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From Dust
From Dust cover
Developers
Ubisoft Montpellier
Windows Ubisoft Ukraine
Publishers
Ubisoft
Engines
LyN[1]
Release dates
Windows August 17, 2011
Reception
Metacritic 76
IGDB 80
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Point and select
Genres Puzzle
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Key points

No longer requires a constant Internet connection. Playable offline.[2]
Poor console port capped at 30 FPS in fullscreen[3] with few graphics options and minor control issues.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Use this guide to play without Ubisoft Connect.
Windows
Ubisoft Store
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Included with Ubisoft+.
Windows
Amazon.com (unavailable)
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Windows
GamersGate (unavailable)
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Windows
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)
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[4]
Windows
All versions except Steam require Ubisoft Connect DRM. Playable offline after activation; no longer requires a constant Internet connection.[2]
A Chrome Web Store version was also available.

Essential improvements

Skip launcher

Remove the launcher and replace its DLL's[5]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>.
  2. Delete or rename UbisoftConnectInstaller.exe and UbisoftConnectInstaller.exe.
  3. Create a symlink pointing to From_Dust.exe in the game's directory, and name it UbisoftConnectInstaller.exe.
  4. Download this zip and extract the two files to the From Dust directory, overwriting any files that weren't renamed.
  5. If you're on Linux (including the Steam Deck), set the launch options to:

PROTON_FORCE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE=1 PROTON_USE_WINED3D11=1 PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 %command%

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Dust\profiles\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33460/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Dust\DustSave
Windows <path-to-game>\DUST\DustSave\Ingame[6][Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33460/pfx/[Note 1]
Save data on Windows may also be stored at the second listed location, from an older version

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect
Syncs save games and settings.[citation needed]

Video

Display settings
Display settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Not all resolutions are supported in windowed mode.
Multi-monitor
Game crashes unless only one monitor is used.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
4K supported, but many UI elements are mispositioned above 2560×1440.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Can't go above 1920x1440 in windowed.
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)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS in fullscreen and 60 in windowed.[3]
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Input settings
Input settings

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
There is an option to disable music. The game also includes a "quiet mode" toggle.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Fan translation, download.
Spanish

Issues fixed

Crash on startup

Use the Skip launcher method above[7]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3, Vista SP2, 7 SP1
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or 2.3 GHz AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+
System memory (RAM) 1.5 GB (XP) / 2 GB (Vista, 7)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) *see supported list
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 3.0 support


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>/33460/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (33460) 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

  1. TGL Interview: From Dust Creator Eric Chahi - The Gaming Liberty.com - last accessed on 2017-01-30
  2. 2.0 2.1 DRM is gone now right? - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Is 30fps cap real? - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
  4. Microsoft legger ned Games for Windows-markedet - last accessed on 19 August 2022
  5. Verified by User:Mouse on 2023-07-28
  6. Save data may also be stored at this location, from an older version
  7. Verified by User:Mouse on 2023-07-28