Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord

Developers
	Black Forest Games
Engines
	Vision
Release dates
Windows	September 26, 2013

Giana Sisters
The Great Giana Sisters	1987
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams	2012
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord	2013
Giana Sisters: Dream Runners	2015
Giana Sisters 2D	2015

Key points

From a technical standpoint, the game is almost identical to Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams, which means most of the fixes and features are identical.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming		Also sold together with the original game.
Humble Store		Also sold together with the original game.
Steam

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use replacement BFG Logo 1080p.wmv
Apply the Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams intro skip.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Giana Sisters - Rise of the Owlverlord\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/246960/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Giana Sisters - Rise of the Owlverlord\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/246960/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video settings

Launcher video settings.

Input settings

Launcher control settings.

In-game control settings.

Audio settings

Launcher audio settings.

In-game audio settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams and Rise of the Owlverlord (DX9).

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.

Set screen refresh rate

Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Manual local installation may work better. Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created. Open <path-to-game>\dxgi.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\GSGameExe.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used. DirectX 9 version uses <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or \GSGameExe_DX9.exe\SpecialK.ini. Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate].

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9, 11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.8 GHz AMD Athlon II X2 @ 2.8 GHz	Intel Core i5 @ 2.66 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 @ 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6800 ATI Radeon X1800 XT DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support	Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 ATI Radeon HD 4800 DirectX 10 compatible