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House of the Dying Sun

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House of the Dying Sun
House of the Dying Sun cover
Developers
Marauder Interactive
Engines
Unity 5[1]
Release dates
Windows November 1, 2016[2]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
House of the Dying Sun on MobyGames
House of the Dying Sun on Wikipedia

Key points

Originally titled Enemy Starfighter during development.[3]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MarauderInteractiveLLC\HouseOfTheDyingSun\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/283160/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MarauderInteractiveLLC\HouseOfTheDyingSun\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/283160/pfx/[Note 1]
Due to a bug when using an administrator account on Windows 7, data is stored at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AppDataLow\Software\Marauder Interactive, LLC\House of the Dying Sun instead.[4]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game gameplay settings
In-game gameplay settings

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

In-game control bindings
In-game control bindings
In-game controller calibration settings
In-game controller calibration settings
Only dual-analog gamepads and keyboard/mouse are officially supported. For issues with HOTAS controllers see the official troubleshooting thread.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Radio chatter is not subtitled.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

VR support

Headsets State Notes
SteamVR
Oculus VR (LibOVR)
Windows Mixed Reality
This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer, or Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR.
OSVR
Devices
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller
See Input for details.
Keyboard/Mouse
TrackIR
Run as administrator to get it to work with the TrackIR driver.
Play area
Seated
Standing
Room-scale

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9, 11
Shader Model support 3.0, 5.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD
Input SteamVR

Enable developer console

Press ~ (or ö on QWERTZ keyboards) in-game to open the command console. For a list of available commands write cmdlist.
To activate a command permanently, go to <path-to-game>, create a folder called cfg and write it into a file called autoexec.cfg.

To unlock everything in the game, open the console in the main menu and type cask.override sc1@maCh into the command line. Note that this will disable achievements until the campaign is reset.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) 2.4 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 2048 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Other SteamVR for VR support


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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>/283160/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (283160) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Made with Unity - Enemy Starfighter - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  2. 1.0 Now Available - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: House of the Dying Sun - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  3. House of the Dying Sun - 6/7/2016 — House of the Dying Sun - last accessed on 9 June 2023
  4. steamcommunity.com - Where's the Save file located? :: House of the Dying Sun General Discussions - last accessed on 2017-10-15
  5. 5.0 5.1 Steam - House of the Dying Sun - last accessed on 2016-24-06
    "*NOTE: This game supports rebinding controls, but only dual analog gamepads and keyboard & mouse modes are officially supported."