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Blockland

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Blockland
Blockland cover
Developers
Eric Hartman
Ben Garney
Publishers
Step 1 Games
Engines
Torque Game Engine[1]
Release dates
Windows February 24, 2007
macOS (OS X) February 24, 2007
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Building, Open world, Shooter, Racing
Blockland on MobyGames
Blockland on Wikipedia

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.

Key points

For help with issues, check the official support page and the help section on the forums.

General information

Official forums
Steam Community Discussions
Kenko's Content Archive - An archive of add-ons, saves, and other user-generated content.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
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Windows
Developer website (unavailable)
DRM details are not known
Payments can be run through either Paypal or by mail.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Amazon.com (unavailable)
DRM details are not known
Only available to US residents.
Windows
A legacy Blockland key can be converted to Steam via methods listed in the official support page.
Support for authentication using a key was dropped in r2023. Steam is required to play the full version of the game.[2]
macOS compatibility has been dropped from new versions of the game; the version distributed on the official website and Steam is r2001.
A demo version of the game can be downloaded at the Blockland Download page along with a portable version. Both the demo and the portable version will run as the full version if Steam is running in the background with an account that owns the game.

Essential improvements

Blockland Glass

Blockland Glass adds several quality-of-life improvements to the game including an add-on manager and a server preferences manager.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Blockland\config
Steam <path-to-game>\config
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Documents/Blockland/config
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/250340/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Blockland\saves
Steam <path-to-game>\saves
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Documents/Blockland/saves
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/250340/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

Graphics settings
Graphics settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
See Multi-monitor.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Text will become small and won't fit if the resolution is set to 4K. If Windows scaling is enabled, the application must be set to override application scaling in the compatibility settings.
Field of view (FOV)
Slider in Advanced Options ranges from 75 to 120; custom FOV may be set using the setfov(); command in the console.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Some Windows 10 users have mentioned having mouse problems if Vsync is disabled.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Cap at 1000 fps
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Multi-monitor

Change FOV value[3]
  1. Start the game
  2. Press ~ to open console and type setdefaultfov("100 100 100");
  3. Change 100 100 100 to other FOV value like 140 140 140
  4. Apply the changes.

Input

Input settings
Input settings

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
The OpenAL library that drives the game's audio does not support surround.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Use OpenAL Soft

Fixes some sound issues including incorrect directional sound and audio that is too loud.
Replace OpenAL32.dll file
  1. Download the version 1.7.411 binary from here.
  2. Unpack soft_oal.dll, rename it to OpenAL32.dll, and replace the existing one located in the folder of the game.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Somewhat P2P, however there is little client control.
Dedicated
A dedicated server can be run on the Blockland Launcher with the -dedicated -dToken [token] parameters. Dedicated server tokens can be generated on the Blockland DToken Settings page.[2]
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Use the Connect to Server button in the server browser.

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP 28000, 28050, 28100
This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Official support for macOS has been dropped and as such the macOS version of the game will not be updated past r2001. PowerPC support was removed in r1908.[4]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) 800 MHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 1.2 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5
Processor (CPU) 800 MHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 1.2 compatible
Windows XP and Vista support dropped in r2005 due to exploits.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/250340/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (250340) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Indie DB - Blockland - last accessed on 2022-05-19
  2. 2.0 2.1 2020/05/20 - Blockland r2023-r2024 - last accessed on 2020-05-21
  3. WSGF Forums - Blockland Widescreen Fix - last accessed on May 2023
  4. 2013/12/01 - Blockland r1908 - last accessed on 2019-09-15