Psychonauts

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Key points

Using a controller is recommended.

Supports widescreen and 60 FPS.

May contain crash issues. To alleviate, run .exe as administrator, and try using Windows 95 compatibility mode.

Lacks controller HUD buttons - fix below.

General information

Official website

Double Fine Action Forums - Psychonauts

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		DRM: SecuROM disc check.^[1]
Mac App Store		OS X only.
Amazon.com
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
GamersGate
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
Green Man Gaming
Steam
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
Humble Store
GOG.com
Developer website

A demo version is available.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.04 (retail)

Patch 1.04. Steam and DRM-free releases are already patched.

Unofficial patch 1.05 (retail)

The September 2011 patch released on Steam, made available separately by user Voodooman.^[2] DRM-free releases are also already patched.

Instructions

Xbox 360 controller GUI patch

Adds Xbox 360 controller button images, menus and tooltips to the game (Windows only).

Instructions

Instructions

Enable rumble functionality

Instructions

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration files location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3830/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

AudioSettings.ini stores audio settings.

DisplaySettings.ini stores video settings.

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3830/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.

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Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Input settings

In-game key map settings.

In-game general control settings.

In-game camera settings.

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German

Issues unresolved

Smart camera option does not work

The smart (automatic) camera stays on, even if you disable it in the game options or through the game's configuration files.^[3]

Thermometer bar in wrong location

When using widescreen resolutions, occasionally the 'thermometer' bar for pyrokinesis will be displayed at the outer-edge of the screen rather than near the targeted object/creature. There are no known fixes to this bug.

Linux version differences

Mouse movement in this game feels entirely different from Windows (no zigzags, smoother; Likely no mouse acceleration).

Issues fixed

Save game profiles not removed from DRM-free releases

The GOG.com and Humble Store releases of the game incorrectly include saved profiles used by a developer from Double Fine.^[4] The profiles also reconfigure the gamepad control scheme even if you don't use them, so to restore the default control scheme it is necessary to delete them.

Instructions

Corrupted save game profile

If presented with the following error message, you may have a corrupted/damaged game profile:

Error (null), line -1
Crash: 0xc0000005
If you have VS.NET installed, you can try to attach the debugger
Otherwise, click OK

To fix the error message and allow the game to load:

Instructions

To possibly recover the save game:

Instructions

Graphics error preventing startup

Error: "The game was unable to find a 32bpp display mode supported by your system in which to run. Your video card and monitor must minimally support 640x480x32bpp."

Instructions

Crashes on cutscene

Instructions

Windows 8.1 black screen on startup

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98 SE	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	1.0 GHz Pentium III or AMD Athlon	2.0 GHz Pentium III or AMD Athlon
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	GeForce 3 Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM	GeForce 5600 Radeon 9600 128 MB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Duo	Intel Core i Series
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI X1600 NVIDIA 8600GT Intel HD3000 128 MB of VRAM	ATI HD 3870 Nvidia 8800GT 512 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM

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 (3830) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-3] 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 (3830) 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 (3830) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[1] Reclaim Your Game - RYG's SecuROM 7+ DRM List

[2] Psychonauts patch 1.05 retail gog and other dd [officially unofficial release], page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[4] Smart Camera option doesn't work? :: Psychonauts General Discussions

[5] who is Daniel and why has he been playing my Psychonauts GOG copy?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

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Developers

	Double Fine Productions
Release dates
Windows	April 26, 2005
macOS (OS X)	September 29, 2011
Linux	May 31, 2012