Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
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| Developers | |
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| Neversoft | |
| Publishers | |
| Activision | |
| Aspyr Media | |
| Engines | |
| Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 17, 2008 |
| macOS (OS X) | November 3, 2008 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Genres | Music/rhythm |
| Series | Guitar Hero |
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| Guitar Hero | |
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| Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock | 2007 |
| Guitar Hero: Aerosmith | 2008 |
| Guitar Hero: World Tour | 2009 |
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
- Based on the Xbox 360 version of the game.
Availability
- This game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
| Instructions[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Aspyr\Guitar Hero Aerosmith\AspyrConfig.xml |
| macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Aspyr\Guitar Hero Aerosmith\Save\ |
| macOS (OS X) |
Video
Graphics settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Particles and effects will break if the game runs higher than 60 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Widescreen resolution
| Custom resolutions[1] |
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Input
Keyboard configuration screen
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | A guitar controller is highly recommended, but regular Xbox 360 controllers are supported. | |
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | All Xbox 360 guitar controllers and regular Xbox 360 controllers are supported. | |
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration | Not supported on all platforms. |
| PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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| Generic/other controllers | PC World Tour guitar controllers are not supported. |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Button prompts |  |
Always displays the guitar controller's button prompts. |
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | No haptic feedback on all platforms. | |
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | Videos are subtitled, tutorials are not. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio | The game uses licensed songs with no option to change to other songs. |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 2 | Co-op, Versus |
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| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | 2 | Co-op, Versus |
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Issues fixed
Stuttering
| Force the game to run in borderless fullscreen windowed mode.[2] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9.0c |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Physics | Havok | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP SP2 | Vista |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium D (Dual-core) 2.8 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3500+ |
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon Dual Core 4400 |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 7.1 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon X800 Nvidia GeForce 7600 Intel GMA X3000 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | ATI Radeon HD 2600 Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 256 MB of VRAM |
| Controller | Official Guitar Hero X-Plorer Guitar Controller | |
| Other | 6X DVD-ROM drive | 6X DVD-ROM drive |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 10.4.11 | 10.5.4 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz | 2.33 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 7.1 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon X1600 Nvidia GeForce 7300 128 MB of VRAM | 256 MB of VRAM |
| Controller | Official Guitar Hero X-Plorer Guitar Controller | |
| Other | DVD-ROM drive | |
References
- ↑ Guitar Hero 3 Resolution - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Performance fix for GH games on ATI/AMD cards (Final Release) - last accessed on 2022-02-03
- "For future reference, this mod does what many others do these days, runs the game in borderless fullscreen mode. This is all you need to fix the performance on AMD cards. There isn't any kind of magic here. If you can no longer find a working mirror for this, any other mod that runs games in borderless fullscreen mode should work."