The Town of Light

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website		Via Humble Widget.
Epic Games Store
GamersGate

GOG.com		Extras Free DLC not available on GOG
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\ttol_Data\config.xml^{[Note 2]} HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LKA Srls\The Town of Light\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/433100/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\ttol_Data\extra.ettol^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/433100/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	Range depends on the aspect ratio: 16:9 resolutions: 85° - 105°, 16:10 resolutions: 79° - 99°. Applies only after loading chapter from the main menu.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Used in place of exclusive fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	FXAA, SMAA and SSAA
High-fidelity upscaling	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

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

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Only one volume slider.
Surround sound		7.1^[2]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Greek
Italian
Japanese
Brazilian Portuguese
Spanish
Ukrainian

VR support

Press Ctrl+L to toggle VR mode.

Headsets	State	Notes
SteamVR		This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer (compatibility list).
Oculus VR (LibOVR)
Windows Mixed Reality

Devices
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller		See Input for details.
Keyboard/Mouse

Play area
Seated
Standing
Room-scale

Issues fixed

Game does not start

The game is affected by OpenSSL SHA bug.

Use the `cmd /c "set OPENSSL_ia32cap=:~0x20000000 && %command%"` command line argument^[3]

See Bypass OpenSSL SHA bug on Intel 10th gen and later CPUs.^[4]

Fix OpenSSL SHA bug by patching executable^[4]

Tested on the Steam version. May not apply to the executable from GOG or Epic Games Store.

Open <path-to-game>\ttol.exe in a hex editor (e.g. HxD).
Go to(Ctrl+G) the address 0098BB83 (this and all further numbers are hexadecimal).
Change the value from 48 to 4C.
Go to(Ctrl+G) the address 0098BB8B
Change the value from 48 to 49.
Save the file (Ctrl+S).

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3 or equivalent AMD	Intel Core i5 or equivalent AMD
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 6770 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Radeon HD 7790

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unity engine build: 5.4.5p3^[1]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/433100/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (433100) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-08-30
↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-08-31
Tested with Special K.
↑ Steam Discussions - I can't start the game! - last accessed on 2022-07-28
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-07-28

[2] Unity engine build: 5.4.5p3^[1]

[gamedir-3] 2.0 ^2.1 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).

[Proton_path_note-4] 3.0 ^3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/433100/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (433100) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[4] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[5] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/433100/.

[6] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[7] The app ID (433100) may differ in some cases.

[8] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[9] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[engineversion-1] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-08-30

[5] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-08-31
Tested with Special K.

[6] Steam Discussions - I can't start the game! - last accessed on 2022-07-28

[bymastan-7] 4.0 ^4.1 Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-07-28

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Developers

	LKA
Publishers
Original	LKA
Current	Wired Productions
Engines
	Unity 5^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	February 26, 2016
Reception
Metacritic	64
OpenCritic	63
IGDB	58
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Relaxed
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Europe, Interwar