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The Book of Unwritten Tales

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The Book of Unwritten Tales
The Book of Unwritten Tales cover
Developers
King Art
Publishers
Nordic Games
Engines
Ogre
Release dates
Windows April 2, 2009
macOS (OS X) November 3, 2011
Linux November 8, 2012
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Series The Book of Unwritten Tales
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The Book of Unwritten Tales on Wikipedia
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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

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM 7 DRM.
Windows
Developer website
DRM details are not known
Windows
Amazon.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GamersGate
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac App Store (unavailable)
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German language.
macOS (OS X)
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
Windows
A Windows demo is available from Steam.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Book of Unwritten Tales\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/Unwritten Tales/
Linux $HOME/.bout/

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Book of Unwritten Tales\savegames\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/Unwritten Tales/savegames/
Linux $HOME/.bout/savegames/
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.
General settings.

Widescreen resolution

Edit executable[1]
  1. Open the binary found in the installation folder with a hex editor.
  2. Search for the Hex value 38 30 30 20 78 20 36 30 30 (800 x 600).
    • As of 2014.08.29, on the 32-bit Linux version, this is found at 0x2C5F9B
  3. Replace it with your desired resolution, padding with null bytes (00) at the end if required. Spaces (20) between the numbers and "x" are not required.

Notes

Only confirmed to work on Linux.
When using Steam, the executable might be overwritten, and you may have to repeat these steps after each update.

Windowed

Edit executable[2]
  1. Open the binary found in the installation folder with a hex editor.
  2. Search for the Hex value 59 65 73 (Yes).
    • As of 2014.08.29 on the 32-bit Linux version, this is found at 0x2C5FC8
  3. Replace it with 4E 6F 00 (No ).

Notes

When using Steam, the executable might be overwritten, and you may have to repeat these steps after each update.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Edit config file[3]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open ogre.cfg.
  3. Change the line VSync=No to VSync=Yes (case sensitive).

Frame rate (FPS)

Edit config file[3]
  1. Go to the configuration files location.
  2. Open config.xml with a text editor like Notepad (Windows).
  3. Change the numeric value of the line <fpscap>100</fpscap> to your desired frame rate and save the changes.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, sound, speech.
Surround sound
Upmixed
Subtitles
Not in cutscenes. Discussed here. Cutscene subtitles can be downloaded here.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Only available in the Steam version
German
Italian
Fan translation
Korean
Only available in the Steam version
Russian
Fan translation
Spanish
Only available in the Steam version

Issues fixed

Laggy mouse movement

Enable raw input mode[4]
  1. Go to the configuration files location.
  2. Open config.xml with a text editor like Notepad (Windows).
  3. Add the line <hwcursor>true</hwcursor> above the </config> closing tag and save the changes.

Notes

This will also reduce the size of the in-game mouse cursor.

Game does not start or crashes at loading screen

This mainly affects the Windows version and can have multiple reasons.

Common Solutions[5]
  • Make sure SLI/Crossfire is completely disabled.
  • Install DirectX, OpenAL and Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Packages from the <path-to-game>\thirdparty\ folder.
  • Start the game directly with the bout.exe from the <path-to-game> folder.
  • Delete all files inside the configuration files location except the Savegame folder.
Disable unused playback devices (Windows)[4]
  1. Right click the Windows Volume Mixer icon in the taskbar.
  2. Select Playback devices.
  3. Right click and Disable every device that is not your main output (e.g. speakers, headset).

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Shader Model support 2.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
[6]
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio OpenAL
Input Object Oriented Input System (OIS)
Cutscenes Theora

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2 GHz
AMD Athlon 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 2.0 support
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6, 10.7
Processor (CPU) 1.4 GHz Intel Mac Core Duo
System memory (RAM) 1.5 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel GMA950
64 MB of VRAM


References

  1. Verified by User:apocalyptech on August 29, 2014
    Using "1440x900" and one null byte
  2. Windowed Mode (niarg.. not again) - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
  3. 3.0 3.1 Verified by User:Waschbär on 2017-06-03
  4. 4.0 4.1 Steamcommunity.com - Various fixes and tweaks (crash, laggy mouse, vsync) :: The Book of Unwritten Tales General Discussions - last accessed on 2017-06-04
  5. Steamcommunity.com - first time setup crashing :: The Book of Unwritten Tales General Discussions - last accessed on 2017-06-04
  6. GOG.com - The Book of Unwritten Tales - last accessed on 2022-10-19
    "Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up."