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We Happy Few

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We Happy Few
We Happy Few cover
Developers
Compulsion Games
Publishers
Gearbox Software
Engines
Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows August 10, 2018
macOS (OS X) TBA[1]
Linux TBA[1]
Reception
Metacritic 62
OpenCritic 63
IGDB 63
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres FPS, Stealth
Themes Europe
We Happy Few on HowLongToBeat
We Happy Few on IGDB
We Happy Few on MobyGames
We Happy Few on Wikipedia

We Happy Few is a singleplayer first-person FPS and stealth game.

General information

Official forums
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Season Pass
Windows
Roger & James in They Came From Below
Windows
Lightbearer
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\GlimpseGame\Saved\Config\
GOG.com %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\We Happy Few\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\CompulsionGamesInc.WeHappyFew_eae46zy90r9xg\Settings
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/Epic/We Happy Few/Config/LinuxNoEditor/
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/320240/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\We Happy Few\SaveGames
GOG.com %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\We Happy Few\SaveGames\
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\CompulsionGamesInc.WeHappyFew_eae46zy90r9xg\SystemAppData\wgs\<user-id>
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/Epic/We Happy Few/SaveGames/
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/320240/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.
General settings.
General settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Game is cropped 16:9.[4]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Up to 120°.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA, TAA. Will cause ghosting on some systems, even at 66 FPS.[5] See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Optional frame rate capping and smoothing, including unlimited. Defaults to smoothed 20-62 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

On some systems, enabling FXAA or TAA (Fast or Best) will provoke ghosting effect, even at normal frame-rate like 60 or 66 FPS.[6] Disabling in-game anti-aliasing will fix this.[5]

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Only Mouse Smoothing is available.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Both the Y Axis and X Axis can be inverted.
Controller
Controller support
Supports XInput controllers only.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Both the Y Axis and X Axis can be inverted.
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Generic/other controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Add quick save, load and console

Edit config file[7]

Open Input.ini and add the following:

ActionMappings=(ActionName="QuickSave",Key=F5)
ActionMappings=(ActionName="QuickLoad",Key=F8)
[/script/glimpsegame.glimpseconsole]
bConsoleEnabled=True
[/script/engine.inputsettings]
ConsoleKey=`
ConsoleKeys=`

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound effects, dialogue, music, broadcast and ambient.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Subtitles don't always appear.[8]
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
Language settings.
Language settings.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

VR support

Issues fixed

General issues

Try the following solutions in order to solve any issues.
Windowed Mode and No Hardware Detection[citation needed]
  1. See Command line arguments.
  2. Use the -nohwdetect -ResX YourWidth -ResY YourHeight -Windowed arguments.

Notes

Change the bold text beginning with Your to the desired values.


Windows Updates and Redistributables[citation needed]
  1. For Windows 8.1 and earlier open this link and navigate to the Method 2: Microsoft Download Center section then choose the correct version.
  2. Download this file and install it.

Notes

The x86 stands for 32-bit Windows and x64 for 64-bit Windows.
If the above solutions don't work send a bug report.
Bug Reporting[9]
  1. Open the Start menu, enter %LOCALAPPDATA%\GlimpseGame\Saved\Logs then press Enter.
  2. Find GlimpseGame.log and send it to this email - support@compulsiongames.com

Crash on Startup

See General issues.

Black Screen

See General issues.

Issues unresolved

AMD Performance Issues

The following issue is being investigated, there are no known solutions currently, simply lower any graphical settings as a workaround.[10]
AMD driver (08/2020) performance issues seem to follow a pattern. FPS cap in game 30fps results in game running at around 25fps. FPS cap at 60fps results in game running around 45-50fps. Setting FPS cap to 72fps should provide constant 60fps ingame. (NEEDS CONFIRMATION)

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz Triple Core
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
AMD Radeon HD 5870
DirectX 11 compatible
Currently requires a 64-bit OS.


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>/320240/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (320240) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 We Happy Few | Compulsion Games
  2. Verified by User:Mmachinecodev on 2022-06-09
  3. Top 5 New Mac Games - March 2022 - last accessed on 12 April 2022
  4. We Happy Few supports UW. : ultrawidemasterrace - last accessed on 2016-07-27
  5. 5.0 5.1 Reddit comment from developer - last accessed on 2020-09-22
  6. Verified by User:Bowi on 2020-09-22
  7. Reddit - last accessed on May 2023
  8. Verified by User:RaTcHeT302 on 2016-08-01
  9. FAQ: I am experiencing Crashes, what do I do? - Compulsion Forums - last accessed on May 2023
  10. Reddit - Framerate on AMD Cards? - last accessed on May 2023