Difference between revisions of "Tower of Guns"

Revision as of 21:38, 22 June 2021

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website
GamersGate

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam
Epic Games Store (unavailable)		Scheduled for release in Summer 2021.

1.3 update is Windows-only.^[1]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\UDKGame\Config\^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/com.terriblePostureGames.TowerOfGuns/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/TerriblePostureGames/TowerOfGuns/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Binaries\win32\Gamestate.bin^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/com.terriblePostureGames.TowerOfGuns/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/TerriblePostureGames/TowerOfGuns/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game options menu.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

In-game key/button map settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		Use Helix Mod: Tower of Guns.

Issues unresolved

Windows 8 + integrated Intel GFX incompatiblity

There are some reports indicating that systems running on Windows 8 & integrated Intel GFX card cannot run the game.^{[citation needed]} No fix is known as of yet.

Issues fixed

Crash during first startup with message "BUILT WITH UDK has stopped working"

This is caused by patching the game without starting up the original version.^[2]

Reinstall game^{[citation needed]}
Uninstall game. Reinstall game by running `setup_tower_of_guns_2.0.0.6.exe`. Open game and exit. Patch game by running `patch_tower_of_guns_2.0.1.7.exe` or newer. Open game.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9, 11	Direct3D 11 can be forced with the `-dx11` command line argument.
OpenGL	2.1	OS X and Linux only.
Shader Model support	3, 5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	Fonix TTS
Interface	wxWidgets

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 275 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

CPU/GPU intensive game

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 275 512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.1 compatible

CPU/GPU intensive game

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Any distribution since 2010
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 275 512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.1 compatible

CPU/GPU intensive game

Notes

↑ ^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

[gamedir-2] 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).

[1] ToG 1.3 Released! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Tower of Guns

[3] .com forum

[1]

[Note 1]

[2]

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 {{ii}} 1.3 update is Windows-only.<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/games/266110/announcements/detail/72417600651406084 ToG 1.3 Released! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Tower of Guns]</ref>

Developers

	Terrible Posture Games
macOS (OS X)	Minority
Linux	Minority
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	March 4, 2014
macOS (OS X)	October 28, 2014
Linux	October 28, 2014
Reception
Metacritic	76
OpenCritic	69
IGDB	68