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Nuclear Throne

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Nuclear Throne
Nuclear Throne cover
Developers
Vlambeer
Engines
GameMaker
Release dates
Windows December 5, 2015[1]
macOS (OS X) December 5, 2015[1]
Linux December 5, 2015[1]
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Nuclear Throne guide on StrategyWiki
Nuclear Throne on Wikipedia

Key points

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.[2] See the Steam Community Guide for 60 FPS.

General information

Official Website
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Nuclear Throne Wiki

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
itch.io
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Twitch Twitch Desktop App
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\nuclearthrone\
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/com.vlambeer.nuclearthrone/
Linux ~/.config/nuclearthrone/
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\nuclearthrone\
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/com.vlambeer.nuclearthrone/
Linux ~/.config/nuclearthrone/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Sync is not cross-platform.[3]

Video settings

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

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Widescreen resolution

Game has resolution hard-coded to 320x240
Hex edit to change resolution[citation needed]
  1. Open <path-to-game>\data.win in a hex editor such as HxD
  2. Replace all values of 40 01 00 00 F0 00 with hex values for desired resolution. Common hex values are:
    • E0 01 00 00 0E 01 480x270 for 1920x1080 or 3840x2160 displays.
    • 00 02 00 00 20 01 512x288 for 2560x1440 or 5120x2880 displays.
    • 80 02 00 00 0E 01 640x270 for 2560x1080 displays.
    • B0 02 00 00 20 01 688x288 for 3440x1440 displays.

Notes

Menu graphics will have black bars where they should not.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Use SRWE[citation needed]
  1. Run the game in a window
  2. Download and run SRWE
  3. Attach the game process
  4. Enable "Taskbar mode"
  5. Enable "Fake fullscreen"
  6. Enable "Remove borders"

Input settings

Input settings.
Input settings.

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

General settings.
General settings.
Stream key is API to get information of the game to use in streams. More info.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
Co-op for four players planned.[4] Second player requires controller.
LAN play
Online play
Use Nuclear Throne Together -mod. Requires Steam version of the game.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 1.2 GHz 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB 500 MB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM 1 GB of VRAM

References