The Howler
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Developers | |
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Antanas Marcelionis | |
Renė Petrulienė | |
Publishers | |
EQ Games | |
Engines | |
Adobe AIR | |
Release dates | |
Windows | April 22, 2013 |
macOS (OS X) | April 22, 2013 |
Taxonomy | |
Controls | Voice control |
Key points
- Includes sound mode, which makes it possible to control the game with microphone.
- Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.[1]
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Steam |
- All currently available versions require Steam DRM.
- Browser flash demo available.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | %APPDATA%\com.marcelionis.howler\Local Store\#SharedObjects\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/306040/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | %APPDATA%\com.marcelionis.howler\Local Store\#SharedObjects\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/306040/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | 1024x768 only. Fullscreen is windowboxed. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | With Esc. Getting back to fullscreen requires restarting the game. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Enabled by default. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.[1] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse, touch | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | Most of the keyboard keys do the same action. | |
Mouse acceleration | Only clicking used. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Touchscreen optimised | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Music mute. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | No speech. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 7, 9, 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 MB | 4 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 50 MB |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 (306040) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Post 30fps locked games here :: The Framerate Police, post #622 - last accessed on June 25, 2016