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 | One-time game purchase, 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 |
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) 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.
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 | ||||
Steam | ||||
Mac App Store (unavailable) |
DLC and expansion packs
- The Armory Pack DLC was never released for the PC version, although this content pack can be modded into the game.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment\LEGO The Hobbit\pcconfig.txt |
macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/LEGO The Hobbit/ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/285160/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/LEGO The Hobbit/SaveData/ |
Steam | <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/285160/remote/savedgames/ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/285160/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | Approx. 8 MB available. |
Video
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. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | No mouse support. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
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 | 9.0c | 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 |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 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 |
- 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 |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 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 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>/285160/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (285160) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Face-Off: Lego The Hobbit • Eurogamer.net - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ NVidia Profile Inspector - AA Flags - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Keith on 2020-10-19
- Tested at 1920x1080 120 Hz