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The Descendant

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The Descendant
The Descendant cover
Developers
Gaming Corps
Engines
Unity 5[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows March 24, 2016
macOS (OS X) March 24, 2016[citation needed]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase

Key points

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS. See High frame rate.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
itch.io
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Complete Season also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Rest of Season Part of the Complete Season
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Gaming Corps\The Descendant
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/351940/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Descendant\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/351940/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

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

High frame rate

Remove 30 FPS cap[2]
  1. Open the Registry Editor.
  2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Gaming Corps\The Descendant.
  3. Double-click the last option UnlockFPS_h1723363984.
  4. Set Value data to 1.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: The Descendant.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9 [4]
Shader Model support 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
[3]
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 12 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia card
AMD card
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 2.7 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 12 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel Iris Pro 6100


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 5.3.5p2[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 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>/351940/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (351940) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-03-19
  2. 30 FPS Cap? :: The Descendant F.A.Q. - last accessed on May 2023
  3. Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-12-28
    Tested using GNU Windows port of Linux file command.
  4. Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-12-28
    Tested on Windows 10 20H2 using a GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q, confirmed via the game's output log. Also, attempting to force D3D11 causes game-breaking rendering issues.