Risk of Rain

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) release of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

General information

Official forums

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Unofficial wiki

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website
Humble Store
GOG.com
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/com.riskofrain.riskofrain/
Linux	~/.config/Risk_of_Rain/

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Prefs.ini stores the configuration.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/com.riskofrain.riskofrain/
Linux	~/.config/Risk_of_Rain/

Save.ini stores the save data. Save_backup.ini stores a backup of the data.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Input settings.

Template:Input settings

DualShock 4

DualShock 4 mapping^[1]

Go to the installation folder.
Open Prefs.ini.
Replace everything in the [Joystick] section with the following:

[Joystick]
joy_setting[1,0]=1
joy_setting[1,1]=0
joy_setting[1,2]=-1
joy[1]=Stick 1 Left
joy_setting[2,0]=1
joy_setting[2,1]=0
joy_setting[2,2]=1
joy[2]=Stick 1 Right
joy_setting[3,0]=1
joy_setting[3,1]=1
joy_setting[3,2]=-1
joy[3]=Stick 1 Up
joy_setting[4,0]=1
joy_setting[4,1]=1
joy_setting[4,2]=1
joy[4]=Stick 1 Down
joy_setting[5,0]=0
joy_setting[5,1]=1
joy_setting[5,2]=-1
joy[5]=X (DS4)
joy_setting[6,0]=0
joy_setting[6,1]=7
joy_setting[6,2]=-1
joy[6]=R2 (DS4)
joy_setting[7,0]=0
joy_setting[7,1]=6
joy_setting[7,2]=-1
joy[7]=L2 (DS4)
joy_setting[8,0]=0
joy_setting[8,1]=4
joy_setting[8,2]=-1
joy[8]=L1 (DS4)
joy_setting[9,0]=0
joy_setting[9,1]=5
joy_setting[9,2]=-1
joy[9]=R1 (DS4)
joy_setting[10,0]=0
joy_setting[10,1]=2
joy_setting[10,2]=-1
joy[10]=Circle (DS4)
joy_setting[11,0]=0
joy_setting[11,1]=0
joy_setting[11,2]=-1
joy[11]=Square (DS4)
joy_setting[12,0]=0
joy_setting[12,1]=9
joy_setting[12,2]=-1
joy[12]=Start (DS4)
joy_setting[13,0]=0
joy_setting[13,1]=3
joy_setting[13,2]=-1
joy[13]=Triangle (DS4)
joystick_on=1

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Spanish
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	4	Co-op
LAN play	4	Co-op See Player limit.
Online play	4	Co-op See Player limit.

Player limit

Raise the player limit in ini file^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file location.
Open Prefs.ini.
Find the line max_players_online and change it to the desired number.

Notes

Increasing the number of max players can cause latency issues.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP		There is no official server browser, so direct IP connection is the only option.

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP	11100

This game does not support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

You can set the port yourself when creating a server.

Issues unresolved

Frame rate drops when unplugging controller

If you plug in a controller and then later unplug it, the game will run much, much slower. This is due to the engine and cannot be resolved.^[2] Temporary solution listed below.

Common solutions to frame rate drops^[2]
Plug controller back in. Restart your computer.

Steam overlay sizing

If you are playing with scaling above 1x you may notice the Steam overlay is not positioned correctly and will sometimes display two notifications, one being an extra large render and the other being the standard size notification.

Common solutions to Steam overlay problems^{[citation needed]}
Open `prefs.ini` in the installation folder and experiment with the scale option under `[Video Options]`. For example if your screen resolution is 1600x900 try `2.5` Disable Steam overlay Play with 1x scaling

Issues fixed

Audio doesn't work, error defining external function

Reinstall Visual C++^[2]
Reinstall Visual C++ 2012 (also available in `redist` in the installation folder) Restart your computer.

Set compatibility mode with Windows 7^[2]

This only applies if you are running Windows 8 and later.

Right-click on the main game application and select Properties.
Select the Compatibility tab and tick Run this program in compatibility mode for:
From the drop-down menu select Windows 7.
Click Apply then 'OK to save your changes and close the window.

"The file is being accessed by another process" or any other Windows errors on startup

Common solutions to startup errors^[2]
Make sure to run the game outside of Dropbox. Disable anti-virus programs or whitelist the game if they are interfering with the installation folder.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	130 MB

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).

References

[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).

[2] Dear devs, your game has terrible controller support - Steam Community Discussions for Risk of Rain

[common-3] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Troubleshooting Issues/Problems - Steam Community Discussions

[Note 1]

[1]

[2]

Developers

	Hopoo Games
Publishers
	Chucklefish Games
Engines
	GameMaker
Release dates
Windows	November 8, 2013
macOS (OS X)	October 28, 2014
Linux	October 28, 2014