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General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Publisher website
Amazon.com

Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
The Desmond Debacle
IKE-aramba!

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\UnrealEngine3\TryGame\Config\ <path-to-game>\TryGame\Config\^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>\Engine\Config\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/200010/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\200010\remote\profile.bin
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/200010/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	85, 90, 95, 100, 110, 120.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS
120+ FPS	See High frame rate.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Use GeDoSaTo^{[citation needed]}
Install and run GeDoSaTo. Click Edit Settings and create a profile named `TryGame-Win32-Shipping`. Add `forceBorderlessFullscreen true` to the text editor and save. Click User Whitelist and add `TryGame-Win32-Shipping` and save. Leave the tool open and run the game in fullscreen mode.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Change Anisotropic Filtering(AF) Level^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\Engine\Config\` Open `BaseEngine.ini`. Find the line `MaxAnisotropy`. Change the value to desired level and save your changes.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Disable Vsync^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\Engine\Config\` Open `BaseEngine.ini`. Change `UseVsync=True` to `UseVsync=False`.

High frame rate

Change frame rate smoothing^{[citation needed]}

Warning: Due to a physics bug, frame rates of 195 or higher make the "Stairway to Fluffy" level unsolvable under some circumstances, and frame rates of 206 or higher make it completely unsolvable.

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open BaseEngine.ini.
Search and change bSmoothFrameRate to FALSE or raise MaxSmoothedFrameRate value.
Save file.

For more information, see the Unreal Engine 3 page.

Input

Input settings, Keyboard.

Input settings, Controller.

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		Can only switch between 7 pre-defined layouts. See Controller remapping.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Rapidly changes button prompts

Controller remapping

Controller Remapping^{[citation needed]}

Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\UnrealEngine3\TryGame\Config\
Open TryInput.ini
Under [AirFramework.AirPlayerInput] find the last 9 lines beginning with Bindings=(Name="XboxTypeS_
Change these controls as prefered.

Notes

Button prompts will not match

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Dialogue, Master, Music, SFX
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Quantum Conundrum.

Issues fixed

The game closes while starting

Add a shortcut command line^[1]
Navigate to `<path-to-game>\Binaries\Win32\` Make a shortcut of `TryGame-Win32-Shipping.exe` Right click the shortcut, go to Properties and add `-seekfreeloadingpcconsole` at the end of Target path

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	Wwise
Interface	Scaleform

.ini FPS Boost

Available for both mid and low-spec computers

.ini Hotfix^[2]
Download the tweaked .ini file. Go to `<path-to-game>\Engine\Config` Replace `BaseEngine.ini` with the downloaded file.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 (SP1)
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon x2 64 3800+	Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz E8400
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.75 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 2900 512 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT ATI Radeon HD 2900

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).
↑ ^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>/200010/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (200010) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Unreal Engine 3 Command-Line Arguments - last accessed on 2022-01-31
↑ A hotfix for people with low-spec computers! - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)

[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).

[Proton_path_note-2] 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>/200010/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (200010) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/200010/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (200010) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[Umbrella_bug-3] Unreal Engine 3 Command-Line Arguments - last accessed on 2022-01-31

[4] A hotfix for people with low-spec computers! - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

[2]

@@ Line 52: / Line 52: @@
 {{DLC/row| The Desmond Debacle | | Windows }}
 {{DLC/row| IKE-aramba! | | Windows }}
-{{DLC/row| Soundtrack | | Windows }}
 }}
@@ Line 110: / Line 109: @@
 |antialiasing               = false
 |antialiasing notes         =
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = hackable
 |vsync notes                = See [[#Vertical sync (Vsync)|Vertical sync (Vsync)]].
@@ Line 148: / Line 150: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Frame rate (FPS)|High frame rate]]===
 {{Fixbox|description=Change frame rate smoothing|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
+Warning: Due to a physics bug, frame rates of 195 or higher make the "Stairway to Fluffy" level unsolvable under some circumstances, and frame rates of 206 or higher make it completely unsolvable.
 # Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file(s) location]].
 # Open <code>BaseEngine.ini</code>.
 # Search and change <code>bSmoothFrameRate</code> to <code>FALSE</code> '''or''' raise <code>MaxSmoothedFrameRate</code> value.
 # Save file.
 {{ii}} For more information, see the [[Engine:Unreal Engine 3#Smoothed frame rate|Unreal Engine 3 page]].
 }}
@@ Line 181: / Line 187: @@
 |invert controller y-axis  = true
 |invert controller y-axis notes=
-|xinput controllers        = unknown
+|xinput controllers        = true
 |xinput controllers notes  =
-|xbox prompts              = unknown
+|xbox prompts              = true
 |xbox prompts notes        =
 |impulse triggers          = unknown
@@ Line 203: / Line 209: @@
 |other button prompts      = unknown
 |other button prompts notes=
-|button prompts            = Xbox
-|button prompts notes      =
 |controller hotplug        = unknown
 |controller hotplug notes  =
@@ Line 239: / Line 243: @@
 |separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    = Dialogue, Master, Music, SFX
-|surround sound           = unknown
+|surround sound           = true
 |surround sound notes     =
 |subtitles                = true
@@ Line 248: / Line 252: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
@@ Line 312: / Line 318: @@
 |native 3d notes             =
 |nvidia 3d vision            = hackable
-|nvidia 3d vision notes      = See [http://helixmod.blogspot.com/2012/06/quantum-conundrum.html Helix Mod: Quantum Conundrum].
+|nvidia 3d vision notes      = See [https://helixmod.blogspot.com/2012/06/quantum-conundrum.html Helix Mod: Quantum Conundrum].
 |tridef 3d                   = unknown
 |tridef 3d notes             =
@@ Line 339: / Line 345: @@
 |play area room-scale        =
 |play area room-scale notes  =
+}}
+==Issues fixed==
+===The game closes while starting===
+{{Fixbox|description=Add a shortcut command line|ref=<ref name="Umbrella bug">{{Refurl|url=https://docs.unrealengine.com/udk/Three/CommandLineArguments.html|title= Unreal Engine 3 Command-Line Arguments |date=2022-01-31}}</ref>|fix=
+# Navigate to <code>{{p|game}}\Binaries\Win32\</code>
+# Make a shortcut of {{file|TryGame-Win32-Shipping.exe}}
+# Right click the shortcut, go to Properties and add {{code|-seekfreeloadingpcconsole}} at the end of Target path
 }}
@@ Line 366: / Line 380: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
 |macos intel 32-bit app =
 |macos intel 64-bit app =
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}

Developers

	Airtight Games
Publishers
	Square Enix
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	June 21, 2012
Reception
Metacritic	77
IGDB	74
Taxonomy
Monetization	DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform, Puzzle
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Sci-fi