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Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
General information
- Unofficial wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
DLC and expansion packs
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\HotlineMiami\hotline.cfg |
Microsoft Store |
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macOS (OS X) |
~/Library/Application Support/Hotline Miami/hotline.cfg |
Linux |
$XDG_DATA_HOME/HotlineMiami/hotline.cfg |
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hotline.cfg
stores the configuration.
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\HotlineMiami\SaveData.sav |
Microsoft Store |
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macOS (OS X) |
~/Library/Application Support/Hotline Miami/SaveData.sav |
Linux |
$XDG_DATA_HOME/HotlineMiami/SaveData.sav |
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SaveData.sav
stores the save game data.
- Save games are fully cross-platform.
Video
Hotline Miami is letterboxed.
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Auto configures up to 7.0 output. |
Subtitles |
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All speech is text-based. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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French |
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German |
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Japanese |
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Polish |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Issues fixed
Game won't start
- This issue seems to be more prone for those trying to launch the game with the updated engine/executable instead of the original GameMaker version.
Install OpenAL[citation needed]
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Disable statistics (FPS counters) software
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- Programs that report computer statistics such as frame rate, GPU usage, memory usage etc. can cause the game to not start correctly and is recommend to shut them down if you're having issues launching the game.
- Programs that use RivaTuner Statistics Server such as MSI Afterburner or EVGA Precision X allow you to exclude a game's executable file to prevent RivaTuner from attempting to look at the game if you wish to keep MSI Afterburner or EVGA Precision X running for those that want to view their system's statistics.
- Open RivaTuner Statistics Server if installed.
- Click the "+" button to open a separate window that will ask you to select the executable.
- Locate
HotlineMiami.exe in the installation folder.
- On the right, look for "Application Detection Level" and select "None".
- Minimize RivaTuner Statistics and try to launch the game.
- If you're still having issues, try excluding the OpenGL executable by repeating steps 2 through 4 but selecting
HotlineGL.exe instead.
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Window not fully visible
Change Windows compatibility settings[3]
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- <path-to-game>
- Right-click on
HotlineGL.exe
- Properties
- Compatibility
- Tick "Override high DPI scaling behavior" and set "Scaling performed by:" to "Application", and apply.
- If this setting is not there (older versions of Windows): tick "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings", and apply.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
8 |
Original version only. |
OpenGL |
2.1 |
Updated version only. |
Shader Model support |
1.4 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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macOS (OS X) | |
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This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
Linux | |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Audio |
BASS, OpenAL |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) |
1.2 GHz
| 1.4 GHz+ |
System memory (RAM) |
512 MB |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
200 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
32 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.1 compatible DirectX 8 compatible
| 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible |
macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
10.6 | |
Processor (CPU) |
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
| 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
130 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
OpenGL 2.1 compatible | |
Linux |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
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Processor (CPU) |
1.8 GHz Dual-Core |
System memory (RAM) |
512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
130 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
OpenGL 2.1 compatible |
References