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Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse

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Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse
Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse cover
Developers
Heavy Iron Studios
Publishers
Activision
Engines
GoodEditor
Release dates
Windows November 20, 2012
Reception
Metacritic 42
Taxonomy
Monetization DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Shooter
Art styles Cartoon
Themes Comedy
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General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
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Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Peter Griffin's Man Boob Mega Sweat Pack
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Heavy Iron Studios Inc.\Family Guy\Settings\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/214230/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save\[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/214230/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen
See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
Max resolution is 1080p (1920x1080).
Field of view (FOV)
See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Use Borderless Gaming (Steam or GitHub).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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.

Field of view (FOV)

Change FOV with hex edit[citation needed]
  1. Download one of the archive attachments containing fixed exes from WSGF.
  2. Open FGUY.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
  3. Go to offset 0x5DB32E.
  4. Replace bytes 00 00 80 3F with bytes representing your float value multiplier (default multiplier is 1.0). Remember to invert the byte order to Little Endian.

Change Resolution

Change Resolution with regedit

  1. Open Registry Editor
  2. Navigate to "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Heavy Iron Studios Inc.\Family Guy\Settings"
  3. Set Width and Height Accordingly. Byte order is inverted. 2560(hex:0A00) would correspond to 00 0A 00 00. 1440(hex:05A0) would correspond to A0 05 00 00.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Effects, Dialogues, Movies
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Italian
Portuguese
Fan translation, download.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Split-screen. 2 players co-op. Up to 4 players competitive.
LAN play
Online play

VR support

Issues fixed

The game freezes or doesn't proceed with the next event

Alt+tab out and back in the game OR play in window mode.[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Audio FMOD
Interface Scaleform
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 2.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 7900 GS
ATI Radeon HD 3450
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
  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).

References