Strania - The Stella Machina -

Strania - The Stella Machina -

Developers
	G.rev
Release dates
Windows	November 24, 2015
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person, Top-down view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Arcade, Shooter
Vehicles	Robot
Art styles	Anime
Themes	Sci-fi

Key points

The Side: Vower DLC from the Xbox 360 version is built-in for the PC version.

Limited video settings and the game's internal resolution is locked to 720p.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\strania.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/407380/pfx/

Deleting this file will break the game.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\game.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/407380/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Non-16:9 resolutions are letterboxed, and in-game the player is limited to a 4:3 playing field while the pillarboxes gauges score. Internal resolution appears to be locked to 720p. See Increase rendering resolution to render the game higher than 720p.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		See Increase rendering resolution
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Run the game at your display's native resolution and use Borderless Gaming.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See Increase rendering resolution.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Off by default. Must be enabled by editing strania.ini (see Configuration file(s) location).
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Capped at 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Increase rendering resolution

Use dgVoodoo 2

Download the latest stable release of dgVoodoo from its official website or Github, then extract the contents of dgVoodoo2_*.zip to its own folder in a convenient location on your computer (e.g. Documents). Run the dgVoodooCpl.exe, then configure the following settings from the General tab: Output API: Best available one or Direct3D 12 (feature level 11.0) Adapter(s) to use/enable: <your video card> Scaling mode: Stretched, keep Aspect Ratio Miscellaneous: Uncheck Capture mouse (the game does not use mouse controls) Now go to the DirectX tab and configure the following settings: Videocard: dgVoodoo 3D Accelerated Card Filtering: Leave at App driven to prevent blurring the image Resolution: Set to Max (uses your system's highest native resolution) Behavior: Uncheck Disable Alt+Enter to toggle screen state Antialiasing (MSAA): Set to App driven or 2x-8x Miscellaneous: Uncheck dgVoodoo Watermark, Force vSync, and Apply Phong shading when available Click Apply dgVoodoo 2 should save the configuration file to where you have it installed by default, then copy the dgVoodoo.conf to <path-to-game>. Alternatively, click the Add button and point the program to where you have the game installed to save it there. Go into the MS/x86 folder from your dgVoodoo 2 installation folder, then copy the D3D9.dll file to <path-to-game>. Launch the game. The game should be rendering higher than the internal 720p lock.

Input settings

Controller.

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Co-op
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista	7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo E6400	Intel Core 2 Duo E7200
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7900GS ATI Radeon X1600Pro DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTS 250