Universe Sandbox Legacy

This page is for the first game, previously called "Universe Sandbox". For the second game, see Universe Sandbox.

Universe Sandbox
Universe Sandbox Legacy	2011
Universe Sandbox	EA

Key points

Originally titled Universe Sandbox but renamed to Universe Sandbox Legacy on November 6, 2018.^[1]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Universe Sandbox\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/72200/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Universe Sandbox\Simulations\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/72200/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

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

General settings

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Fullscreen is always borderless.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		No setting available.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

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

Controller types

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Game has no music or sound of any kind.^[2]
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

3D modes	State	Notes
Native 3D		Colored Glasses, Side by Side, Interleaved, Two Screens
Nvidia 3D Vision

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

↑ ^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>/72200/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (72200) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.