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Revision as of 16:32, 10 May 2023
Developers | |
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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 |
The Book of Unwritten Tales | |
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The Book of Unwritten Tales | 2009 |
The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles | 2012 |
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 | 2015 |
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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Retail | SecuROM 7 DRM. | |||
Developer website | ||||
Amazon.com | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Origin | ||||
Steam | ||||
Mac App Store (unavailable) | German language. |
Demo
- A Windows demo is available from Steam.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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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 |
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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 |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Optimized for 16:10 aspect ratio. For custom resolutions see Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Set game to Windowed and use SRWE. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See Vertical sync (Vsync). | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | See Frame rate (FPS) | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Widescreen resolution
Edit executable[1] |
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Notes
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Windowed
Edit executable[2] |
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Notes
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
Edit config file[3] |
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Frame rate (FPS)
Edit config file[3] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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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 |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, sound, speech. | |
Surround sound | Upmixed | |
Subtitles | Not in cutscenes | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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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] |
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Notes
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Game does not start or crashes at loading screen
This mainly affects the Windows version and can have multiple reasons.
Common Solutions[5] |
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Disable unused playback devices (Windows)[4] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c | |
Shader Model support | 2.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | [6] | ||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | OpenAL | |
Input | Object Oriented Input System (OIS) | |
Cutscenes | Theora |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP3 | Vista SP2, 7 SP1 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2 GHz AMD Athlon 2.4 GHz |
3 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 6 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 2.0 support |
256 MB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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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
- ↑ Verified by User:apocalyptech on August 29, 2014
- Using "1440x900" and one null byte
- ↑ Windowed Mode (niarg.. not again) - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Verified by User:Waschbär on 2017-06-03
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Steamcommunity.com - first time setup crashing :: The Book of Unwritten Tales General Discussions - last accessed on 2017-06-04
- ↑ 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."