From Dust

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Key points

No longer requires a constant Internet connection. Playable offline.^[2]

Poor console port capped at 30 FPS in fullscreen^[3] with few graphics options and minor control issues.

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate

Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam		Use this guide to play without Ubisoft Connect.
Ubisoft Store		Included with Ubisoft+.
Amazon.com (unavailable)
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)		^[4]

All versions except Steam require Ubisoft Connect DRM. Playable offline after activation; no longer requires a constant Internet connection.^[2]

A Chrome Web Store version was also available.

Remove the launcher and replace its DLL's^[5]

Go to <path-to-game>.
Delete or rename UbisoftConnectInstaller.exe and UbisoftConnectInstaller.exe.
Create a symlink pointing to From_Dust.exe in the game's directory, and name it UbisoftConnectInstaller.exe.
Download this zip and extract the two files to the From Dust directory, overwriting any files that weren't renamed.
If you're on Linux (including the Steam Deck), set the launch options to:

PROTON_FORCE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE=1 PROTON_USE_WINED3D11=1 PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 %command%

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Dust\profiles\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33460/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Dust\DustSave
Windows	<path-to-game>\DUST\DustSave\Ingame^[6]^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33460/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save data on Windows may also be stored at the second listed location, from an older version

System	Native	Notes
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect		Syncs save games and settings.^{[citation needed]}

Display settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Not all resolutions are supported in windowed mode.
Multi-monitor		Game crashes unless only one monitor is used.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		4K supported, but many UI elements are mispositioned above 2560×1440.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Can't go above 1920x1440 in windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS		Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS in fullscreen and 60 in windowed.^[3]
120+ FPS

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Full mouse and keyboard control.
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Found under Common Options.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		There is an option to disable music. The game also includes a "quiet mode" toggle.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Use the Skip launcher method above^[7]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3, Vista SP2, 7 SP1
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or 2.3 GHz AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+	2.66 GHz Intel Core i7 920 or 3.0 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 or better
System memory (RAM)	1.5 GB (XP) / 2 GB (Vista, 7)	3 GB DDR3
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	*see supported list 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support	Nvidia GeForce 9 AMD Radeon HD 4000 (*see supported list) 512 MB of VRAM

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/33460/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (33460) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
↑ 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).