Q.U.B.E.: Director's Cut
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Developers | |
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Toxic Games | |
macOS (OS X) | Minority |
Linux | Minority |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 21, 2014[1] |
macOS (OS X) | September 29, 2015 |
Linux | September 29, 2015 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Puzzle, Platform |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Series | Q.U.B.E. |
Q.U.B.E. | |
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Q.U.B.E. | 2011 |
Q.U.B.E.: Director's Cut | 2014 |
Q.U.B.E. 2 | 2018 |
Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary | 2022 |
Key points
- Updated version of Q.U.B.E.
General information
- Official FAQ (archived)
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Developer website | Via Humble Widget. | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | DRM-free when launched directly from executable. Start <path-to-game>\Binaries\Win32\QUBEGame.exe .[2] |
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Amazon.com (unavailable) |
- Steam owners of the original version receive the Director's Cut for free.[3]
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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No microtransactions | None |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Use the -nostartupmovies command line argument
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\QUBEGame\Config\[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/ToxicGames/QUBE/QUBEGame/ |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Binaries\Win32\SaveGame.bin[Note 1] <path-to-game>\Binaries\Win32\SaveGameATQ.bin[Note 1] <path-to-game>\Binaries\Win32\SaveGameALTATQ.bin[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/ToxicGames/QUBE/QUBEGame/ |
- The saved game files are called
SaveGame.bin
and, for the Against the Clock game mode saves,SaveGameALTATQ.bin
andSaveGameATQ.bin
.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Vert-. Menu covers only part of the screen. See Custom resolution.[4] | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Vert-. Menu covers only part of the screen. See Custom resolution.[5] | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | See High frame rate. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Custom resolution
Use the -ResX=<width> -ResY=<height> command line argument. E.g. -ResX=3840 -ResY=1080 .[2]
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Field of view (FOV)
Field of view (FOV)[citation needed] |
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High frame rate
Change frame rate smoothing[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Tracked motion controllers |
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Generic/other controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master only. | |
Surround sound | 7.0[6] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Headsets | |||
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SteamVR | |||
Oculus VR (LibOVR) | DK1 only. LibOVRWrapper might work for this game. | ||
Windows Mixed Reality | |||
OSVR |
Devices | |||
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Tracked motion controllers | |||
Traditional controller | See Input for details. | ||
Keyboard/Mouse |
Issues fixed
- Various problems can be fixed through the use of the game's Official FAQ page (archived).
Issues starting the game
Re-install the game and the pre-requisite install file[7] |
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Locate and run the following file: |
- If this doesn't work you may not have the latest releases of the following programs installed. Check the following websites for installs of programs necessary to run Q.U.B.E.:
- .NET framework 4.0
- The latest DirectX update
- Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable | Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable 64 Bit
- Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable | Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable 64 Bit
- 64-bit Users may be required to install both x86 and x64 versions of each C++ Redistributable package in order to play Q.U.B.E.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
OpenGL | OS X and Linux only. | |
Shader Model support | 3 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP2, Vista, 7 | Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | Dual-core |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8000 series 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.6 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | Dual-core |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Intel HD Graphics 4000 |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | Dual-core |
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8000 series 128 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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
- ↑ Q.U.B.E. Director’s Cut released for PC | Q.U.B.E: Quick Understanding of Block Extrusion
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-08-15
- ↑ Q.U.B.E. Director's Cut moving to FREE for owners of the original game :: Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-08-15
- Tested at 3840x1080 custom resolution
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-08-15
- Tested at 2560x1080 custom resolution
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-08-15
- Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter. No audio output detected in LFE channel.
- ↑ FAQ’s | Q.U.B.E: Quick Understanding of Block Extrusion