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Typer Shark!

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Typer Shark!
Typer Shark! cover
Developers
PopCap Games
Engines
PopCap Games Framework
Release dates
Windows June 10, 2003

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
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Typer Shark! Deluxe
Windows
Typer Shark! Deluxe is the full version of the game

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\PopCap\TyperShark\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3450/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\users\[Note 3]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3450/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues unresolved

The game won't exit properly

Upon exiting the game there is still popcapgame1.exe process running (This may prevent other games on Steam from launching)
End the popcapgame1.exe process with Task Manager after exiting the game[1][2]

Issues fixed

Low FPS

To fix the problem, the game needs to be played in windowed mode.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 7
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio BASS

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 350 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 MB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7 compatible

Notes

  1. Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
  3. 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

  1. game will not exit steam... :: Typer Shark! Deluxe General Discussions - last accessed on 2016-11-06
  2. Verified by User:Blackbird on 2016-11-06