Project Borealis: Prologue
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| Developers | |
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| Icebreaker Industries | |
| Engines | |
| Unreal Engine 5[Note 1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 11, 2024 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | Freeware |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | FPS |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Series | Half-Life mods and fangames |
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Project Borealis: Prologue is a singleplayer first-person FPS game in the Half-Life mods and fangames series.
General information
Availability
Monetization
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| Freeware | Game can be downloaded for free but requires ownership of Half-Life 2 to access. |
Microtransactions
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| No microtransactions | None |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\ProjectBorealis\Saved\Config\Windows\GameUserSettings.ini %LOCALAPPDATA%\ProjectBorealis\Saved\SaveGames\EnhancedInputUserSettings.sav |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2215490/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\ProjectBorealis\Saved\SaveGames\*.sav |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2215490/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud | Saves and all settings. |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | 75-110 | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Called "Full screen window" | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Can be disabled through the config. You need to create an Engine.ini file and set it to Read-only mode. Otherwise, it’ll get deleted upon each game launch. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | TSR, DLSS 3.7, FSR 3.1, XeSS 1.3 |
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| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| Ray tracing (RT) | Software Lumen | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 5 page for more details.
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| 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 |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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| Generic/other controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
| Steam Input | ||
|---|---|---|
| Steam Input API support | ||
| Hook input (Steam Virtual Gamepad/Legacy mode) | By default: Steam Input is enabled for all Controller Types. | |
| Steam Input prompt modes | ||
| Steam Deck button prompts | ||
| Steam Controller button prompts | ||
| Motion sensors support | ||
| Official controller preset(s) | Gamepad template only | |
| Cursor detection |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Issues fixed
Games does not launch
Launch with -vulkan launch parameter.
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Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | AMD TrueAudio Next, FMOD, Steam Audio |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 10 | 11 | ||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-8500 AMD Ryzen 5 1600 | Intel Core i5-12600K AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D |
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| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 6 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 12 compatible | |||
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unreal Engine 5 engine build: 5.4.4.0[1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2215490/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2215490) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Jams3223 on 2024-11-14
- ↑ Verified by User:Somehundred on 2024-11-18
- Does not run at all if launched from executable if Steam is not present. Otherwise opens Steam.