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'''Key points'''
 
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{{--}} Game progress is only saved in-between levels. It's due to a technical limitation in the game engine.<ref>[http://steamcommunity.com/app/11200/discussions/0/666826251177601609/#c666826703975838375 How the hell do I save my game? :: Shadowgrounds: Survivor General Discussions]</ref>
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{{--}} Game progress is only saved in-between levels. It's due to a technical limitation in the game engine.<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/app/11200/discussions/0/666826251177601609/#c666826703975838375 How the hell do I save my game? :: Shadowgrounds: Survivor General Discussions]</ref>
 
{{--}} Mouse sensitivity can't be modified.<ref>https://steamcommunity.com/app/2500/discussions/0/540736781034028358/#c540736781084072386</ref>
 
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==Availability==
 
==Availability==
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Revision as of 01:34, 2 September 2018

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Shadowgrounds
Shadowgrounds cover
Developers
Frozenbyte
Engines
Storm3D
Release dates
Windows November 11, 2005
macOS (OS X) April 12, 2011
Linux September 16, 2009
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Shadowgrounds guide on StrategyWiki
Shadowgrounds on Wikipedia
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Shadowgrounds
Shadowgrounds 2005
Shadowgrounds: Survivor 2007

Key points

Game progress is only saved in-between levels. It's due to a technical limitation in the game engine.[1]
Mouse sensitivity can't be modified.[2]

General information

Official game site
Shadowgrounds FAQ and troubleshooting
Frozenbyte Community forums for Shadowgrounds series
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
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)
 SafeDisc v4 DRM[Note 1].
Russian copies use StarForce 4 DRM[Note 2].
Windows
Developer website
DRM-free
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
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Patches

The Shadowgrounds website provides the latest patch, version 1.05.

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename files[7]

Delete or rename logo.wmv in <path-to-game>\Data\Videos.

Game data

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Config\options.txt[Note 3]
macOS (OS X)
Linux ~/.frozenbyte/shadowgrounds/
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2500/pfx/[Note 4]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Profiles\<user-id>[Note 3]
macOS (OS X)
Linux ~/.frozenbyte/shadowgrounds/
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2500/pfx/[Note 4]
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

External options menu.
External options menu.
External advanced graphics settings.
External advanced graphics settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Set custom resolution[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open options.txt.
  3. Change screen_height = and screen_width = to the desired resolution.
HUD is stretched.[8]

Field of view (FOV)

Custom FOV[9]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Open Data1.fbz with 7-Zip.
  3. Go into Data\Misc.
  4. Extract default_game_options.txt to any folder.
  5. Open default_game_options.txt.
  6. Change camera_default_fov = 120 to the desired FOV.
  7. Save the changes and replace the original file in the archive.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Set borderless fullsreen[10]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open options.txt
  3. Change the following values as noted.
    • maximize_window = 1
    • window_titlebar = 0
    • windowed = 1
  4. Save the changes.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Co-op
Shared-screen. Other players must use controllers.
LAN play
Online play

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: Shadowgrounds.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 1.3 GHz 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 384 MB 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce4 Ti 4200
ATI Radeon 9000 		Nvidia GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
ATI Radeon 9500 Pro
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.5
Processor (CPU) Intel Mac
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.0 compatible
The game cannot be run on GeForce4 MX cards or Intel graphics solutions

Notes

  1. ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[3] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[4]
  2. ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[5][6] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References