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Planet Explorers

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Planet Explorers
Planet Explorers cover
Developers
Pathea Games
Engines
Unity 5[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows November 8, 2016[3]
macOS (OS X) November 8, 2016[3]
Linux November 8, 2016[3]
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Planet Explorers on Wikipedia
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General information

Official forum
Official wiki
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
DRM details are not known
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Online features require a Planet Explorers account (optional for single player).[4]

Free version

Alpha version 0.72 can be downloaded for free here. Later versions require a purchase.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\OptionConfig.xml[Note 2]
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/PlanetExplorers/Config/
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Pathea Games/Planet Explorers
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\PlanetExplorers\SaveData\
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/PlanetExplorers/SaveData/

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video settings

Launcher options.
Launcher options.
Graphics options.
Graphics options.
Miscellaneous options.
Miscellaneous options.

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Camera options.
Camera options.
Hotkey configuration.
Hotkey configuration.

Input settings

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Audio settings

Sound options.
Sound options.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese

Network

Online features require a Planet Explorers account (optional for single player).[4]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Dedicated server software is included in the installation folder.
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
OpenGL 2
Shader Model support 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3 Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM) 6 GB 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB 8 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
Intel HD 5700
DirectX 10.1 compatible 		Nvidia GeForce GTX 670
Intel HD 7000
DirectX 11 compatible
Can be run with a 32-bit OS, but is not recommended.
Requires a GPU or CPU compatible with OpenCL.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3 Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM) 6 GB 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB 8 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
Intel HD 5700 		Nvidia GeForce GTX 670
Intel HD 7000
Can be run with a 32-bit OS, but is not recommended.
Requires a GPU or CPU compatible with OpenCL.
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Kernel 3.2
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3 Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM) 6 GB 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB 8 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
Intel HD 5700 		Nvidia GeForce GTX 670
Intel HD 7000
Can be run with a 32-bit OS, but is not recommended.
Requires a GPU or CPU compatible with OpenCL.

Notes

  1. ↑ Unity engine build: 5.2.4f1[1][2]
  2. ↑ 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