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Super Meat Boy

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Key Points

Based on the free Flash game Meat Boy, available on Kongregate.
The port to Linux is unavailable on Steam.

General information

Official Super Meat Boy Website
Steam Users' Forums
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

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Game data

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Issues and Fixes

Crashing Steam version

If the game crashes on launch, right-click the game in your Steam Library, click on properties and then 'Set Launch options...', and type the following:

-windowed -<YOUR RESOLUTION> -lowdetail

or:

  • Navigate (on Windows) to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\super meat boy.
  • Right click the game file and go to the compatibility tab.
  • Check "Run this program in compatibility mode for" and select from the drop box "Windows XP (Service Pack 3)
  • Check "Run this program as an administrator"
  • Click OK.

Command Line Options

Tommy Refines stated that the following command line parameters work.

  • The command line allows you to change detail, resolution, and windowed/fullscreen status. When setting multiple options they must be separated with a space.
  • In order to modify your command line parameters, go into your Steam library, right click "Super Meat Boy", click Properties, and then click "Set Launch Options". Please note that all parameters must be defined with a "-" in order to operate properly.

Fullscreen / Windowed

  • -fullscreen Sets the game to run in full screen mode
  • -windowed Sets the game to run in windowed mode

Resolutions

These are the only supported resolutions from the command line:
  • -640x480
  • -800x600
  • -1024x768
  • -1280x720
  • -1920x1080

Detail Settings

This will help address lag issues if you are experiencing them.

  • -ultralowdetail - Runs the game at the lowest detail, parallax is taken out, particle effects are ignored, animals are missing, set pieces are gone, lighting is ignored, images are lowest possible resolution (made for integrated graphics though not officially supported)
  • -lowdetail - Runs the game with lowest resolution images, lighting is ignored, particle effects are ignored (use this if you are having lag on CHAD, Dr. Fetus, or levels where you die from moving platforms)
  • -meddetail - Runs the game with medium resolution images (mid range setting, run this if you are having slight lag)
  • -highdetail - Runs the game with highest resolution images (run this if you meet my minimum requirements listed above)

If you wanted to run in fullscreen at the highest resolution at the highest detail, your command line parameters should be:

  • -fullscreen -highdetail -1920x1080

If you have framerate issues, your command line parameters should be:

  • -windowed -lowdetail -640x480

Installation Guide (Linux)

Humble Bundle only

1. The installer need to be marked as executable

Instructions

2. If the installer doesn't open after the steps above try setting it to open with terminal. 3. If that doesn't work you will have to open up terminal and start the installer yourself.

Instructions

Game pad control (Linux)

Menu controls are non-configurable
Axis (analog) triggers do not seem to be supported
  • In game controls are edited though the buttonmap.cfg file, found right under the Super Meat Boy folder.
Instructions

Command Line Options

  • -fullscreen Sets the game to run in full screen mode
  • -windowed Sets the game to run in windowed mode
  • -640x480 Sets the game to run at 640x480
  • -800x600 Sets the game to run at 800x600
  • -1024x768 Sets the game to run at 1024x768
  • -1280x720 Sets the game to run at 1280x720
  • -1920x1080 Sets the game to run at 1920x1080
These are the only supported resolutions from the command line, more are available in game.
  • -ultralowdetail - Runs the game at the lowest detail, parallax is taken out, particle effects are ignored, animals are missing, set pieces are gone, lighting is ignored, images are lowest possible resolution (made for integrated graphics though not officially supported)
  • -lowdetail - Runs the game with lowest resolution images, lighting is ignored, particle effects are ignored (use this if you are having lag on CHAD, Dr. Fetus, or levels where you die from moving platforms)
  • -meddetail - Runs the game with medium resolution images (mid range setting, run this if you are having slight lag)
  • -highdetail - Runs the game with highest resolution images

System Requirements

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