The Desolate Hope
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| Developers | |
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| Scott Cawthon | |
| Engines | |
| Clickteam Fusion 2.5 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | May 5, 2014 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Series | The Desolate |
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| The Desolate | |
|---|---|
| The Desolate Room | 2007 |
| The Desolate Hope | 2012 |
Key points
- Game's price-tag was removed, and is now free on Steam.
- Esc instantly quits the game.
- No settings of any sort.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steam | |
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Game data
- Game does not feature any configuration files.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\tdh*.txt[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/298180/pfx/[Note 2] |
- Save can be under "tdh1-3.txt".
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Game renders at a 1280x720 resolution and scales using bilinear interpolation. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter. Window is resizable. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Capped at 60 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse, touch | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | Only used for vendors and conflicts. | |
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Touchscreen optimised | Only available during gameplay. | |
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Audio must be modified using Windows' volume mixer. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | All speech is text. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 7, 9 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | XP | 8 | ||
| Processor (CPU) | 2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon or equivalent | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 1 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | 1 GB of VRAM | |||
Notes
- ↑ 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (298180) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.