The Flame in the Flood
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| The Molasses Flood | |
| Publishers | |
| Curve Digital | |
| Engines | |
| Unreal Engine 4 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | February 24, 2016 |
| macOS (OS X) | February 24, 2016 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 73 |
| OpenCritic | 75 |
| IGDB | 77 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
| Genres | Roguelike, Survival |
| Themes | Post-apocalyptic |
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GamersGate | ||||
| GOG.com | ||||
| Green Man Gaming | ||||
| Humble Store | ||||
| Microsoft Store | ||||
| Steam | ||||
| EA app (unavailable) |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
| Delete/rename video files[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\RiverGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ |
| Microsoft Store | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/318600/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\RiverGame\Saved\SaveGames\ |
| Microsoft Store | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/318600/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| EA app | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | Game is Vert- which causes the game to be unplayable on multi-monitor setups. To fix this see Multi-monitor. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | See Multi-monitor fix below. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | See High frame rate fix below. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
Multi-monitor
| Set FOV values to vertical[citation needed] |
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[/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer] AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV Notes
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High frame rate
| Instructions[citation needed] |
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[/script/engine.engine] bSmoothFrameRate=false |
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | Never properly implemented by the developer, who only provided an unofficial solution in the form of a few lines that can be added to a .ini config file of the game. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | XInput only. | |
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | Dev has no intention of supporting controller remapping, as seen from this 2016 Steam comment. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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| Generic/other controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | Stereo output only. | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 11 | |
| OpenGL | 4.1 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | 7 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | 2.5 GHz Dual Core | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 2 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 11 compatible | |||
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| macOS (OS X) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.9.2 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | 2.5 GHz Dual Core | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 2 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Dedicated OpenGL 4.1 compatible |
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- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/318600/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (318600) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.