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|oculus rift notes          = Use the [http://vire.io/game/dear-esther/ Vireio Perception driver].
 
|oculus rift notes          = Use the [http://vire.io/game/dear-esther/ Vireio Perception driver].
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{{Fixbox/fix|Instructions|ref=<ref>[https://bugzilla.icculus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6455 Bug 6455 – Localization problem prevents the launch (Native Source Engine port)]</ref><ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/5fcwcv/localization_problems_cause_launch_failures_on/ Localization problems cause launch failures on many Linux games : linux_gaming]</ref>}}
 
{{Fixbox/fix|Instructions|ref=<ref>[https://bugzilla.icculus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6455 Bug 6455 – Localization problem prevents the launch (Native Source Engine port)]</ref><ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/5fcwcv/localization_problems_cause_launch_failures_on/ Localization problems cause launch failures on many Linux games : linux_gaming]</ref>}}
 
Run the game with the following command: <code>LC_ALL=C ./Dear_Esther</code>
 
Run the game with the following command: <code>LC_ALL=C ./Dear_Esther</code>
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==Other information==
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|minRAM  = 2 GB
 
|minRAM  = 2 GB
 
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|minHD    = 2 GB

Revision as of 09:25, 16 January 2017

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Dear Esther
Cover image missing, please upload it
Developers
The Chinese Room
Publishers
The Chinese Room
Engines
Source
Release dates
Windows February 14, 2012
macOS (OS X) May 15, 2012
Linux June 10, 2013
Dear Esther on Wikipedia

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

General information

Official Dear Esther Website
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums

Availability

The original mod release can be downloaded from here.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Increase movement speed

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/203810/pfx/[Note 1]
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/203810/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Syncs save games.

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.
Video settings.
Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Bulgarian
Simplified Chinese
Czech
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Korean
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Serbian
Spanish
Turkish
Ukrainian

VR support

Issues fixed

Purple and black broken textures

A generic fix for this issue can be found on our Source engine page.

Linux version fails to launch on unsupported localizations

Instructions

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel core 2 duo 2.4 GHz or higher
System memory (RAM) 1 GB (XP)
2 GB (Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 9 compliant video card with Shader model 3.0 support. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better (Pre-Sandybridge Intel graphics chipsets not supported)
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Duo (2 GHz or better)
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon 2400 or higher / NVIDIA 8600M or higher / Intel HD Graphics 3000

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References