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Psychonauts

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Psychonauts
Psychonauts cover
Developers
Double Fine Productions
Publishers
Double Fine Productions
Release dates
Windows April 26, 2005
macOS (OS X) September 29, 2011
Linux May 31, 2012
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Psychonauts guide on StrategyWiki
Psychonauts on Wikipedia
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General information

Official website
Psychopedia - Wiki
Double Fine Action Forums - Psychonauts
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SecuROM DRM disc check.[1]
Windows
Amazon.com
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Developer website
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GamersGate
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
itch.io
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
A demo version is available.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches are available for the retail version.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration files location

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System Location
AudioSettings.ini stores audio settings.
DisplaySettings.ini stores video settings.
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

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System Location

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

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Widescreen resolution

Instructions
Instructions

Input settings

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game camera settings.
In-game camera settings.

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Haptic feedback

Instructions

Audio settings

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

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Polish

Issues unresolved

Smart camera option does not work

The smart (automatic) camera stays on, even if you disable it in the game options or through the game's configuration files.[2]

Thermometer bar in wrong location

When using widescreen resolutions, occasionally the 'thermometer' bar for pyrokinesis will be displayed at the outer-edge of the screen rather than near the targeted object/creature. There are no known fixes to this bug.

Linux version differences

Mouse movement in this game feels entirely different from Windows (no zigzags, smoother; Likely no mouse acceleration).

Fullscreen issues

Fullscreen settings may require the player to disable and enable fullscreen in-game each time the game runs.[citation needed]

Issues fixed

Object flickering on AMD hardware

All AMD drivers after moving from Catalyst to Crimson (16.1) cause objects to flicker constantly, rendering the game almost unplayable.
Instructions

Crashing

Instructions

Corrupted save game profile

If presented with the following error message, you may have a corrupted/damaged game profile:

Error (null), line -1
Crash: 0xc0000005
If you have VS.NET installed, you can try to attach the debugger
Otherwise, click OK

To fix the error message and allow the game to load:

Instructions

To possibly recover the save game:

Instructions

Graphics error preventing startup

Error: "The game was unable to find a 32bpp display mode supported by your system in which to run. Your video card and monitor must minimally support 640x480x32bpp."

Instructions

Windows 8.1/10 black screen on startup / Freezes loading screen

Instructions

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Resolutions higher than 1680x1050 are locked to 100 Hz, 1680x1050 and below are locked to 60 Hz.
Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
OpenGL 2.0 OS X and Linux only.
Shader Model support 2
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio OpenAL
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 SE 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz		 Intel Pentium IV 2.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 3
ATI Radeon 8500
64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible 		Nvidia GeForce 5600
ATI Radeon 9600
128 MB of VRAM
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Duo Intel Core i Series
System memory (RAM) 2 GB 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon X1600
Nvidia GeForce 8600GT
Intel HD 3000
128 MB of VRAM 		ATI Radeon HD 3870
Nvidia GeForce 8800GT
512 MB of VRAM
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM

References