Hookbots

Hookbots

Developers
	Tree Interactive
Engines
	Unity 2017
Release dates
Windows	August 28, 2019
macOS (OS X)	August 28, 2019

General information

Official Discord server

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

Game data

In-game gameplay settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Tree Interactive\Hookbots\Preferences.hkb HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Tree Interactive\Hookbots\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/668650/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Tree Interactive\Hookbots\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/668650/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		See Ultra-widescreen for Vert- scaling. Effectively unplayable due to characters frequently disappearing off-screen.
Ultra-widescreen		See Ultra-widescreen for Vert- scaling.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Used in place of exclusive fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Framerate limit of 30 FPS, 60 FPS, 120 FPS, or no limit.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Ultra-widescreen

Set a custom resolution in the configuration file
Go to the Configuration file location. (On Windows, go to the registry location.) Edit Screenmanager Resolution Height_h2627697771 and Screenmanager Resolution Width_h182942802 to the desired values (ensure the Decimal radio button is selected, if editing the Windows registry). Save changes and start the game normally.

Input

In-game input settings.

Default keyboard and mouse controls.

Default gamepad controls.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Movement controls cannot be remapped.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		A keyboard or controller must be used to exit menus.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Movement controls cannot be remapped.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

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		Music, Sound Effects
Surround sound		Stereo
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
Latin American Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		4	Versus
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

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

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Input	InControl

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo E5200	Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 DirectX 11 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.9.5
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 1.7 GHz	Intel Core i5 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD Graphics 4000	Nvidia GeForce GT 750M ATI Radeon HD 5750 1 GB of VRAM