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Revision as of 20:38, 15 January 2023
Developers | |
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Frozenbyte | |
macOS (OS X) | Alternative Games |
Linux | Alternative Games |
Publishers | |
Meridian4 | |
Linux | Linux Game Publishing |
Engines | |
Storm3D | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 11, 2005 |
Linux | September 16, 2009 |
macOS (OS X) | April 12, 2011 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Series | Shadowgrounds |
Shadowgrounds | |
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Shadowgrounds | 2005 |
Shadowgrounds: Survivor | 2007 |
Key points
- Game progress is only saved in-between levels. It's due to a technical limitation in the game engine.[1]
- Mouse sensitivity can't be modified.[2]
General information
- Shadowgrounds FAQ and troubleshooting
- Frozenbyte Community forums for Shadowgrounds series
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc v4 DRM[Note 1]. Russian copies use StarForce 4 DRM[Note 2]. |
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Developer website | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Patches
The Shadowgrounds website provides the latest patch, version 1.05.
Skip intro videos
Delete or rename files[7] |
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Delete or rename |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Config\options.txt[Note 3] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | ~/.frozenbyte/shadowgrounds/ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2500/pfx/[Note 4] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Profiles\<user-id>[Note 3] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | ~/.frozenbyte/shadowgrounds/ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2500/pfx/[Note 4] |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Borderless fullscreen windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Widescreen resolution
Set custom resolution[citation needed] |
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Field of view (FOV)
Custom FOV[9] |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed
Set borderless fullscreen[10] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Limited XInputs support. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | Rx-axis, ry-axis and z-axis can only be remaps on Joystick Axis. | |
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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 | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | Retail only - CD Expert. | |||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 4 | Co-op Shared-screen. Other players must use controllers. |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Shadowgrounds. |
Issues fixed
Water textures are missing or corrupted
Disable anti-aliasing[11] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Mods
Shadowgrounds: Beast
A simple mod featuring a couple of tweaks and partially remastered GUI.
- Add some weapons overhauls and a re-organised upgrades menu.
Alien Breed III
A mod that add new textures, a new GUI and slightly modified models in the style of Alien Breed.
- Come in two version:
- Standard - The basic mod version.
- Special - Add Alien/Alien Breed style textures for alien environments.
- Only work on the German version of Shadowgrounds.
Additional GUI skins for the mod can be found here.
Camera view mods
- Third Person Camera - Moves the camera to a third person perspective.
- Better Top-Down Camera - Drastically increases the vertical angles allowed with the default camera.
- Both of these mods also increases default corpse despawn timers, and halves flashlight consumption rate.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.5 GHz | 2 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 384 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce4 Ti 4200 ATI Radeon 9000 | Nvidia GeForce FX 5900 Ultra ATI Radeon 9500 Pro |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.5 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Mac | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
- The game cannot be run on GeForce4 MX cards or Intel graphics solutions
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[3] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[4]
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[5][6] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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). - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2500) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ How the hell do I save my game? :: Shadowgrounds: Survivor General Discussions
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/2500/discussions/0/540736781034028358/#c540736781084072386
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Verified by User:Mars icecream on 2018-2
- ↑ https://www.wsgf.org/dr/shadowgrounds
- ↑ Helix Mod: Shadowgrounds
- ↑ Windowed Mode :: Shadowgrounds General Discussions
- ↑ Water texture corruption for Geforce users :: Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 2021-05-05