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Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse

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Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse
Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse cover
Developers
Heavy Iron Studios
Publishers
Activision
Engines
GoodEngine[1]
Release dates
Windows November 20, 2012
Reception
Metacritic 42
Taxonomy
Monetization DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Shooter
Art styles Cartoon
Themes Comedy
Series Family Guy
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General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
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Keys only work in the US.
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Peter Griffin's Man Boob Mega Sweat Pack
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos[2]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\FMV\
  2. Delete or rename V100.BIK.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Heavy Iron Studios Inc.\Family Guy\Settings\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/214230/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save\[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/214230/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Widescreen resolution

Use Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse FOV Fix
Set in registry
  1. Open the configuration file(s) location with the Registry Editor.
  2. Set ScreenWidth and ScreenHeight accordingly. Byte order is inverted. 2560 (0A00 in hex) would correspond to 00 0A 00 00. 1440 (05A0 in hex) would correspond to A0 05 00 00.

Field of view (FOV)

Change FOV with hex edit[citation needed]
  1. Download Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse FOV Fix.
  2. Open FGUY.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
  3. Go to offset 0x5DB32E.
  4. Replace bytes 00 00 80 3F with bytes representing your float value multiplier (default multiplier is 1.0). Remember to invert the byte order to Little Endian.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Most keys can be remapped, others can't be changed.
Mouse acceleration
Negative acceleration. No option to turn it off.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller must be enabled manually.
Controller remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Generic/other controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Effects, Dialogues, Movies
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Italian
Portuguese
Fan translation by rubinho146, download. Replaces Spanish.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Split-screen. 2 players only in Story Mode. Up to 4 players in the Multiplayer section.
LAN play
Online play

VR support

Issues fixed

Game launches into a white screen and then crashes

Fix in registry[3]
  1. Open the configuration file(s) location with the Registry Editor.
  2. Set ScreenWindowed from 01 00 00 00 to 00 00 00 00.
  3. When the game launches, it will go immediately into fullscreen. If the screen resolution is labelled as undefined, do not switch back to windowed mode, as the game window shrinks and can no longer be interacted with, making the process needed to be redone.

Windowed mode doesn't persist

Use Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse FOV Fix
The normal FGUY.exe is bugged and resets back to fullscreen each time you boot up the game, despite the settings being set to windowed.
If the screen resolution is labelled as undefined, follow the steps to set up Widescreen resolution to get the correct resolution.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Audio FMOD
Interface Scaleform
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 2.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 7900 GS
ATI Radeon HD 3450
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible


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>/214230/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (214230) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
  2. 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).

References