Shadowgrounds

Shadowgrounds
Shadowgrounds	2006
Shadowgrounds: Survivor	2007

Key points

Game progress is only saved in-between levels. It's due to a technical limitation in the game engine.^[1]

Mouse sensitivity can't be modified.^[2]

General information

Official game site

Shadowgrounds FAQ and troubleshooting

Frozenbyte Community forums for Shadowgrounds series

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v4 DRM^{[Note 1]}. Russian copies use StarForce 4 DRM^{[Note 2]}.
Developer website
GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam

SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on some versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

The Shadowgrounds website provides the latest patch, version 1.05.

Skip intro videos[edit]

Delete or rename files^[7]

Delete or rename logo.wmv in <path-to-game>\Data\Videos.

Game data[edit]

In-game options menu.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Config\options.txt^{[Note 3]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux	~/.frozenbyte/shadowgrounds/
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2500/pfx/^{[Note 4]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Profiles\<user-id>^{[Note 3]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux	~/.frozenbyte/shadowgrounds/
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2500/pfx/^{[Note 4]}

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

External options menu.

External advanced graphics settings.

Graphics option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor		See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Widescreen resolution[edit]

Set custom resolution^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open options.txt.
Change screen_height = and screen_width = to the desired resolution.

HUD is stretched.^[8]

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

Custom FOV^[9]

Go to the installation folder.
Open Data1.fbz with 7-Zip.
Go into Data\Misc.
Extract default_game_options.txt to any folder.
Open default_game_options.txt.
Change camera_default_fov = 120 to the desired FOV.
Save the changes and replace the original file in the archive.

Borderless fullscreen windowed[edit]

Set borderless fullscreen^[10]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open options.txt
Change the following values as noted.
- maximize_window = 1
- window_titlebar = 0
- windowed = 1
Save the changes.

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio settings[edit]

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Spanish

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	4	Co-op Shared-screen. Other players must use controllers.
LAN play
Online play

VR support[edit]

3D modes	Native	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Shadowgrounds.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
64-bit executable

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	1.3 GHz	2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	384 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce4 Ti 4200 ATI Radeon 9000	Nvidia GeForce FX 5900 Ultra ATI Radeon 9500 Pro

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.5
Processor (CPU)	Intel Mac
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.0 compatible

The game cannot be run on GeForce4 MX cards or Intel graphics solutions

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[3] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[4]
↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1 or Windows 10.^[5]^[6] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 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>/2500/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (2500) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[5] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[3] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[4]

[8] This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1 or Windows 10.^[5]^[6] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.

[gamedir-10] 3.0 ^3.1 When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).

[Proton_path_note-11] 4.0 ^4.1 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>/2500/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (2500) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] How the hell do I save my game? :: Shadowgrounds: Survivor General Discussions

[2] ttps://steamcommunity.com/app/2500/discussions/0/540736781034028358/#c540736781084072386

[3] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[4] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[StarForce_Windows_8.1-6] Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support

[StarForce_Windows_10-7] Windows 10 support - StarForce Support

[9] Verified by User:Mars icecream on 2018-2

[12] ttp://www.wsgf.org/dr/shadowgrounds

[13] Helix Mod: Shadowgrounds

[14] Windowed Mode :: Shadowgrounds General Discussions

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Developers

	Frozenbyte
macOS (OS X)	Alternative Games
Linux	Alternative Games
Publishers
	Meridian4
Linux	Linux Game Publishing
Engines
	Storm3D
Release dates
Windows	November 11, 2005
Linux	September 16, 2009
macOS (OS X)	April 12, 2011