Lego The Hobbit
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| Developers | |
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| Traveller's Tales | |
| Publishers | |
| Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | |
| OS X | Feral Interactive |
| Engines | |
| Nu2 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | April 8, 2014 |
| macOS (OS X) | December 19, 2014 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 68 |
| OpenCritic | 71 |
| IGDB | 72 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | DLC |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Cinematic camera, Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Open world |
| Themes | Fantasy, Medieval |
| Series | Lego Middle-earth |
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| Lego Middle-earth | |
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| Subseries of Lego | |
| Subseries of Middle-earth | |
| Lego The Lord of the Rings | 2012 |
| Lego The Hobbit | 2014 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) release 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.
Lego The Hobbit is a singleplayer and multiplayer cinematic camera and third-person action, adventure and open world game in the Lego Middle-earth series.
Key points
- Graphical fidelity is pared back compared to the PS4 and Xbox One versions.[1]
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
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| Steam | |
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| Mac App Store (unavailable) | |
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DLC and expansion packs
- "The Armory Pack" is only available for console versions and was not released on PC.
Game data
General settings.
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %APPDATA%\Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment\LEGO The Hobbit\pcconfig.txt |
| macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/LEGO The Hobbit/ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/285160/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/LEGO The Hobbit/SaveData/ |
| Steam | <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/285160/remote/savedgames/ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/285160/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud | Approx. 8 MB available. |
Video
Video settings
Effects settings
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Change aspect ratio to From Screen-Res.Cutscenes are framed for 2.35:1 and are Vert- at wider ratios. Actual gameplay is Hor+. |
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| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | unknown fixed amount | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | FSAA (Edge AA). Nvidia users can force SGSSAA in Nvidia Profile Inspector with the 0x004010C1 anti-aliasing flag and the "AA Fix"; no LOD adjustment is necessary.[2] |
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| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate or refresh rate cap.[3] | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Input
Input settings
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | No mouse support. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | ||
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| PlayStation button prompts | ||
| Motion sensors support | ||
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | ||
| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Danish | ||||
| Dutch | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 2 | Co-op |
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| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | ||||
Issues fixed
Fixing black screen on game launch
- The game may launch into a black screen that doesn't change but the sound of the opening cutscenes will still be playing.
| Editing pcconfig.txt[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 | Although a DirectX 11 executable is included, it doesn’t actually work. |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
Mods
- See the beginners setup guide for instructions on how to configure the game for mod support.
- Setting up mods requires extracting the game's .DAT files, which noticeably increases file size and may disable achievements.
Bug-fixes/Improvements
- DXT5 save icon by SirYodaJedi - Replaces the DXT1 save icon with a DXT5 version found from the map screen assets as well as adding mipmaps. Place the contained folder in
<path-to-game>.
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | Vista, 7, 8 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon 64 X2 EE 3800+ Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180 | Intel Core i5 Quad Core 2.6 GHz AMD Quad Core 2.6 GHz |
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| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 10 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 7600 GS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 ATI Radeon HD 5850 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible |
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- Windows XP does work, but is not officially supported.
| macOS (OS X) | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.9.5 | 10.10.1 | ||
| Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | 2.4 GHz | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 10 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM | 512 MB of VRAM | ||
- This game is not currently supported on volumes formatted as Mac OS Extended (Case Sensitive).
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/285160/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (285160) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Face-Off: Lego The Hobbit • Eurogamer.net
- ↑ NVidia Profile Inspector - AA Flags
- ↑ Verified by User:Keith on 2020-10-19
- Tested at 1920x1080 120 Hz