Difference between revisions of "Hades"

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General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		DRM-free when launched directly from its executable.^[5]
Microsoft Store		Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC. Xbox Play Anywhere.
Steam		DRM-free when launched directly from its executable.^[6]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Saved Games\Hades\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Supergiant Games/Hades/
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1145360/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Saved Games\Hades\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1145360/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Cross-save is available with the Nintendo Switch version of the game.^[7]

Video

Display settings

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Scaled up/down from internal viewport of 1920x1080 (anamorphic).
Multi-monitor		See Multi-monitor.
Ultra-widescreen		See Ultra-widescreen.
4K Ultra HD		Upscaled from internal viewport of 1920x1080 (anamorphic).
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Window size is fixed: it is impossible to specify a custom resolution (only the resolutions from the main display are offered from the game settings) and the game window cannot be freely resized, even in windowed or borderless windowed mode and even by manually tweaking ProfileX.sjson configuration file. Bypass possible with third-party mod, see Hephaistos.

Ultra-widescreen

V1.38239 of the game (released on 2021-10-07) broke monitor resolution detection logic in a way that makes it impossible to play Hades with large resolutions, including most 3440x1440 and above resolutions. The points below about vanilla ultrawide support should be ignored until this issue is fixed. Third-party mod Hephaistos implements a workaround for this issue by using a custom resolution.

Hades has a fixed 16:9 aspect ratio with anamorphic scaling and is pillarboxed at resolutions larger than 16:9. Bypass possible with third-party mod, see Hephaistos.

It is pillarboxed with dedicated artwork^[8] rather than plain black bars.

The pillarbox artwork can be disabled and replaced with black bars if desired, either:
Add `/UseSideBarArt=false` to the game’s command line parameters from Steam/Epic. Add `UseSideBarArt = false` to your `ProfileX.sjson` configuration file.

At resolutions of 3840x1600 and above (any ratio >= 21.6:9), the pillars are miscalculated and displayed offset to the top due to a bug in the pillarboxing logic^[9] (only works for ratios up to 21.5:9).

21:9 at 3440x1440, showing dedicated pillarbox artwork
21:9 at 3840x1600, showing dedicated pillarbox artwork bug for ratios >= 21.6:9
32:9 at 3840x1080, showing dedicated pillarbox artwork bug for ratios >= 21.6:9

Multi-monitor

V1.38239 of the game (released on 2021-10-07) broke monitor resolution detection logic in a way that makes it impossible to play Hades with large resolutions, including most 3440x1440 and above resolutions. The points below about vanilla multi-monitor/ultrawide support should be ignored until this issue is fixed. Third-party mod Hephaistos implements a workaround for this issue by using a custom resolution.

Multi-monitor setups behave identically to ultra-widescreen and are pillarboxed at resolutions larger than 16:9. Bypass possible with third-party mod, see Hephaistos.

Hades only works on multi-monitor setups emulating a single display (such as Eyefinity / Surround), as it is impossible to specify a custom window size (see Windowed). Bypass possible with third-party mod, see Hephaistos.

Hephaistos

Hephaistos is a third-party mod for Hades which can be used for bypassing letterboxing / pillarboxing / fixed window size.

[Scaling] Hor+ by default (pixel-based available but not recommended).

[HUD] Expanded horizontally by default, can also be kept in the center.

[Static assets / FMV] Not resized, will stay at 16:9 in the center of the screen.

[Custom resolution] Bypasses monitor resolution detection (useful for custom window sizes and multi-monitor without Eyefinity / Surround).

Works by combining three types of fixes:

Backends' engine DLLs are hex patched to expand the resolution and camera viewports.
Resource SJSON files are patched to resize / move around GUI elements.
Gameplay Lua scripts are extended with a Lua mod recalculating sizes / positions of GUI elements.

Input

Keyboard and mouse controls

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		Configurable deadzone.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support		Light color varies depending on power-ups.
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Wireless (DualShock 4 USB Wireless Adapter), Wireless (Bluetooth), Wired V2 tested.

