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Distant Worlds
Distant Worlds: Universe	2014
Distant Worlds 2	2022

Key points

Highly moddable.

General information

Official forums

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Publisher website

GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam
Amazon.com (unavailable)

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Disable intro movie in `Startup.ini`^[1]
Navigate to `<path-to-game>` and open `Startup.ini` with a text editor. Find `playmovie` and change the value from `1` to `0`. Save the document before closing.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Distant Worlds Universe <path-to-game>\Startup.ini^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/261470/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Distant Worlds Universe\SavedGames
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/261470/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

Display settings.

Advanced display settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Hor+ scaling. UI elements span the screen. Menu may appear stretched.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Top-down 2D perspective.
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Used in place of exclusive fullscreen.
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 and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

Enable windowed mode through the external INI file^[1]

Navigate to <path-to-game> and open Startup.ini with a text editor.
Find SCREENWIDTH and SCREENHEIGHT. Delete the ' in front of this text, then change the width and height as desired.
Save the document before closing.

Notes

Windowed mode requires a minimum resolution of 1024x768.

Input

General gameplay settings.^{[Note 3]}

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

Automation settings.
Empire preset settings.
Notification settings.

Audio

Audio settings.

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3	Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 @ 1.5 GHz	Dual Core CPU @ 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	1024x768 resolution, 32 bit DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (261470) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
↑ Image has been edited for a more website-friendly aspect ratio.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Verified by User:Cptmold on 2019-07-19
Tested with GOG release.

[gamedir-2] 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).

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (261470) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (261470) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[Note-4] Image has been edited for a more website-friendly aspect ratio.

[Startup_ini-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Verified by User:Cptmold on 2019-07-19
Tested with GOG release.

[1]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[Note 3]

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-==Video settings==
+==Video==
 {{Image|Distant Worlds Universe - Display Settings.png|Display settings.}}
 {{Image|Distant Worlds Universe - Adv Display Settings.png|Advanced display settings.}}
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  =
 |widescreen wsgf award      =
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 |vsync notes                =
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-{{Input settings
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 |key remap notes           =
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-{{Audio settings
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 |recRAM   = 4 GB
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+|recGPU   =
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 {{References}}
-[[Category:GOG.com Enhancement Project]]
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Developers

	Code Force
Publishers
	Slitherine
Release dates
Windows	May 23, 2014
Reception
Metacritic	81
OpenCritic	85
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Series	Distant Worlds