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Beware Planet Earth

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Beware Planet Earth!
Beware Planet Earth! cover
Developers
Lightmare Studio
Publishers
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Release dates
Windows June 29, 2012[1]
macOS (OS X) August 29, 2013
Beware Planet Earth on MobyGames

General information

Official site
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
DRM details are not known
Multiple official third party sites, demo available.
Windows
Amazon.com
DRM details are not known
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Can be played without Steam running.[2]
Windows

Version differences

Steam version includes several extra levels and enemies from Valve games.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches and changelogs are available at official site (not needed for Steam version).

Game data

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Lightmare Studio\BewarePlanetEarth\Saves\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/267340/pfx/[Note 1]
Save game data possibly includes configurations as well.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Steam Cloud is enabled, but it never syncs anything.[3][4]

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Game by default uses OS to determine language. To change language, use launch parameter.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Italian
German
Spanish
Dutch
Brazilian Portuguese
Swedish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7, 9
OpenGL
Use launch parameter.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio OpenAL

Other information

Launch parameters

These can be used as regular launch parameters or by creating file <path-to-game>\arguments and putting in arguments separated by space or new line.[5]
Parameter Description
-windowed launch the game in windowed mode
-width x force window's width in windowed mode to x pixels. 'x' value must be between 1 and the max width supported by the graphics card. Value is 1024 by default.
-height y force window's height in windowed mode to x pixels. 'y' value must be between 1 and the max height supported by the graphics card. Value is 768 by default.
-unsafe deactivate integrity tests on files at loading
-renderer r force to use 'r' renderer. 'r' can be: OpenGL. Use DirectX 9.0c by default
-vsync activate render vertical synchronisation.
-forcelanguage Language Force the game to be in 'Language', can be: French, English, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, BrazilianPortuguese.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 350 MB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectSound Compatible

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>/267340/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (267340) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Official presskit, "We are proud and happy to announce that "Beware Planet Earth!" will be available for purchase on www.bewareplanetearth.com from Friday, June 29.", file creation date is June 28, 2012 and June 29, 2012 is Friday.
  2. Verified by User:Vetle on 2016-03-20
  3. Steam Cloud :: Beware Planet Earth General Discussion
  4. Verified by User:Marioysikax on 21 August 2015
  5. Lightmare Studio • View topic - Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q)