applicationOptions.json. Change the windowedSize values to the desktop resolution. Start the game in windowed mode and use Borderless Gaming.

Post-processing

Disabling post-processing turns off chromatic aberration among other effects.

Disable post-processing
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open applicationOptions.json. Change "postProcessing" : true to "postProcessing" : false.

Input

Controller settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Can choose from four presets.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, effects, voice.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		See Mute on focus lost.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

Mute on focus lost

Set mute in background
Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Start the game and press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+← Backspace to toggle Special K's Control Panel. Expand Window Management and Input/Output Behavior. Enable Mute Game under Background Behavior.

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.

Set screen refresh rate
Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created. Open <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\rive.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used. Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate].

Mouse cursor not locked to window

Lock mouse cursor
See Mouse locking for instructions.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 or comparable
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD 3000 (integrated) GPU Nvidia GeForce 8000 series (discrete) DirectX 9.0c compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 or comparable
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD 3000 (integrated) GPU Nvidia GeForce 8000 series (discrete)

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Linux
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 or comparable
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD 3000 (integrated) GPU Nvidia GeForce 8000 series (discrete)