Generic/other controllers

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

Xbox controls
DualShock controls

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, SFX, Voice
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Language settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	10
OpenGL	2.1	Support removed at early access period, older builds had OGL support.
Metal support
Vulkan	1.1	Added with an update released on October 27, 2020.^[10]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD
Input	Simple DirectMedia Layer
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	Epic Online Services	^[11] EOSSDK-Win32-Shipping.dll within x86 folder and EOSSDK-Win64-Shipping.dll within x64 and x64Vk folders.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 SP1
Processor (CPU)	2.4 GHz Dual Core	3.0 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	15 GB	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	1 GB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible	2 GB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.13.6	10.14
Processor (CPU)	2.4 GHz Dual Core	3.0 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	15 GB	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD Graphics 5000 Metal compatible	Intel UHD Graphics 630

A 64-bit operating system is required.

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>/1145360/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1145360) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Hades - last accessed on 2020-02-29
↑ The Forge on GitHub - last accessed on 2021-05-27
"One of the on-going challenges was that [Supergiant Games] run-time was written in C#. At the beginning of 2019, we suggested to help them in building a new cross-platform game engine in C/C++ from scratch with The Forge."
↑ 2020 - A Retrospective - The Forge - last accessed on 2021-05-27
"One of the on-going challenges was that [Supergiant Games] run-time was written in C#. At the beginning of 2019, we suggested to help them in building a new cross-platform game engine in C/C++ from scratch with The Forge."
↑ How 6 Months of COVID-19 Quarantine Affected Life at Supergiant Games - Developing Hell #05 - last accessed on 2021-05-27
"Talks about Hades engine switch during the "March" section (04:15 - 06:27)"
↑ Epic Store games you can play without the Epic Launcher - last accessed on 2020-07-05
↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-02-27
I was gifted this game and tried to launch it without Steam running and it was able to play. Tested the x64 and x64vk executables and they were able to play without Steam.
↑ Twitter - Supergiant Games: Our Cross-Saves update for HADES is out now on Nintendo Switch! - last accessed on 2020-12-17
↑ Has the ultrawide resolution been fixed? - last accessed on 2020-09-24
"We have artwork to fill the screen edges in ultrawide resolutions. This is an intentional choice."
↑ Hades ultrawide mod - last accessed on 2021-09-13
"If we hex patch the memory value from 2.4 (0x4019999a) to 2.5 (0x40200000), the artwork will be displayed without offset at 3840x1600."
↑ Post-Launch Patch - October 27, 2020 - last accessed on 2020-11-03
↑ https://steamdb.info/depot/1145363/

[Proton_path_note-7] 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>/1145360/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1145360) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Hades - last accessed on 2020-02-29

[2] The Forge on GitHub - last accessed on 2021-05-27
"One of the on-going challenges was that [Supergiant Games] run-time was written in C#. At the beginning of 2019, we suggested to help them in building a new cross-platform game engine in C/C++ from scratch with The Forge."

[3] 2020 - A Retrospective - The Forge - last accessed on 2021-05-27
"One of the on-going challenges was that [Supergiant Games] run-time was written in C#. At the beginning of 2019, we suggested to help them in building a new cross-platform game engine in C/C++ from scratch with The Forge."

[4] How 6 Months of COVID-19 Quarantine Affected Life at Supergiant Games - Developing Hell #05 - last accessed on 2021-05-27
"Talks about Hades engine switch during the "March" section (04:15 - 06:27)"

[5] Epic Store games you can play without the Epic Launcher - last accessed on 2020-07-05

[6] Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-02-27
I was gifted this game and tried to launch it without Steam running and it was able to play. Tested the x64 and x64vk executables and they were able to play without Steam.

[8] Twitter - Supergiant Games: Our Cross-Saves update for HADES is out now on Nintendo Switch! - last accessed on 2020-12-17

[9] Has the ultrawide resolution been fixed? - last accessed on 2020-09-24
"We have artwork to fill the screen edges in ultrawide resolutions. This is an intentional choice."

[10] Hades ultrawide mod - last accessed on 2021-09-13
"If we hex patch the memory value from 2.4 (0x4019999a) to 2.5 (0x40200000), the artwork will be displayed without offset at 3840x1600."

[11] Post-Launch Patch - October 27, 2020 - last accessed on 2020-11-03

[12] ttps://steamdb.info/depot/1145363/

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Developers

	Supergiant Games
Engines
Early access	MonoGame^[1]
Release	The Forge^[2]^[3]^[4]
Release dates
Windows	September 17, 2020
macOS (OS X)	September 17, 2020
Reception
Metacritic	93
OpenCritic	94
IGDB	94
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Isometric
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Roguelike
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Fantasy