Difference between revisions of "Platypus"

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Platypus
Platypus	2005
Platypus II	2007

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.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Steam
Official website (unavailable)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\config.dat^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/307340/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/307340/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		4:3
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		High resolutions can be selected within dgVoodoo2, but other than 4:3 will be stretched
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		The game may be forced to go borderless through an external application
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		The game most likely follows the default V-Sync settings
60 FPS
120+ FPS		63 FPS cap.^[1]
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Issues fixed

Black screen on modern Windows, game freezes after doing Alt+Tab

Use dgVoodoo or dxwrapper
The ddraw.dll wrapper from any of these 2 wrapper programs will resolve both issues.

Input

The control selections of the game, along with the On/Off switch for Music

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		The player can choose either a mouse or keyboard to use.
Mouse acceleration		The game is most likely using the default sensitivity settings.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		The game has its own custom cursor.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		The game only allows the Music to be turned on or off
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw

Executable	PPC	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)				This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work* on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.*

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP/Vista/7/8
Processor (CPU)	Pentium or AMD 1.3 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	15 - 20 MB free disk space
Video card (GPU)	32 MB 3D Video Card

Notes

↑ 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (307340) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Nico 0 on 2020-06-10

[gamedir-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).

[Proton_path_note-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (307340) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (307340) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] Verified by User:Nico 0 on 2020-06-10

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

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-{{stub}}
 {{Infobox game
 |cover        = Platypus cover.jpg
@@ Line 11: / Line 10: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|May 9, 2006}}
 |taxonomy     =
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-Time Game Purchase }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | None }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer, Multiplayer}}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time}}
@@ Line 26: / Line 25: @@
 |steam appid side  =
 |gogcom id    =
-|mobygames    =
+|mobygames    = 13586
+|hltb         = 7112
+|igdb         = platypus
+|lutris       = platypus
 |strategywiki =
-|wikipedia    =
+|wikipedia    = Platypus (video game)
 |winehq       = 6426
-|license      =
+|license      = commercial
 }}
@@ Line 38: / Line 40: @@
 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| Official | https://playism.com/product/platypus | DRM-free |  |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | DRM-free  | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Steam | 307340 | Steam |  |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Official | https://playism.com/product/platypus | DRM-free |  |  | Windows | unavailable }}
 }}
@@ Line 45: / Line 48: @@
 ===Configuration file(s) location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/config|Windows|}}
+{{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|game}}\config.dat}}
 {{Game data/config|OS X|}}
 }}
@@ Line 87: / Line 90: @@
 |ultrawidescreen notes      =
 |4k ultra hd                = limited
-|4k ultra hd notes          = High resolutions can be selected within [http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2.html dgVoodoo2], but other than 4:3 will be stretched
+|4k ultra hd notes          = High resolutions can be selected within [http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2/ dgVoodoo2], but other than 4:3 will be stretched
 |fov                        = false
 |fov notes                  =
@@ Line 118: / Line 121: @@
 ==Input==
+{{Image|platypusinput.png|The control selections of the game, along with the On/Off switch for Music}}
 {{Input
 |key remap                 = false
@@ Line 127: / Line 131: @@
 |mouse menu                = true
 |mouse menu notes          = The game has its own custom cursor.
-|invert mouse y-axis       = unknown
+|invert mouse y-axis       = false
 |invert mouse y-axis notes =
 |touchscreen               = unknown
@@ Line 264: / Line 268: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
-|macos intel 32-bit app = unknown
+|mac os x powerpc app   = true
-|macos intel 64-bit app = unknown
+|macos intel 32-bit app = true
-|macos arm app          =
+|macos intel 64-bit app = false
+|macos arm app          = false
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
@@ Line 278: / Line 284: @@
 |OSfamily = Windows
-|minOS    = Windows XP/Vista/7/8
+|minOS    = XP/Vista/7/8
-|minCPU   = Pentium® or AMD® 1.3 GHz
+|minCPU   = Pentium or AMD 1.3 GHz
 |minRAM   = 128 MB
 |minHD    = 15 - 20 MB free disk space

Developers

	Idigicon
Publishers
	KISS ltd
Release dates
Windows	June 2, 2004
macOS (OS X)	May 9, 2006
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Arcade
Vehicles	Flight
Art styles	Pre-rendered graphics, Cartoon
Series	Platypus