Serious Sam 3: BFE
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| Developer(s) | Croteam |
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| Publisher(s) | Devolver Digital |
| Engine | Serious Engine 3.5 |
| First release date | Windows November 22, 2011 OS X April 23, 2012 Linux December 2012 |
| Serious Sam: The First Encounter | 2001 |
| Serious Sam: The Second Encounter | 2002 |
| Serious Sam II | 2005 |
| Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter | 2009 |
| Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter | 2010 |
| Serious Sam: Double D | 2011 |
| Serious Sam 3: BFE | 2011 |
| Serious Sam: The Random Encounter | 2011 |
General information
Steam Users' Forums for game series
- Steam Community Discussions
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[edit] Availability
| Source(s) | Store unlock | Notes |
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An additional campaign is available in the form of DLC.
[edit] Game data
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| Windows | Steam/userdata/<user-id>/41070/ |
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| Linux | ~/.steam/root/userdata/<user-id>/41070/ |
- The save games for the moddable version are separate, however can moved over as they are compatible with each other.
[edit] Save game cloud syncing
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[edit] Video settings
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| Windowed |
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| Borderless fullscreen windowed |
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| Anisotropic filtering (AF) |
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| Anti-aliasing (AA) |
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| Vertical sync (Vsync) |
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[edit] Input settings
| Input Settings | Native | Notes |
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| Remapping |
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| Mouse acceleration |
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| Controller support |
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[edit] Problems & Bugs
[edit] Keyboard/mouse not working
Some background programs like antivirus (specifically ZoneAlarm and F-Secure) are known to cause this.
Here's a quick fix:
- Open the console (F1 key)
- Type in inp_bRawInput=0
Now everything except mouse wheel will work. This is a known bug caused by the latest patch.
[edit] How to lower mouse sensitivity even further
Open up the console and type in; prj_fMouseSensitivity
This will show you the current value that the mouse sensitivity is set to. It should be set to 1 by default, or 0.5 if you have put the slider bar all the way to the left in the options menu.
Enter; prj_fMouseSensitivity=0.2
This should lower the sensitivity even further. Play around with the numbers to get something you feel comfortable with. And yes, you can put in numbers like; 0.25, 0.05.
[edit] Mods
To use your installed mods, you must launch the moddable version of the game from your Steam library. While in the moddable version of the game, custom files and maps are allowed, but achievements and leaderboards are disabled.
Serious Zone hosts a wide variety mods[1] and maps [2] for Serious Sam 3: BFE, in addition to other games in the series.
No Reloading This mod removes the reloading on every gun except for the double-barreled shotgun (due to the unique nature of the weapon and its reloading animations). The download link can be found here[3].
No More Hitscan Arachnoids This mod removes the hitscan chainguns of the Arachnoids in the game and replaces their attacks with dodgeable lasers. The mod can be downloaded here.[4] and the original thread is located here[5].
[edit] System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | Windows XP SP2 | Windows 7 |
| Processor (CPU) | Dual-core from Intel or AMD at 2.0 GHz | Quad-core from Intel (i5/i7-series) or AMD (Phenom II) at 3.0 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 4 GB |
| Video card (GPU) | nVidia GeForce 7800/7900/8600 series, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 or 1800/X1900 series | nVidia GeForce 480/580 GTX, ATI/AMD Radeon HD 5870/6970 |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Mac | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | OS X 10.5.8, 10.6.3 | OS X 10.5.8, 10.6.3 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz | Intel i3/i5 Quad Code 2.7+ GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Video card (GPU) | nVidia GeForce GT 120/9600M/320M, or ATI (AMD) Radeon HD 4670. Intel integrated GPUs are not supported. | nVidia GeForce 8800/9800/260, or ATI (AMD) Radeon HD 4870 |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 6 GB | 6 GB |
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 12.04 | Ubuntu 12.04 |
| Processor (CPU) | Dual-core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 Ghz | Quad-core from Intel (i5-series) or AMD (Phenom II) at 3.0 Ghz |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Video card (GPU) | nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 (Graphic drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11) | nVidia GeForce 280/460 GTX, ATI/AMD Radeon HD 4870/5770 (Graphic drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11) |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | 4 GB |
