Difference between revisions of "PixelJunk Monsters Ultimate"

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PixelJunk
PixelJunk Eden	2012
PixelJunk Monsters Ultimate	2013
PixelJunk Shooter	2013
PixelJunk Nom Nom Galaxy	2015
PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate	2015
PixelJunk Monsters 2	2018

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.

Key points

It's possible to record the gameplay and upload to YouTube directly from the game.

The game does not have any graphical settings.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam
Mac App Store (unavailable)

Version differences

The DRM-free versions do not have online multiplayer available.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Config.xml^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game>/Config.xml
Linux	<path-to-game>/Config.xml

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

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savegame\^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game>/savegame/
Linux	<path-to-game>/savegame/
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/243780/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Full screen resolution can only be chosen when switching from windowed, always letterboxed to 16:9.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Supports up to 8k (7680x4320) using nVidia DSR
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Frame limit of 62.
60 FPS
120+ FPS	Frame rate is capped at 62 FPS.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

General settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Co-op
LAN play
Online play	2	Co-op Not available in DRM-free versions.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2	7
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz Dual Core	2.2 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	600 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3 support
Sound (audio device)	XAudio 2 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6	10.8
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz Dual Core	2.2 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	650 MB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD Graphics 3000 256 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04	Ubuntu 13.04
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz Dual Core	2.2 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	650 MB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL 2 compatible
Other	glibc 2.15

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Note 1]

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 {{References}}
+{{GOG.com Enhancement Project}}

Developers

	Q-Games
Windows	Double Eleven
macOS (OS X)	Double Eleven
Linux	Double Eleven
Publishers
	Double Eleven
Release dates
Windows	August 26, 2013
macOS (OS X)	September 30, 2013
Linux	September 30, 2013
Reception
Metacritic	72
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Multiplayer
Genres	Tower defense
Series	PixelJunk