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Psychonauts

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Psychonauts
Psychonauts cover
Developers
Double Fine Productions
macOS (OS X) Ryan C. Gordon
macOS (OS X) TransGaming Inc.
Linux Ryan C. Gordon
Publishers
Double Fine Productions
Russia Buka Entertainment
Release dates
Windows April 26, 2005
macOS (OS X) September 29, 2011
Linux May 31, 2012
Psychonauts guide on StrategyWiki
Psychonauts on Wikipedia
Psychonauts
Psychonauts 2005
Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin 2018
Psychonauts 2 2021

General information

Official website
Psychopedia - Wiki
Double Fine Action Forums - Psychonauts
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM DRM disc check.[1]
Windows
Discord
Discord
Included with Incorrect store feature name. See here for available options..
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
itch.io
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
A demo version is available.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.04 is available for the retail version.

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\WorkResource\cutscenes\prerendered
  2. Delete or rename DFLogo.bik and (if necessary) MajescoLogo.bik

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/Psychonauts/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Psychonauts/
AudioSettings.ini stores audio settings.
DisplaySettings.ini stores video settings.
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Profiles\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/Psychonauts/Profiles/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Psychonauts/Profiles/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Discord
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Fix the HUD, menu, and FMV stretching from 4:3[2]

Install Psychonauts Widescreen Fix.

Set custom resolution[3]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Open DisplaySettings.ini (or create if it does not already exist).
  3. Add or modify the following text to the desired resolution:
[DisplaySettings]
ScreenWidth=1920
ScreenHeight=1080

Input settings

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game camera settings.
In-game camera settings.

Template:Input settings

Haptic feedback

Enable controller vibration[citation needed]
  1. Launch the game and create a profile if not done already.
  2. Go to <path-to-game>\Profiles
  3. Go into the appropriate Profile # folder.
  4. Open the .ini file with a text editor.
  5. Change EnableRumble=false to EnableRumble=true
  6. Save the changes.

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

HRTF

Use OpenAL Soft
  1. Download OpenAL Soft from here.
  2. Open the downloaded zip file and extract soft_oal.dll from openal-soft-1.19.1-bin.zip\openal-soft-1.19.1-bin\bin\Win32.
  3. Rename soft_oal.dll to OpenAL32.dll.
  4. Replace the OPENAL32.dll in <path-to-game> with the extracted dll.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Russian
Local retail release only. Patch for digital release here.
Italian
Fan translation, download.
Polish
Fan translation, download.
Spanish
Fan translation, download.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

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.[4]

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).

Fullscreen issues

Fullscreen settings may require the player to disable and enable fullscreen in-game each time the game runs.[citation needed]

Issues fixed

Object flickering on AMD hardware

All AMD drivers after moving from Catalyst to Crimson (16.1) cause objects to flicker constantly, rendering the game almost unplayable.
Modify Game's Crimson Profile[citation needed]
  1. Right-click your desktop and click "AMD Radeon Settings".
  2. Under the Gaming tab, find or create Psychonauts' profile.
  3. Change the anti-aliasing method of Psychonauts to "Adaptive Multisampling" and apply.

Crashing

Use compatibility mode[citation needed]
  1. Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows 95.
  2. If the game still crashes then run the game in compatibility mode for Windows 98/ME instead.

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:

Delete save game profile[citation needed]
  1. Delete or move the profile in question (most probably the one used most recently) under <path-to-game>\Profiles\Profile #
  2. Start the game and create a new profile.
  3. Play!

To possibly recover the save game:

Copy save game files to a new profile[citation needed]
  1. In step 2 above, ensure that you have created a profile that has exactly the same name as the one from which you want to recover saves. I do not know if this is necessary, but it follows my method.
  2. Copy/Paste all savegames from the lost profile to this new profile. HOPE that the game can read some of the data. If you still don't see savegames, or the test profile shows as damaged, systematically start with SavedGame0 and work through isolating each one to see if you can get data from any one of them while in the game (i.e. use only SavedGame0 from the old profile in the new profile, then ONLY SavedGame1, then ONLY SavedGame2, etc., then combinations, to recover as much data as possible).
  3. Play. I got my autosave back and my first save (I had several saves after it, but it seems they are gone). I hope you have at least that much success!
  4. Reconfigure yourself (or copy the .ini, but this is not tested).

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."

Create displaysettings.ini[citation needed]
  1. Create a file named displaysettings.ini in the installation folder.
  2. Insert the following into said file:
  3. [DisplaySettings]
    ScreenWidth=640
    ScreenHeight=480
    FullScreen=true
    VSync=true
    FSAA=true
    FSFX=true
    AdvancedShading=true
    Shadows=true
    GammaCorrection=1.000000
  4. Change ScreenWidth and ScreenHeight to the desired display resolution.

Windows 8.1/10 black screen on startup / Freezes loading screen

Use compatibility mode[citation needed]

Run the game in Windows 95 compatibility mode.

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Resolutions higher than 1680x1050 are locked to 100 Hz, 1680x1050 and below are locked to 60 Hz.
Set highest refresh rate in fullscreen[5]
  1. Download and open Nvidia Profile Inspector.
  2. Open the Psychonauts profile from the list.
  3. Set Prefered Refreshrate to Highest available.
  4. Apply changes and close the program.

Notes

Using Alt+Tab may cause a delay when switching between the game and the desktop.
Alternatively, playing the game in windowed mode will use the desktop's refresh rate.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
OpenGL 2.0 OS X and Linux only.
Shader Model support 2
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio OpenAL
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 SE
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 3
ATI Radeon 8500
64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Duo
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon X1600
Nvidia GeForce 8600GT
Intel HD 3000
128 MB of VRAM
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.1 compatible

Notes

  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).

References