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Hyper Light Drifter

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Revision as of 14:27, 16 August 2019 by Aemony (talk | contribs) (→‎Save game data location: rephrased note (still don't really like it, but this is at least semi-good))
Hyper Light Drifter
Hyper Light Drifter cover
Developers
Heart Machine
Aaron Melcher
Engines
GameMaker Studio
Release dates
Windows March 31, 2016[1]
macOS (OS X) March 31, 2016[1]
Linux March 31, 2016[2]
Hyper Light Drifter on Wikipedia

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

Community wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
DRM-free
Purchase via Humble Widget. DRM-free or Steam key, but not both.
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Epic Games Store
Epic Games Launcher
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
DRM-free or Steam key, but not both.
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Origin
Origin
Included with EA Play.
Windows
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Original Soundtrack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\HyperLightDrifter\GamePrefs.dat
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/com.HeartMachine.HyperLightDrifter
Linux ~/.config/HyperLightDrifter
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

Save data is encoded and has a platform-specific header, requiring specific steps to transfer a save file over to another machine.
System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\HyperLightDrifter\
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/com.HeartMachine.HyperLightDrifter
Linux ~/.config/HyperLightDrifter

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Disabled due to technical limitations.[3]
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

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Input settings

In-game keyboard and mouse settings.
In-game keyboard and mouse settings.
In-game Xbox controller controls.
In-game Xbox controller controls.
In-game DualShock 4 controls.
In-game DualShock 4 controls.

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Russian
Spanish

Network

In-game co-op settings.
In-game co-op settings.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
[4]
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Save game transfer

Transfer save game to a new machine[5][6]
  1. Go to the save game data location on the old machine and backup the desired file.
  2. On the new machine, create a new save.
  3. Open the new save in a text editor and search for eyAibWF.
  4. Copy all text preceding eyAibWF.
  5. Open the old save in a text editor and search for eyAibWF.
  6. Paste the text from the new save into the old save.
  7. Copy over the altered old save into the new machine's save game data location.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) 1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 10 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.7
Processor (CPU) 1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 512 MB of VRAM
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04, SteamOS
Processor (CPU) 1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 512 MB of VRAM

References