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General information
- Official developer support page and FAQ - for all games from No Code
- Official Discord server - includes a dedicated Observation channel
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
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Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\No Code Studio\Observation\SaveGames\ |
Microsoft Store |
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\DevolverDigital.ObservationXB1_6kzv4j18v0c96\SystemAppData\wgs\ |
Steam Play (Linux) |
<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/906100/pfx/[Note 2] |
Video
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.
- The game defaults to the desktop resolution on first launch. Accessing the options menu enforces its 16:9 and 16:10 resolutions.
Use the community patcher to remove the maximum resolution limit
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- After patching, select the highest available resolution above native to have the game set to native.[7]
- (e.g. selecting 3840x2160 at 3440x1440 will have the game set to 3440x1440 without it being reflected in the listed resolution)
- Results in Hor+ scaling and Vert- behavior from letterboxing. The letterboxing can be removed with a mod.
- Prevents the game from enforcing its hardcoded resolutions upon menu access.
- Mouse pointer is always confined to 16:9, forcing to use other input devices to navigate the main menu at 48:9 resolutions.[8]
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Set any width and height through the config[9]
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- Launch the game and set its options as preferred, then quit.
- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Locate the lines that start with
Screenmanager Resolution Height and Screenmanager Resolution Width .
- Double-click one, select Decimal and enter the desired height or width, then click OK. Repeat the step for the other.
- Run the game and avoid accessing the options or the pause menu (Esc).
- Results in Hor+ scaling and Vert- behavior from letterboxing.[10] The letterboxing can be removed with a mod.
- Mouse pointer is always confined to 16:9, forcing to use other input devices to navigate the main menu at 48:9 resolutions.[8]
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
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Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Most of the environmental sounds are not captioned. |
Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Simplified Chinese |
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Traditional Chinese |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Korean |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Issues unresolved
Controls hints cut off at wider resolutions
- Temporarily setting the game resolution to one with less width will allow to see the hints.[14]
Issues fixed
Controls settings arrow is not functional
- Instead of clicking with the mouse, press the arrow button on the keyboard or the controller to access the Camera Control bindings.[15]
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
11 |
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Shader Model support |
4.0 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Audio |
FMOD |
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Input |
Rewired |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
7 |
7, 8, 8.1, 10 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core i3-3240 3.4 GHz AMD FX-4300 3.8 GHz |
Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5 GHz Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
4 GB |
8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
12 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 AMD Radeon HD 7750
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon RX 570 |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unity engine build: 2017.4.36f1[1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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>/906100/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (906100) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
- ↑ For example, ← Backspace is not listed among the Controls but used to back out of objects inspection; R for Response is not documented; some of the functionality of Space ␣ is remappable but even when fully remapped, the game will require its use to close the SamOS interface.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2022-05-04
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-21
- Closed the launcher, removed its folders and launched the game without issues.
- ↑ Verified by User:Mmachinecodev on 2022-06-09
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-21
- Used a custom desktop resolution of 3840x2160, got to select it in the menu, and it lowered the FPS.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-21
- Found this out by extracting the game files.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2020-05-24
- Tested at 65 Hz and 75 Hz, reaching 75 FPS at the latter. Disabling Vsync had no effect.
- ↑ Observation letterboxing remover - last accessed on 2020-05-23
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-21
- Screenshots taken at 5760x1080, 3840x1080 (both custom), 2560x1080 and 1920x1080, then compared.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2020-08-13
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-23
- Played through the game at 2560x1080 without notable issues.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-24
- Quickly moving the mouse resulted in little change on the screen, while moving it slower resulted in much more distance traveled.
- ↑ Terrible mouse smoothing - last accessed on 2020-05-22
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-23
- Tested with an Xbox 360 Razer Onza controller.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-23
- At 2560x1080, the SamOS hints are partially cut off but visible. At 5760x1080 there are no signs of them.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-21
- It works, and it seems to be the only way to access the extra keybindings.