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Key points
- Source code was made available in 2010.[1]
General information
- Official website
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- The Penumbra Collection includes Penumbra: Overture, Black Plague, and the Requiem expansion.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Edit settings.cfg[citation needed]
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- Go to the configuration file location.
- Open
settings.cfg with a text editor.
- On line 1 change
ShowPreMenu="true" to ShowPreMenu="false"
- Save the changes.
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Enable quick save
Edit settings.cfg[citation needed]
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- Go to the configuration file location.
- Open
settings.cfg with a text editor.
- On line 1 change
AllowQuickSave="false" to AllowQuickSave="true"
- Save the changes.
Notes
- Press F4 to save and F5 to load.
- There is no on-screen indication that the quick save was successful.
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Enable simple swing
Edit settings.cfg[citation needed]
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- Go to the configuration file location.
- Open
settings.cfg with a text editor.
- On line 1 find
SimpleWeaponSwing="false" and SimpleSwingInOptions="false" , and change false to true for both entries.
- Save the changes.
Notes
- This makes the forward attack activate with a single click, and the swing attack activate by holding the left mouse button.
- A toggle is also added under Options >> Game.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Penumbra Overture\Episode1\ |
macOS (OS X) |
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Linux |
~/.frictionalgames/Penumbra/Overture/ |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Penumbra Overture\Episode1\ |
macOS (OS X) |
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Linux |
~/.frictionalgames/Penumbra/Overture/ |
Video
Edit settings.cfg[citation needed]
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- Go to the configuration file location.
- Open
settings.cfg with a text editor.
- On line 8 change
Screen Width="XXXX" Height="XXXX" to the desired screen width and height respectively.
- Save the changes.
Notes
- Menus and HUD are stretched.[2]
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Edit EXE Properties
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- Set your resolution using these instructions
- Right-click Penumbra Overture\redist\Penumbra.exe, select
Properties
- Check
Disable Fullscreen Optimizations
- Click
Change high DPI settings , check Use this Setting and Override High DPI Scaling .
- Apply and launch via Steam.
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Edit EXE Properties
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- Set your resolution using these instructions
- Right-click Penumbra Overture\redist\Penumbra.exe, select
Properties
- Check
Disable Fullscreen Optimizations
- Click
Change high DPI settings , check Override high DPI scaling behavior. Scaling performed by: and select in the drop down box Application .
- Apply and launch via Steam.
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- This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.
Use hex editor to change FOV
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To change FOV open Penumbra.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
Goto address 82540 and change 8C 42 (which is 70°) to A8 42 for 84° or BE 42 for 95°.
Do the same at the address 8BA74 .
To get a different values use this Floating Point Converter.
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Edit settings.cfg[citation needed]
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- Go to the configuration file location.
- Open
settings.cfg with a text editor.
- On line 8 change
FullScreen="true" to FullScreen="false"
- Save the changes.
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- All gameplay elements are locked to 60 FPS. This includes physics, puzzles, player movement, input and most animations. This limit can be removed, but will only affect particles and some animations.[3]
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Single volume control. |
Surround sound |
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Up to 7.0 output.[4] |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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The only non-verbal subtitle is "Radio is transmitting". |
Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Czech |
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Retail version only. |
Italian |
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European retail version only. |
Hungarian |
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Retail version only, available to download. |
Polish |
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Retail version only. |
Russian |
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Only two translations, by Snowball Studios (1C-SoftClub) and Noviy Disk. |
Spanish |
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Fan translation, download. |
Turkish |
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Fan translation, download. |
VR support
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
OpenGL |
1.4 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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macOS (OS X) | |
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Linux | |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Physics |
Newton Game Dynamics |
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Audio |
OpenAL |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
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) |
AMD Radeon 8500 Nvidia GeForce 3 | |
macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
10.4 |
Processor (CPU) |
2 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
1024 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
2 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
AMD Radeon 8500 Nvidia GeForce 3 |
Linux |
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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) |
AMD Radeon 8500 Nvidia GeForce 3 |
References