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Amnesia: The Dark Descent

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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Amnesia: The Dark Descent cover
Developers
Frictional Games
macOS (OS X) Edward Rudd
Linux Edward Rudd
Engines
HPL Engine 2
Release dates
Windows September 8, 2010
macOS (OS X) September 8, 2010
Linux September 8, 2010
Amnesia: The Dark Descent guide on StrategyWiki
Amnesia: The Dark Descent 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.
Amnesia
Amnesia: The Dark Descent 2010
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs 2013
Amnesia: Rebirth 2020
Amnesia: The Bunker 2023

Key points

Steam achievements were added in 2016.[1]
Various custom campaigns and mods are available.
Will not run on various Intel and AMD integrated cards.[2]

General information

Official Forums
Official Changelog
Unofficial Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
How to have better texture rendering in Amnesia
AMD+Intel HD Laptop OpenGL Troubleshooting Guide

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
CD key
Windows
Discord
Discord
Included with Incorrect store feature name. See here for available options..
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac App Store
Icon overlay.png
macOS (OS X)
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Can be played without Steam running.[3]
Amnesia Collection also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches are available here.

Skip intro videos

Edit main_settings.cfg[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open main_settings.cfg with a text editor.
  3. Change ShowPreMenu="true" to ShowPreMenu="false"
  4. Save the changes.

Enable quick save

Edit user_settings.cfg[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Go into <user-id> and open user_settings.cfg with a text editor.
  3. Change AllowQuickSave="false" to AllowQuickSave="true"
  4. Save the changes.

Notes

Press F4 to save and F5 to load.

POM and Shadow Distorting

May result in FPS drops and crashes on some systems.
Enable Parallax Occlusion Mapping and Shadow Distorting with eye-vector clamping[citation needed]
  1. Replace the default deferred_gbuffer_solid_frag.glsl with this one in <path-to-game>\core\shaders\
  2. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  3. Edit main_settings.cfg.
  4. Change ParallaxQuality="1" and GBufferType="1"

Game data

Launcher general settings.
Launcher general settings.
In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Amnesia\
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/Frictional Games/Amnesia/
Linux ~/.frictionalgames/Amnesia/
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Amnesia\
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/Frictional Games/Amnesia/
Linux ~/.frictionalgames/Amnesia/

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video settings

Launcher general video settings.
Launcher general video settings.
Launcher advanced video settings.
Launcher advanced video settings.
In-game graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

Edit game.cfg[4]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\config\
  2. Open game.cfg in text editor
  3. Locate line FOV = "70" in section Player_General and change its value to your desired field of view value.

Ultra-widescreen

Edit EXE properties
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\config\
  2. Open main_settings.cfg in text editor
  3. Set Screen Width and Height to your resolution
  4. Save and exit
  5. Right-click Amnesia.exe, select Properties
  6. Check Disable Fullscreen Optimizations
  7. Click Change high DPI settings, check Use this Setting and Override High DPI Scaling.
  8. Apply and launch via Steam.

High frame rate

The game limits frame rate to 60 FPS by default.
Edit main_settings.cfg[5]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open main_settings.cfg with a text editor.
  3. Locate entry Engine LimitFPS="true" and set it to false.

Input settings

In-game input settings.
In-game input settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Restore hardware devices

Employ OpenAL Soft[6][7]
  1. Download OpenAL Soft (PCGamingWiki mirror).
  2. Extract archive, navigate to Win32 folder from this archive.
  3. Locate file soft_oal.dll and copy it to <path-to-game>.
  4. Launch game launcher and navigate to the Sound options tab.
  5. There should be new Unsupported device. Select it and launch the game.

In case there is no Unsupported device:

  1. Launch game with soft_oal.dll file in the same folder as game's exe file.
  2. Quit game.
  3. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  4. Open launcher.log.
  5. Locate section Initializing Sound Module. There are all available sound devices.
  6. Open main_settings.cfg from the same Main folder.
  7. Locate line <Sound Device= and change to corresponding value of sound device from launcher.log.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Polish
Only available in Polish retail release and at local digital distributors. A fan dubbing is being developed by BDIP.
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Fan translation for audio, download.
Turkish
A Turkish fan translation for the game is available here and for Justine DLC here.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
Use 3D Surround Gaming.
vorpX
G3D
Official supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Issues fixed

Frictional Games has put together a troubleshooting guide for Amnesia: The Dark Descent

"Failed to load menu config file" error

Verify the integrity of game cache[citation needed]
  1. Find Amnesia: The Dark Descent in your Steam Library
  2. Right-click the game name
  3. Select Properties
  4. Go to the Local Files tab
  5. Click Verify Integrity of Game Cache
  6. This will download missing files, it may take a while, depending on how many files are missing.
Disable Steam Community in-game[citation needed]
  1. Find Amnesia: The Dark Descent in your Steam Library
  2. Right-click the game name
  3. Select Properties
  4. Uncheck Enable Steam Community In-Game
  5. Go to the Updates tab
  6. Change to Don't Update
  7. Press OK
  8. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Amnesia (on Windows) and delete the folder named Main
  9. Reboot the game, this should fix the problem. The Main folder will be recreated once the game is rebooted

Adjusting in-game gamma does nothing

Disable gamma changing programs such as f.lux[citation needed]

Gamma changes persist after exiting the game

If the in-game gamma setting is increased, it can sometimes alter the desktop's gamma even after the game is closed.
Use f.lux to restore gamma[citation needed]
  1. Download and install f.lux.
  2. Run it and the desktop gamma should return to normal.
Enable Nvidia's own color settings in the Nvidia Control Panel[citation needed]

Walking on the ceiling

Disable insanity[citation needed]
  1. Go to the in-game Options >> Graphics >> Advanced Options.
  2. Disable insanity.
Update graphics drivers[citation needed]

Lamp lights through walls

Use the high performance card[citation needed]
  1. Go to the graphics software.
  2. Tell it to use the high performance card.
Disable switchable graphics[citation needed]
  1. Go to the BIOS.
  2. Disable switchable graphics.

Mouse cursor stuck in corner after Alt+Tab

Update file SDL.dll from version 1.2.14.0 to 1.2.15.0
  • Download the updated DLL file from here and copy and replace in the game's folder.[8]
Disable fullscreen[citation needed]
Bring up the Steam Overlay before using Alt+Tab [9]

Camera/Mouse keeps resetting to screen center on Linux

Disable unclutter[citation needed]
  • The 'unclutter' program may be running in the background. Terminate it through task-manager or the following command in a terminal: kill `pidof unclutter`

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL 2.1 [10]
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Newton Dynamics
Audio OpenAL

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon X1000
Nvidia GeForce 6 series
Integrated graphics and low budget cards might not work
Drivers should be from Nvidia/ATI to ensure proper functionality.
Graphics cards that do not support OpenGL 3.0 will not be able to run the game at all. Laptops that contain integrated graphics cards generally do not support OpenGL 3.0.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5.8
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon X1000
Nvidia GeForce 6 series
Integrated Intel Graphics not supported
Drivers should be from Nvidia/ATI to ensure proper functionality.
Graphics cards that do not support OpenGL 3.0 will not be able to run the game at all. Laptops that contain integrated graphics cards generally do not support OpenGL 3.0.
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Mint 13 LTS, Fedora 16
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon X1000
Nvidia GeForce 6 series
Integrated graphics and low budget cards might not work
Drivers should be from Nvidia/ATI to ensure proper functionality.
Graphics cards that do not support OpenGL 3.0 will not be able to run the game at all. Laptops that contain integrated graphics cards generally do not support OpenGL 3.0.

References