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==Essential improvements== | ==Essential improvements== |
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Developers | |
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Revolution Software | |
Publishers | |
Virgin Interactive | |
Engines | |
Original | Virtual Theatre |
Re-release | ScummVM |
Release dates | |
DOS | March 1994 |
Windows (ScummVM) | December 18, 2008[1] |
macOS (OS X) (ScummVM) | October 18, 2012[2] |
Windows (DOSBox) | April 7, 2013[3] |
Linux (ScummVM) | March 20, 2015[4] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Freeware |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Adventure |
Themes | Cyberpunk, Oceania |
Series | Steel Sky |
Steel Sky | |
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Beneath a Steel Sky | 1994 |
Beyond a Steel Sky | 2020 |
Key points
- Officially available as freeware.
- Can easily be run on modern systems with ScummVM.
General information
- Game Nostalgia - Detailed game information, developer interviews and game-related media
- Soundtrack Enhancement Page
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Available on floppy disk (manual-based copy protection) or CD (no DRM). The CD-ROM version has full voice acting and a substantial introduction sequence. | |||
GOG.com | Pre-packaged with ScummVM. | |||
Steam | Pre-packaged with ScummVM. |
- All of the prepackaged versions use the CD release.
- The data files are available for free from the ScummVM website.
Essential improvements
Running the game through ScummVM
- Just use the prepackaged versions if you want the CD release.
Playing the game with ScummVM[citation needed] |
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|
James Woodcock's remastered soundtrack
- Original game soundtrack in MIDI format, rearranged and re-recorded using modern studio equipment
- Requires ScummVM.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\config.dat |
Windows | <path-to-game>\beneath.ini[Note 1]<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1368340/pfx/[Note 3] |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | <path-to-game>\ |
Windows | <path-to-game>\SKY-VM.***[Note 1] <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Documents/ScummVM Savegames/Beneath a Steel Sky |
Linux | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1368340/pfx/[Note 3] |
- DOS savegames are labelled
SKY.???
, where ??? represents a number between 000 and 999. Savegame descriptions are stored inSKY.SAV
.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | Requires Internal Update (25 April 2018) or later. |
|
Steam Cloud |
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (when using ScummVM or DOSBox). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file. | |
Mouse input in menus | Menu can be open with F5 | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Speech and FX have only an on/off toggle. Music can be adjusted with a slider. Use ScummVM for Speech and SFX sliders. |
|
Surround sound | Uses MIDI driver. | |
Subtitles | Menu can be accessed through F5. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
- This game supports the Roland MT-32 for music, and takes advantage of the additional sound effects provided by the CM-32L/LAPC-I.[Note 4]
- While this game has very few native settings, it can run on ScummVM which adds some additional settings.
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | Speech in CD version only. | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Fan translation, download. | |||
Russian | Fan translation by «Бюро переводов Old-Games.Ru», ScummVM-build and localization files | |||
Spanish |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes | VGA | 320x200 |
System requirements
DOS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 3.30 | |
Processor (CPU) | 386 | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 10 MB (floppy) 93 MB (CD) |
|
Video card (GPU) | VGA |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 or later | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+ | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 78 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to
<path-to-game>/cloud_saves/
even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in thecloud_saves
folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1368340) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ ScummVM adds proper General MIDI support.