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SOMA

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Revision as of 02:23, 22 August 2017 by Keith (talk | contribs) (that's wrong, game is still capped at 60 by default, and seems to require adding that setting manually now; also added vsync fix)
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SOMA
SOMA cover
Developers
Frictional Games
Engines
HPL Engine 3|HPL Engine|HPL Engine 3
Release dates
Windows September 22, 2015
macOS (OS X) September 22, 2015
Linux September 22, 2015
SOMA on Wikipedia

Key points

The game may have performance issues caused by lack of triple buffering.[1] Force triple buffering externally to fix this.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Frictional Games SOMA Forum
Frictional Games SOMA Support Forum

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
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

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video Settings menu.
Video Settings menu.
Video Display Settings.
Video Display Settings.
Video Post Processing Settings.
Video Post Processing Settings.
Video Rendering Settings.
Video Rendering Settings.
Game Settings some settings affect Post Processing (Color Separation and Video Distortion Effects).
Game Settings some settings affect Post Processing (Color Separation and Video Distortion Effects).

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High frame rate

The game limits frame rate to 60 FPS by default.
Instructions

Input settings

Control Settings Menu.
Control Settings Menu.
Control Mouse Settings.
Control Mouse Settings.
Controller Settings.
Controller Settings.

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DualShock 4 Button Mod

Instructions

Audio settings

Audio Settings.
Audio Settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Frictional Games has put together a troubleshooting guide for SOMA

Low frame rate or fluctuation with Vsync enabled

Frame rate may fluctuate between full and half refresh rate values.
Instructions

Super Sampling

Mouse Viewport is smaller than the DSR/VSR resolution

Instructions
Instructions

SLI not working

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Remove the crosshair

Instructions

System requirements

32-bit systems are not supported.
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 (SP1)
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3 / AMD A6 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 25 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GT 240 / AMD Radeon HD 5570
1 GB of VRAM
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 25 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GT 240 / AMD Radeon HD 5570
1 GB of VRAM
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Major Linux distribution from 2014
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3 / AMD A6 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 25 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GT 240 / AMD Radeon HD 5570
1 GB of VRAM

References