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Build-A-Lot

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Build-A-Lot
Build-A-Lot cover
Developers
HipSoft
Publishers
iWin
Release dates
Windows October 2, 2007
Reception
IGDB 70
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Point and select
Genres Building, Simulation, Time management
Series Build-A-Lot
Build-A-Lot on IGDB
Build-A-Lot on Wikipedia
Build-A-Lot 2007
Build-A-Lot 2: Town of the Year 2008
Build-A-Lot 3: Passport to Europe 2009
Build-A-Lot 4: Power Source 2009
Build-A-Lot 5: The Elizabethan Era 2010
Build-A-Lot 6: On Vacation 2011
Build-A-Lot 7: Fairy Tales 2012
Build-A-Lot 8: Mysteries 2013
Build-A-Lot 9: Mysteries 2 2014
Build-A-Lot 10: World 2016
Build-A-Lot 11: Big Dreams 2020

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
A single DRM-free executable
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %PROGRAMDATA%\HipSoft\Buildalot\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/38080/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %PROGRAMDATA%\HipSoft\Buildalot\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/38080/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
1024x768 by default.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Can also be toggled with Alt+ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Gameplay does not use a keyboard at all.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Stereo only.
Subtitles
All in-game dialogues are presented in text boxes and always subtitled.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 7
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98/ME/2000
Processor (CPU) 500 MHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 50 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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).
  2. 2.0 2.1 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>/38080/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (38080) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References