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Penumbra
Penumbra: Overture	2007
Penumbra: Black Plague	2008

General information

Official website

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page for game series

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.		Comes in the Penumbra Collection, includes Penumbra: Black Plague and Penumbra: Overture. Includes Requiem expansion.
GamersGate		Comes in the Penumbra Collection, includes Penumbra: Black Plague and Penumbra: Overture. Includes Requiem expansion.
Steam		Comes in the Penumbra Collection, includes Penumbra: Black Plague and Penumbra: Overture. Includes Requiem expansion.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Enable quick save

Instructions

Game data

Black Plague

Configuration file and save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/22120/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Requiem

Configuration file and save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/22120/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

Advanced video settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Windowed

Instructions

High frame rate

Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Turkish

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Radeon 8500 GeForce 3

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.4
Processor (CPU)	2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1024 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Radeon 8500 GeForce 3

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Kernel 2.6
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Radeon 8500 GeForce 3

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.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (22120) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 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.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (22120) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (22120) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[Note 1]

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-{{stub}}
 {{Infobox game
 |cover        = Penumbra Black Plague - cover.jpg
@@ Line 32: / Line 31: @@
 {{Availability/row| GamersGate | DDB-PC | DRM-free | Comes in the Penumbra Collection, includes Penumbra: Black Plague and [[Penumbra: Overture]]. Includes Requiem expansion. }}
 {{Availability/row| Steam | 22120 | Steam | Comes in the Penumbra Collection, includes Penumbra: Black Plague and [[Penumbra: Overture]]. Includes Requiem expansion. }}
+}}
+==Essential improvements==
+===Skip intro videos===
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|Edit settings.cfg}}
+# Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file and save game data location]].
+# Open <code>settings.cfg</code> with a text editor.
+# On line 1 change <code>ShowPreMenu="true"</code> to <code>ShowPreMenu="false"</code>
+# Save the changes.
+}}
+===Enable quick save===
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|Edit settings.cfg}}
+# Go to the [[#Configuration file and save game data location|configuration file and save game data location]].
+# Open <code>settings.cfg</code> with a text editor.
+# On line 1 change <code>AllowQuickSave="false"</code> to <code>AllowQuickSave="true"</code>
+# Save the changes.
+'''Notes'''
+{{ii}} Press {{key|F4}} to save and {{key|F5}} to load.
+{{ii}} ''Penumbra: Black Plague'' has no on-screen indication that the quick save was successful.
+{{++}} ''Penumbra: Requiem'' has quick save enabled by default, plus allows remapping those keys in-game and has indication of a successful save.
 }}
@@ Line 38: / Line 61: @@
 ====Configuration file and save game data location====
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/row|Windows|{{p|userprofile}}\Documents\Penumbra\Black Plague}}
+{{Game data/row|Windows|{{p|userprofile}}\Documents\Penumbra\Black Plague\}}
 {{Game data/row|OS X|}}
 {{Game data/row|Linux|~/.frictionalgames/Penumbra/Black Plague/}}
@@ Line 47: / Line 70: @@
 ====Configuration file and save game data location====
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/row|Windows|{{p|userprofile}}\Documents\Penumbra\Requiem}}
+{{Game data/row|Windows|{{p|userprofile}}\Documents\Penumbra\Requiem\}}
 {{Game data/row|OS X|}}
 {{Game data/row|Linux|~/.frictionalgames/Penumbra/Requiem/}}
@@ Line 64: / Line 87: @@
 }}
-[[File:Penumbra_black_graphics.jpg|290px|right|Graphics Settings]]
-[[File:Penumbra_black_graphics_adv.jpg|290px|right|Advanced Graphics Settings]]
 ==Video settings==
+[[File:Penumbra Black Plague - Video.png|290px|right|thumb|Video settings.]]
+[[File:Penumbra Black Plague - Advanced video.png|290px|right|thumb|Advanced video settings.]]
