Always Sometimes Monsters
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Developers | |
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Vagabond Dog | |
Publishers | |
Devolver Digital | |
Engines | |
Windows | RPG Maker VX Ace[1] |
OS X, Linux | RPG Maker MV |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 21, 2014 |
macOS (OS X) | January 9, 2015 |
Linux | January 9, 2015 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 73 |
OpenCritic | 73 |
IGDB | 81 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Series | Always Sometimes Monsters |
Always Sometimes Monsters | |
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Always Sometimes Monsters | 2014 |
Sometimes Always Monsters | 2020 |
Key points
- The game settings can be accessed by pressing F1 as usual with other RPG Maker games.
- Only resolution option is 544x416 (17:13).
- OS X and Linux lack Steam integration and have frequent crashes.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
GOG.com | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
Mac App Store (unavailable) |
Game data
Configuration file location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Game.ini[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | $HOME/My Games/ASM/ |
Linux |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save01.rvdata2[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | $HOME/My Games/ASM/ |
Linux | <path-to-game>/ |
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 | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use either Alt+↵ Enter or F5 to switch and F6 to scale. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | [2] | ||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Only specific keys and they have to be bound to imaginary controller. | |
Mouse acceleration | Mouse not used in game. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Accessing options and switching to fullscreen requires keyboard. | |
Controller remapping | Controller keys are bound to imaginary controller. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Music and effects, on or off only | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | All speech is text. | |
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 | |
OpenGL | 2.0 | OS X and Linux only. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux | [citation needed] |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | OpenAL | Linux only.[citation needed] |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 12.04 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
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).
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2017-05-25
- ↑ Verified by User:Marioysikax on June 28, 2016 With 120 FPS recording.