G String

G String is a singleplayer science-fiction first-person shooter game developed primarily by one person, Eyaura, over the course of over a decade. Set on a far future Earth ravished by pollution and war, players control Korean teenager Myo Hyori as she fights to survive through hazards posed by the toxic landscape, ruthless militia, and artificial intelligence.

Originally intended as a mod for Half-Life 2, G String was eventually released on Steam on October 16, 2020 as a standalone commercial product published by LunchHouse Software.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Sample Soundtrack	Free sample of the game's soundtrack.
Original Soundtrack	The game's full soundtrack.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use `-novid` command line argument

Enabling the console

A list of console commands can be found here.

Options menu
Go to Options, select the Keyboard tab and click on Advanced. Check Enable the developer console and open the console by using `~`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Steam	<path-to-game>/gstringv2/cfg/
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1224600/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Steam	<path-to-game>/gstringv2/save/
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1224600/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Values between 75° and 90° horizontal can be set via a slider in the option menu under Video > Advanced.^[1] Default is 75°. Clipping becomes visible in some first-person animations if the FOV is set too far above 75°.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		The frame rate is capped to 300 by default, but this can be changed by changing the value of `fps_max` in the developer console.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Instructions
See Command line arguments. Use `-window -noborder`

Input

In-game key map settings.

In-game mouse/gamepad settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Game volume and music slider.
Surround sound		4.0, 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Under a check box in the Audio menu.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian
Japanese
Korean
Russian

Issues unresolved

Savegame corruption

Severe savegame corruption can happen on some levels, potentially breaking not only the last savegame, but many previous ones. No known fix exists. The only workaround to get back on track after the corruption occurred is to restart the whole chapter or load map manually and add back missing weapons via console.

Issues fixed

Crash on load

Disable intro videos^[2]
Add `-novid` to game's launch parameters

Missing textures (wireframe bug)

The game can be mistakenly set DirectX 8.x by default, which is not supported by the game.

Switch renderer to DX9 with Shader Model 3^[3]
Add `+mat_dxlevel 95` to the game's launch parameters

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	2, 3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok	Heavily modified variant.
Input	SDL
Cutscenes	LunchHouse Software Proprietary Video System	Video codec only used for intro. In game cutscenes are all real time.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista	XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz	3.0 GHz Pentium 4 Dual Core 2.0 AMD64X2
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	15 GB	15 GB
Video card (GPU)	512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 2 support	1024 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3 support

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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>/1224600/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1224600) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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>/1224600/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1224600) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[2] Field of View - Valve Developer Community

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Developers

	Eyaura
Publishers
	LunchHouse Software
Engines
	Source
Release dates
Windows	October 16, 2020
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	FPS
Vehicles	Space flight
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Cyberpunk, Horror, Sci-fi