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Cave Story+

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Cave Story+
Cave Story+ cover
Developers
Nicalis
Release dates
Windows November 7, 2011
macOS (OS X) December 13, 2011
Linux December 13, 2011
Cave Story+ guide on StrategyWiki
Cave Story+ on Wikipedia

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game needs a fix to work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later (see API for details).
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This page is for the enhanced remake. For the original game, see Cave Story.

Key points

Three versions of the soundtrack plus two graphics modes.

General information

Unofficial Cave Story Wikia
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Humble Store
DRM-free
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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 <path-to-game>\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/
Linux ~/.local/share/CaveStory+/
The game supports XDG on Linux, but crashes when the value is set.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Profile.dat[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/Profile.dat
Linux ~/.local/share/CaveStory+/Profile.dat
Profile.dat stores save game data.
The Steam save games on OS X and Linux are not compatible with the DRM-free and Steam for Windows versions.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.

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Input settings

Input settings.
Input settings.

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Audio settings

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Mute on focus lost

Set mute in background[citation needed]
  1. Download Special K.
  2. Copy SpecialK32.dll to the installation folder.
  3. Rename to OpenGL32.dll.
  4. Run the game and exit.
  5. Edit OpenGL32.ini in the installation folder.
  6. Find [Window.System].
  7. Change MuteInBackground=false to MuteInBackground=true.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Japanese
Spanish

Issues fixed

Game will not start, or crashes on start

Disable triple buffering[citation needed]
  1. Go to Graphics Settings
  2. Disable triple buffering

Triple buffering can also be disabled in Catalyst Control Center, among other graphics card programs.

Install VC++ and .NET 3.5 (Windows)[citation needed]

In some cases you may need to install or update your versions of VC++ and/or .NET. They can be downloaded from here:

Create a "steam_appid.txt" file[citation needed]

If the game launch from Steam, but does not launch outside of Steam, create a "steam_appid.txt" file containing the text "200900". 200900 is the Steam ID for this game. Place this text file in the installation folder.

On linux: disable all monitors but one[citation needed]

There is a known bug that only happens with systems using multiple monitors, crashing the game on launch.

Black screen

If the game loads to a black screen in Windows 7, setting the game to compatibility mode may fix the problem.

Run in Compatibility Mode for Windows XP SP3[citation needed]
  1. Right click the CaveStory+.exe file and select Properties
  2. Select the Compatibility tab
  3. Check the box Run in compatibility mode for: Windows XP (Service Pack 3)

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL 4.0 OS X and Linux only.
Software renderer
GDI
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Solo
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 64 MB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.5.8, 10.6.3
Processor (CPU) Intel only, PowerPC not supported
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 64 MB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2.6
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Solo
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 64 MB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. 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