The Beginner's Guide
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Developers | |
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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 |
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
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\beginnersguide\cfg\[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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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 |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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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
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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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 |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | Game might not switch the narrative and prompts accordingly if switching from keyboard after loading level. | |
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | ||
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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 | ||
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Button prompts | Game might not switch the narrative and prompts accordingly if switching from keyboard after loading level. |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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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 |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. | ||
Linux |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | 3.0 GHz Pentium 4 Dual Core 2.0 or AMD64X2 |
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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 |
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Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0c compatible. |
- Intel Express graphics cards are not supported.
macOS (OS X) | ||
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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 | ||
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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).