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Audioshield

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Audioshield
Audioshield cover
Developers
Dylan Fitterer
Engines
Unity 5
Release dates
Windows April 5, 2016
Reception
Metacritic 81
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Controls Gestures
Genres Music/rhythm
Art styles Abstract
Series Audiosurf
Audioshield on HowLongToBeat
Audioshield on IGDB
Audioshield on MobyGames
Audioshield on Wikipedia
Audiosurf
Audiosurf 2008
Audiosurf 2 2015
Audioshield 2016

Warnings

This game requires a virtual reality headset (see VR support for details).

Key points

YouTube streaming removed,[1] can be restored using Restore YouTube Streaming.

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Virtual Reality Institute of Health and Exercise

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

Essential improvements

Restore YouTube Streaming

Restores YouTube video streaming and URL input
YouTube Search will still not work.
Revert Audioshield to previous version and add patch[2][3]
  1. In Steam, right click on the game and go to Properties.
  2. Go to Betas tab and select previous_version and let the update download.
  3. Download Assembly-CSharp.dll.
  4. Extract to <path-to-game>\Audioshield_Data\Managed

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Audiosurf, LLC\Audioshield\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/412740/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

This game requires a virtual reality headset (see VR support for details).
Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Up to 180° per eye
Windowed
For mirrored view
Borderless fullscreen windowed
For mirrored view
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 and 120+ FPS
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types
Tracked motion controllers
Button/gesture prompts
Additional information
Haptic feedback

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

VR support

This game requires a virtual reality headset.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 7 SP1
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-4590
AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 900 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AMD Radeon R9 290


Notes

  1. File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/412740/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (412740) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Streaming is down - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  2. Aiae Youtube Restore - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  3. Solution for Youtube Streaming. - last accessed on 17 May 2023