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===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
{{Save game cloud syncing
 
{{Save game cloud syncing
|discord               =  
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|discord                   =  
|discord notes         =  
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|discord notes             =  
|epic games store       =  
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|epic games launcher       =  
|epic games store notes =  
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|epic games launcher notes =  
|gog galaxy             =  
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|gog galaxy               =  
|gog galaxy notes       =  
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|gog galaxy notes         =  
|origin                 =  
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|origin                   =  
|origin notes           =  
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|origin notes             =  
|steam cloud           = false
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|steam cloud               = false
|steam cloud notes     =  
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|steam cloud notes         =  
|uplay                  =  
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|ubisoft connect          =  
|uplay notes           =  
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|ubisoft connect notes     =  
|xbox cloud             =  
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|xbox cloud               =  
|xbox cloud notes       =  
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|xbox cloud notes         =  
 
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==Video settings==
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==Video==
 
{{Image|The Beginner's Guide - Graphics.png|Graphics settings.}}
 
{{Image|The Beginner's Guide - Graphics.png|Graphics settings.}}
 
{{Image|The Beginner's Guide - Advanced graphics.png|Advanced graphics settings.}}
 
{{Image|The Beginner's Guide - Advanced graphics.png|Advanced graphics settings.}}
{{Video settings
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{{Video
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
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|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
 
|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
 
|4k ultra hd                = true
 
|4k ultra hd                = true
|4k ultra hd notes          = fully supported
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|4k ultra hd notes          = Fully supported
 
|fov                        = hackable
 
|fov                        = hackable
 
|fov notes                  = Edit "cl_fov XX" in "config.cfg"
 
|fov notes                  = Edit "cl_fov XX" in "config.cfg"
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|antialiasing              = true
 
|antialiasing              = true
 
|antialiasing notes        = Up to 8x [[MSAA]].
 
|antialiasing notes        = Up to 8x [[MSAA]].
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|vsync                      = true
 
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|vsync notes                = Double and triple buffered.
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}}
 
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==Input settings==
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==Input==
 
{{Image|The Beginner's Guide - Input.png|Input settings.}}
 
{{Image|The Beginner's Guide - Input.png|Input settings.}}
 
{{Image|The Beginner's Guide - Rebinding.png|Keyboard rebinding.}}
 
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|key remap notes          = Single bind.
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{{Image|The Beginner's Guide - Audio.png|Audio settings.}}
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|separate volume notes    = Master volume only.
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|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|eax support              =  
 
|eax support              =  
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|windows 32-bit exe    = true
 
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|windows 64-bit exe    = false
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|windows exe notes      =  
 
|mac os x powerpc app  =  
 
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|linux 32-bit executable= unknown
 
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Latest revision as of 23:45, 17 November 2023

The Beginner's Guide
The Beginner's Guide cover
Developers
Everything Unlimited
Engines
Source
Release dates
Windows October 1, 2015
macOS (OS X) October 1, 2015
Linux October 1, 2015
Reception
Metacritic 76
OpenCritic 73
IGDB 75
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Exploration
Art styles Realistic, Stylized
Themes Contemporary
The Beginner's Guide on HowLongToBeat
The Beginner's Guide on IGDB
The Beginner's Guide on MobyGames
The Beginner's Guide on Wikipedia

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version 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

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Humble Store
DRM-free
Icon overlay.png
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\beginnersguide\cfg\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\beginnersguide\cfg[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.
Advanced graphics settings.
Advanced graphics settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Fully supported
Field of view (FOV)
Edit "cl_fov XX" in "config.cfg"
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Up to 8x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Double and triple buffered.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped at 300 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.
Keyboard rebinding.
Keyboard rebinding.
Controller settings.
Controller settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Single bind.
Mouse acceleration
Toggle and slider.
Mouse sensitivity
Slider in options, numerical value can be set in cfg under "sensitivity"
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
XInput and DirectInput.
Full controller support
Unknown controllers require calibration.
Controller remapping
Controller calibration.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Game might not switch the narrative and prompts accordingly if switching from keyboard after loading level.
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Game might not switch the narrative and prompts accordingly if switching from keyboard after loading level.
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes
Generic/other controllers
Button prompts
Game might not switch the narrative and prompts accordingly if switching from keyboard after loading level.
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master volume only.
Surround sound
Up to 7.1.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) 3.0 GHz Pentium 4
Dual Core 2.0 or AMD64X2
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon X800
Nvidia GeForce 7600
Intel HD Graphics 2000
DirectX 9 compatible
Shader model 2.0b support
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9.0c compatible.
Intel Express graphics cards are not supported.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.8
Processor (CPU) 3.0 GHz Pentium 4
Dual Core 2.0 or AMD64X2
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon 2400
Nvidia GeForce 8600M
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU) 2.8 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8600/9600GT with Nvidia 310 drivers
ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 with AMD 12.11 drivers
OpenGL 2.1 compatible
Sound (audio device) OpenAL Compatible Sound Card.


Notes

  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).

References