Shape of the World
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| Hollow Tree Games | |
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| Unreal Engine 4[Note 1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | June 5, 2018 |
| Reception | |
| OpenCritic | 69 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Relaxed |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Exploration |
| Art styles | Stylized |
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Shape of the World is a singleplayer first-person exploration game.
General information
Availability
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Monetization
| Type | Notes |
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| One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
| Type | Notes |
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| No microtransactions | None |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\ShapeOfTheWorld\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/642610/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\ShapeOfTheWorld\Saved\SaveGames\*.sav |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/642610/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Steam Cloud |
Video
General settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | Vert-, increase FOV to compensate.[2] | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Vert-, increase FOV to compensate.[3] | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | 60° to 140° horizontal FOV. | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Low, Medium, High, Epic | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Capped at 62 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives. | ||
| Ray tracing (RT) | |||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
Input
Control mappings
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | X axis can also be inverted. | |
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion | X axis can also be inverted. |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Master, Music, Sound Effects | |
| Surround sound | 2.0 Stereo[4] | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Portuguese | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Issues fixed
Game crashes shortly after start
- The game is affected by OpenSSL SHA bug.
| See Bypass OpenSSL SHA bug on Intel 10th gen and later CPUs.[5][1] |
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| Fix OpenSSL SHA bug by patching executable[1] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | FMOD |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 7 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 3.0 GHz Dual Core | 2.4 GHz Quad Core |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 AMD Radeon R7 260X DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 AMD Radeon R9 290X |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.17.2.0[1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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>/642610/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (642610) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-04-27
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-04-27
- Tested at 2560x800 custom resolution.
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-04-27
- Tested at 2560x1080 custom resolution.
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-04-27
- Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter.
- ↑ Crashing :: Shape of the World General Discussions - last accessed on 2023-04-22