Psychonauts

Psychonauts

Developer(s)	Double Fine Productions LinuxRyan C. Gordon
Publisher(s)	Double Fine Productions
First release date	Windows April 26, 2005 OS X September 29, 2011 Linux May 31, 2012

General information

Official website

Double Fine Action Forums - Psychonauts

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Users' Forums

Steam Community Discussions

Unofficial wiki

Availability

Source(s)	Store unlock	Notes
Retail
Official website
GOG.com
GamersGate
Steam
Ubuntu Software Center
Mac App Store

Game data

	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Profiles\
Mac
Linux	~/.local/share/Psychonauts/

This game supports XDG on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
GameSave Manager

Video settings

Video settings.

Graphics option	Native	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Wide resolutions result in a stretched 4:3 menu, but the game itself is displayed 16:9.
Multi-monitor
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Possible using Borderless Windowed utility.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Absent from the game. Can be forced in the graphics driver.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)

Widescreen resolution

Menu option exists, but can also be changed in the DisplaySettings.ini file.

Edit resolution in DisplaySettings.ini • Link Open DisplaySettings.ini in the installation folder using Notepad. Edit to desired resolutiion: ScreenWidth=1920 ScreenHeight=1080

Input settings

Input Settings	Native	Notes
Remapping
Controller support		See Controller support.

Controller support

An Xbox 360 Controller is recommended. On all Linux and OS X versions of the game, as well as up-to-date Windows versions, the Xbox 360 Controller works out of the box.

Mouse camera control id disabled if a gamepad is plugged in.

Keyboard tooltips

Instructional tooltips remain as if using a keyboard and mouse when using the controller.

Modify tooltips for Xbox 360 pad • Link Only works on Windows. PsychoPad v1.0b can be used to add Xbox 360 controller menus and tooltips to game. Requires v1.05 patch.

Issues fixed

Corrupt Game Profile

If, when you open Psychonauts, you are presented with the following error message:

Error (null), line -1
Crash: 0xc0000005
If you have VS.NET installed, you can try to attach the debugger
Otherwise, click OK 

then you may have a corrupted/damaged game profile.

To fix the error message and allow the game to load:

1. Remove or Cut-Paste away the profile in question (most probably the one used most recently) under "Psychonauts\Profiles\Profile #"
2. Start the game and create a new profile.
3. Play!

To possibly recover a saved game:

1. In step 2 above, ensure that you have created a profile that has exactly the same name as the one from which you want to recover saves. I do not know if this is necessary, but it follows my method.
2. Copy/Paste all savegames from the lost profile to this new profile. HOPE that the game can read some of the data. If you still don't see savegames, or the test profile shows as damaged, systematically start with SavedGame0 and work through isolating each one to see if you can get data from any one of them while in the game. (IE: use only SavedGame0 from the old profile in the new profile, then ONLY SavedGame1, then ONLY SavedGame2, etc., then combinations, to recover as much data as possible).
3. Play. I got my autosave back and my first save (I had several saves after it, but it seems they are gone). I hope you have at least that much success!
4. Reconfigure yourself (or copy the .ini, but this is not tested).

Anisotropic filtering

AF is absent from the game's settings. It can however be forced via the driver of the GPU. This leads to an appreciable improvement in image quality.

Changing Swing Direction

When swinging from a bar the 'F' key is used to change swing direction (Y on the controller).

Thermometer Bar in Wrong Location

When using widescreen resolutions, occasionally the 'thermometer' bar for pyrokinesis will be displayed at the outer-edge of the screen rather than near the targeted object/creature. There are no known fixes to this bug.

Graphics Error Preventing Startup

Error: "The game was unable to find a 32bpp display mode supported by your system in which to run. Your video card and monitor must minimally support 640x480x32bpp."

Solution: Create a file called "DisplaySettings.ini" in the game directory. Insert the following into said file:

[DisplaySettings]
ScreenWidth=1080
ScreenHeight=1920
FullScreen=true
VSync=true
FSAA=true
FSFX=true
AdvancedShading=true
Shadows=true
GammaCorrection=1.000000

ScreenWidth and ScreenHeight are your desired resolution.

Crashes on Cut-scene

Activate compatibility mode for Windows 95.

Unofficial-Patches

v1.05 (by Voodooman on October 02, 2011) Update for non-Steam version. Adds XInput support.

Linux-Specific Issues

Mouse movement in this game feels entirely different from Windows (no zigzags, smoother)

A few graphical features still seem to be missing (projections)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98 SE	2000/XP
Processor (CPU)	1.0 GHz Pentium III or AMD Athlon	2.0 GHz Pentium III or AMD Athlon
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Video card (GPU)	GeForce 3 Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM	GeForce 5600 Radeon 9600 128 MB of VRAM
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB	4 GB

Mac
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8	10.6.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Duo	Intel Core i Series
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI X1600 NVIDIA 8600GT Intel HD3000 128 MB of VRAM	ATI HD 3870 Nvidia 8800GT Intel HD3000 512 MB of VRAM
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB	4 GB

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM	128 MB of VRAM
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB	4 GB