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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|September 22, 2003|ref=<ref>[http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/wiki/5_Days_a_Stranger Adventure Game Studio | Wiki | 5 Days a Stranger]</ref>}}
 
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Chzo Mythos }}
 
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|license      = Freeware
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{{series|Chzo Mythos}}
 
  
 
'''Key points'''
 
'''Key points'''
 
{{++}} Free.
 
{{++}} Free.
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'''General information'''
 
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{{mm}} [http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/5days/ Official site]
 
  
 
==Availability==
 
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{{Availability/row| Developer | http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/5days/ | DRM-Free | | | Windows}}
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{{Availability/row| Developer | http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/5days/ | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
 
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{{Game data/row|Windows|{{p|game}}\agssave.{{code|XXX}}}}
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{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\agssave.{{code|XXX}}}}
 
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{{Image|5 Days A Stranger - General.png|General settings from {{code|winsetup.exe}}.}}
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|60 fps notes              = Frame rate is capped ~40 FPS.<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Marioysikax|date=1 December 2015|comment=Tested with 120 FPS recording.}}</ref>
 
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|color blind notes          =  
 
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|invert mouse y-axis      = n/a
 
|invert mouse y-axis      = n/a
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
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{{L10n|content=
 
{{L10n|content=
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{{ii}} Only English is contained in the main game. Rest of the languages are in seperate download as they require different font file.
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{{ii}} Only English is contained in the main game. Rest of the languages are in separate download as they require different font file.
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
  |language  = English
 
  |language  = English
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  |language  = Finnish
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  |notes    = Because of font, {{code|ä}} and {{code|ö}} letters are replaced with Russian letters.
 
  |notes    = Because of font, {{code|ä}} and {{code|ö}} letters are replaced with Russian letters.
 
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  |notes    =  
 
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  |subtitles = true
 
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  |notes    =  
 
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{{L10n/switch
 
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  |subtitles = yes
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  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
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}}
 
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{{L10n/switch
 
  |language  = Turkish
 
  |language  = Turkish
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  |audio    = false
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  |subtitles = true
 
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  |notes    =  
 
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|mantle support        =  
 
|mantle support notes  =  
 
|mantle support notes  =  
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|vulkan support        =  
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|vulkan support notes   =  
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|minCPU  = 600 MHz
 
|minCPU  = 600 MHz
 
|minRAM  = 128 MB
 
|minRAM  = 128 MB
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Latest revision as of 05:31, 31 December 2022

5 Days a Stranger
5 Days a Stranger cover
Developers
Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw
Engines
Adventure Game Studio[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows September 22, 2003[2]
Taxonomy
Monetization Freeware
Series Chzo Mythos
Icon overlay.png
5 Days a Stranger on MobyGames
5 Days a Stranger on Wikipedia
Chzo Mythos
5 Days a Stranger 2003
7 Days a Skeptic 2004
Trilby's Notes 2006
6 Days a Sacrifice 2007

Key points

Free.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
DRM-free
Windows

Game data

Configuration file location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\acsetup.cfg[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\agssave.XXX[Note 2]

Video

General settings from winsetup.exe.
General settings from winsetup.exe.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
320x200 only, optional upscale to 640x400.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped ~40 FPS.[3]

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
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
All speech is text.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Only English is contained in the main game. Rest of the languages are in separate download as they require different font file.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Finnish
Because of font, ä and ö letters are replaced with Russian letters.
German
Hungarian
Italian
Russian
Turkish

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Win32 MIDI Mapper

System requirements

Windows[4]
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) 600 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) 320x200 in 16-bit Color
Sound (audio device) Windows Compatible
Other Keyboard, mouse, speakers


Notes

  1. ↑ Adventure Game Studio engine build: 2.55.560[1]
  2. ↑ 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).

References

  1. ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-06-26
  2. ↑ Adventure Game Studio | Wiki | 5 Days a Stranger
  3. ↑ Verified by User:Marioysikax on 1 December 2015
    Tested with 120 FPS recording.
  4. ↑ 5 Days a Stranger - Adventure Lantern - System requirements