Anonymous edits have been disabled on the wiki. If you want to contribute please login or create an account.

Baba Is You

From PCGamingWiki, the wiki about fixing PC games
Baba Is You
Baba Is You cover
Developers
Hempuli Oy
Engines
Chowdren[1]
Multimedia Fusion 2
Release dates
Windows March 13, 2019
macOS (OS X) March 13, 2019
Linux March 13, 2019
Reception
Metacritic 87
OpenCritic 84
IGDB 80
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Flip screen
Controls Direct control
Genres Puzzle
Themes Fantasy
Baba Is You on HowLongToBeat
Baba Is You on IGDB
Baba Is You guide on StrategyWiki
Baba Is You on MobyGames
Baba Is You on Wikipedia

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
DRM-free
Via Humble Widget.
Icon overlay.png
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
Icon overlay.png
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
itch.io
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
The game does not require Steam running.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
A free prototype version is available.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Baba_Is_You\SettingsC.txt
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/Baba_Is_You
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Baba_Is_You
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Baba_Is_You\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/Baba_Is_You
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Baba_Is_You

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings. As movement is grid-based, input repeat delay setting determines delay on when the action is repeated if the key is being held down.
General settings.
As movement is grid-based, input repeat delay setting determines delay on when the action is repeated if the key is being held down.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Uses desktop resolution with anamorphic scaling from 854x480.
Zoom modes none (no scaling), default (pixel-perfect) and stretched (anamorphic) applies to game area.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
16:9 only, pillarboxed.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Defaults to 854x480, freely resizeable window, anamorphic.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.
Keyboard rebinding.
Keyboard rebinding.
Controller rebinding.
Controller rebinding.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Two keys for all actions, Esc hardcoded for primary pause.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Cursor stays on the screen, on launch moved to top left area outside gameplay.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Two buttons per action, movement rebinding limited to D-pad and axes.
Controller sensitivity
Digital movement only.
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
Through generic controller support.
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes
,
, Wireless (DualShock 4 USB Wireless Adapter), Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth)
Generic/other controllers
Through SDL2.
If controller isn't detected, add SDL2 string into <path-to-game>\gamecontrollerdb.txt, see Controller: SDL2 for more information.
Button prompts
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Hook input (legacy mode)
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts
Cursor detection
Cursor always on screen.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music and sound.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Fan translation, download.
Spanish
Thai
Turkish
Vietnamese

Issues fixed

Common fixes for technical issues and General bug report thread in Steam community, updated by developers.

Game won't start or crashes on launch

Disable Nvidia Ansel[2]
  1. Navigate to C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Ansel\Tools\
  2. Open NvCameraConfiguration.exe.
  3. Change Ansel status to Disabled and press Save.

Notes

See Nvidia: Ansel for more details.

Stuttering

Disable overlays[2]
  1. Try disabling Steam overlay, Xbox game bar, Nvidia Shadowplay and other overlays you might have enabled.
Run game directly (Steam version)[2]
  1. Navigate into <path-to-game>.
    • Right click game, open properties, select local files tab, press browse local files.
  2. Double click Baba Is You.exe.

Issues unresolved

Audio crackling and other audio issues

Developer is aware of the issue and is working with those having the issue.[3]
Install DirectX runtime[2]
  1. Download and install DirectX End-User Runtimes (June 2010).

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c, 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio XAudio2
Input SDL2

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT
ATI Radeon X1300
Intel HD Graphics 3000
Sound (audio device) Intel High Definition Audio
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT
ATI Radeon X1300
Intel HD Graphics 3000
Sound (audio device) Intel High Definition Audio
A 64-bit system is required.
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 16.04
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT
ATI Radeon X1300
Intel HD Graphics 3000
Sound (audio device) Intel High Definition Audio


References

  1. Chowdren - Blazingly fast runtime for Scirra Construct and Clickteam Fusion - last accessed on 2024-02-26
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Common fixes for technical issues :: Baba Is You General Discussion - last accessed on 2019-04-03
  3. General bug report thread :: Baba Is You General discussions, message #59 - last accessed on 2019-04-03
    "Getting in touch with people who've had audio problems through Steam. We rolled back the audio update, but I'll take some time to debug with everyone to make sure things are fixed for the next update :)"