The Beginner's Guide
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| Developers | |
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| Everything Unlimited | |
| Engines | |
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| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 1, 2015 |
| macOS (OS X) | October 1, 2015 |
| Linux | October 1, 2015 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 76 |
| OpenCritic | 73 |
| IGDB | 75 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Exploration |
| Art styles | Realistic, Stylized |
| Themes | Contemporary |
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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.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Steam | |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\beginnersguide\cfg\[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\beginnersguide\cfg[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics settings.
Advanced graphics settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | Fully supported | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | Edit "cl_fov XX" in "config.cfg" | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Double and triple buffered. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 300 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
Input settings.
Keyboard rebinding.
Controller settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | Single bind. | |
| Mouse acceleration | Toggle and slider. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | Slider in options, numerical value can be set in cfg under "sensitivity" | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | XInput and DirectInput. | |
| Full controller support | Unknown controllers require calibration. | |
| Controller remapping | Controller calibration. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | Game might not switch the narrative and prompts accordingly if switching from keyboard after loading level. | |
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | ||
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| PlayStation button prompts | Game might not switch the narrative and prompts accordingly if switching from keyboard after loading level. | |
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | ||
| Generic/other controllers | ||
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| Button prompts | Game might not switch the narrative and prompts accordingly if switching from keyboard after loading level. |
| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Master volume only. | |
| Surround sound | Up to 7.1. | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 |
| 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. | ||
| Linux |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 3.0 GHz Pentium 4 Dual Core 2.0 or AMD64X2 |
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| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon X800 Nvidia GeForce 7600 Intel HD Graphics 2000 DirectX 9 compatible Shader model 2.0b support |
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| Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0c compatible. | |
- Intel Express graphics cards are not supported.
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.8 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 3.0 GHz Pentium 4 Dual Core 2.0 or AMD64X2 |
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| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon 2400 Nvidia GeForce 8600M |
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| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 12.04 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 2.8 GHz Dual Core | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8600/9600GT with Nvidia 310 drivers ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 with AMD 12.11 drivers OpenGL 2.1 compatible |
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| Sound (audio device) | OpenAL Compatible Sound Card. | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).