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A Story about My Uncle

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A Story about My Uncle
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Developers
Gone North Games
Publishers
Coffee Stain Studios
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows May 28, 2014
macOS (OS X) May 13, 2017[1]
Linux May 13, 2017[1]
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General information

Official site
YouTube Channel
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Amazon.com
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GamersGate
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\A Story About My Uncle\ASAMU\Config\
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/A Story About My Uncle/*/Config/
There are two config directories in Linux, replace * with ASAMU and Engine, the fixes here are all in ASAMU, if you cant find it, have a look in Engine
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\A Story About My Uncle\ASAMU\Saves\
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/A Story About My Uncle/ASAMU/Saves/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Approx. 100 MB available.

Video settings

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.
Advanced graphics settings.
Advanced graphics settings.

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Field of view (FOV)

An edit is necessary for FOV values higher than 120°.
Set higher FOV[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open ASAMUEngine.ini.
  3. Go to [Engine.LocalPlayer]
  4. Change AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainXFOV to AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV
  5. Save your changes and close the file.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Anisotropic filtering[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open ASAMUSystemSettings.ini.
  3. Search and change MaxAnisotropy=4 to desired value.
  4. Save your changes and close the file.

High frame rate

Change frame rate smoothing[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open ASAMUEngine.ini.
  3. Search and change bSmoothFrameRate to FALSE or raise MaxSmoothedFrameRate value.
  4. Save file.
For more information, see the Unreal Engine 3 page.

Input settings

Input settings.
Input settings.
Keyboard rebinding.
Keyboard rebinding.
Controller settings.
Controller settings.

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language settings.
Language settings.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
Beta.
Dutch
Beta.
Finnish
Beta.
French
German
Hungarian
Beta.
Italian
Polish
Portuguese
Beta.
Brazilian Portuguese
Beta.
Slovak
Beta.
Spanish
Beta.
Turkish
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Russian
Fan translations by «Prometheus Project»

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision
Use Helix Mod: A Story About My Uncle.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio XAudio2 [1]
Interface Scaleform

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP (SP3), Vista (SP2), 7 8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz
AMD Athlon X2 1.6 GHz		 Quad Core 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB 4 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 3.0 support		 1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 3.0 support
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9.0c compatible, 16-bit DirectX 9.0c compatible, 16-bit.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.7 10.8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz
AMD Athlon X2 1.6 GHz		 Quad Core 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD Graphics 4000 Intel HD Graphics 5000
Other MacBook Pro 2011, iMac 2011, MacBook Air 2012 2013 models or better
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU) Dual Core 2.0 GHz 2.0 GHz Dual Core Processor
System memory (RAM) 2 GB 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB 4 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 3.0 support		 512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 3.0 support
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9.0c compatible, 16-bit DirectX 9.0c compatible, 16-bit
Other We recommend using proprietary Nvidia/AMD drivers We recommend using proprietary Nvidia/AMD drivers

References