Distant Worlds: Universe
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Developers | |
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Code Force | |
Publishers | |
Slitherine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 23, 2014 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 81 |
OpenCritic | 85 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Series | Distant Worlds |
Distant Worlds | |
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Distant Worlds: Universe | 2014 |
Distant Worlds 2 | 2022 |
Key points
- Highly moddable.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Publisher website | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
Amazon.com (unavailable) |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Disable intro movie in Startup.ini [1]
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Distant Worlds Universe <path-to-game>\Startup.ini[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/261470/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Distant Worlds Universe\SavedGames |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/261470/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Hor+ scaling. UI elements span the screen. Menu may appear stretched. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Top-down 2D perspective. | ||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Used in place of exclusive fullscreen. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Windowed
Enable windowed mode through the external INI file[1] |
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Notes
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Input
General gameplay settings.[Note 3]
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music and Effects. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP3 | Vista, 7, 8, 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 @ 1.5 GHz | Dual Core CPU @ 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 1024x768 resolution, 32 bit DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 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). - ↑ 2.0 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>/261470/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (261470) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details. - ↑ Image has been edited for a more website-friendly aspect ratio.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Verified by User:Cptmold on 2019-07-19
- Tested with GOG release.