NEO Scavenger
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Developers | |
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Blue Bottle Games | |
Engines | |
Flash | |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 15, 2014 |
macOS (OS X) | December 15, 2014 |
Linux | December 15, 2014 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 77 |
IGDB | 73 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Series | NEO Scavenger |
NEO Scavenger | |
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NEO Scavenger | 2014 |
Ostranauts | EA |
General information
- Official forum
- Developer Discord server
- Official wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Official website | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
- There is a free demo available here that can be played in-browser.
Essential improvements
NeoSaves
- Due to the nature of the game NeoSaves mode is highly recommended. It gives you an ability to:
- manually save the game
- load your saves (5 manual slots)
- load from automatic saves. By default automatic saving happens every 2 minutes.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects\<user-id>\<path-to-game>\NEOScavenger.exe\nsSGv1.sol[Note 1] %APPDATA%\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects\<user-id>\localhost\ |
macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/#SharedObjects/<user-id>/localhost/nsSGv1.sol |
Linux | $HOME/.macromedia/Flash_Player/#SharedObjects/<user-id>/<path-to-game>/NEOScavenger/nsSGv1.sol |
- 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 | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Limited resolution options and due to engine limitations, will not scale. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | In fullscreen, pressing Esc will return to windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Adjustable frame rate limiter which goes from 10 FPS to 60 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Mouse-driven. | |
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 | Master, music and sound | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Russian | Fan translation by ZoG Forum Team |
Issues unresolved
Fullscreen on Linux
- Using fullscreen on Linux causes the keyboard to be ignored, unless playing the game in Chrome.[1]
Issues fixed
OS X version won't run
- Some users have reported that the OS X version won't run, often resulting in an error message saying the file is "Damaged" or similar.[1]
Disable gatekeeper[2][3] |
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Linux version will not start on 64-bit systems
- Some users reported the Linux version will not start on 64 bit operating systems. Often resulting in either a 'NULL pointer' error or 'error while loading shared libraries'.
Install 32 bit libraries[4][5] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP, Server 2008, Vista, 7, 8, Server 2012 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.33 GHz, Intel Atom 1.6 GHz or faster processor for netbooks | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 75 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core Duo 1.83 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 75 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Red Hat Enterprise 5.6, openSUSE 11.3, or Ubuntu 10.04 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.33 GHz, Intel Atom 1.6 GHz or faster processor for netbooks | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 75 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 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).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Known Bugs as of 0.979 - Official forum
- ↑ Bugs testing the mac version - Official forum - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Bugs testing the mac version - Official forum - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]