 {{Video settings
 |wsgf link                  = http://www.wsgf.org/dr/penumbra
@@ Line 73: / Line 96: @@
 |ultrawidescreen wsgf award = incomplete
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     = incomplete
-|widescreen resolution      = hackable
+|widescreen resolution      = true
-|widescreen resolution notes=
+|widescreen resolution notes= Native support for 1920x1080.<br/>For editing the config file see [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
 |multimonitor               = hackable
-|multimonitor notes         =
+|multimonitor notes         = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
 |ultrawidescreen            = unknown
 |ultrawidescreen notes      =
 |4k ultra hd                = unknown
 |4k ultra hd notes          =
-|fov                        = unknown
+|fov                        = false
 |fov notes                  =
-|windowed                   = unknown
+|windowed                   = hackable
-|windowed notes             =
+|windowed notes             = See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
-|borderless windowed        = unknown
+|borderless windowed        = hackable
-|borderless windowed notes  =
+|borderless windowed notes  = See [[Glossary:Borderless fullscreen windowed|Borderless fullscreen windowed]].
 |anisotropic                = true
-|anisotropic notes          =
+|anisotropic notes          = Up to 16x.
 |antialiasing               = true
-|antialiasing notes         = Up to 4X
+|antialiasing notes         = [[FSAA]] 2x and 4x.
 |vsync                      = true
 |vsync notes                =
 |oculus rift                = unknown
 |oculus rift notes          =
-|high frame rate            = unknown
+|high frame rate            = hackable
-|high frame rate notes      =
+|high frame rate notes      = Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS by default. See [[#High frame rate|High frame rate]].
 |color blind                = unknown
 |color blind notes          =
+}}
+===[[Glossary:Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]]===
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|Edit settings.cfg}}
+# Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file and save game data location]].
+# Open <code>settings.cfg</code> with a text editor.
+# On line 7 change <code>Screen Width="XXXX" Height="XXXX"</code> to the desired screen width and height respectively.
+# Save the changes.
+}}
+===[[Glossary:Windowed|Windowed]]===
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|Edit settings.cfg}}
+# Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file and save game data location]].
+# Open <code>settings.cfg</code> with a text editor.
+# On line 7 change <code>FullScreen="true"</code> to <code>FullScreen="false"</code>
+# Save the changes.
+}}
+===[[Glossary:Frame rate (FPS)|High frame rate]]===
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|Edit settings.cfg}}
+# Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file and save game data location]].
+# Open <code>settings.cfg</code> with a text editor.
+# On line 4 change <code>LimitFPS="true"</code> to <code>LimitFPS="false"</code>
+# Save the changes.
 }}
@@ Line 104: / Line 154: @@
 {{Input settings
 |key remap                 = true
-|key remap notes           =
+|key remap notes           = No support for thumb mouse remapping.
-|acceleration option       = unknown
+|acceleration option       = false
 |acceleration option notes =
 |mouse menu                = true
@@ Line 111: / Line 161: @@
 |invert mouse y-axis       = true
 |invert mouse y-axis notes =
-|controller support        = unknown
+|controller support        = false
 |controller support notes  =
 |full controller           = unknown
@@ Line 123: / Line 173: @@
 }}
-[[File:Penumbra_black_sound.jpg|290px|right|Sound Options]]
 ==Audio settings==
+[[File:Penumbra Black Plague - Audio.png|290px|right|thumb|Audio settings.]]
 {{Audio settings
 |separate volume          = false
-|separate volume notes    = Single volume control
+|separate volume notes    = Single volume control.
 |surround sound           = true
-|surround sound notes     = Up to 7.0 output<ref>[http://satsun.org/audio/ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up]</ref>
+|surround sound notes     = Up to 7.0 output.<ref>[http://satsun.org/audio/ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up]</ref>
 |subtitles                = true
 |subtitles notes          =
-|closed captions          = unknown
+|closed captions          = false
 |closed captions notes    =
 |mute on focus lost       = false

Developers

	Frictional Games
Engines
	HPL1
Release dates
Windows	February 12, 2008
macOS (OS X)	May 12, 2008
Linux	May 12, 2008