NBA Playgrounds

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NBA Playgrounds
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NBA Playgrounds is a singleplayer and multiplayer sports game in the NBA Playgrounds series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam (unavailable)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\NBAPlaygrounds\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/545270/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\NBAPlaygrounds\Saved\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/545270/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

High frame rate

Unlock FPS cap^[1]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `GameUserSettings.ini`. Change `FrameRateLimit` to your liking (e.g. `FrameRateLimit=144.000000`).

Post-processing

Disable post-process effects^[2]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Scalability.ini.
Add the following and save.

[PostProcessQuality@3]
r.MotionBlurQuality=0
r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0
r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0
r.Tonemapper.GrainQuantization=0
r.LensFlareQuality=0

Texture quality

Improve texture quality^[2]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Scalability.ini.
Add the following and save.

[TextureQuality@3]
r.Streaming.MipBias=-1
r.MaxAnisotropy=16

Shadow quality

Improve shadow quality^[2]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Scalability.ini.
Add the following and save.

[ShadowQuality@3]
r.DistanceFieldShadowing=1
r.DistanceFieldAO=1

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
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

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		4
LAN play
Online play		2

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: NBA Playgrounds (DX11).

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	2.93 GHz Intel Core i3-530	3.5 GHz Intel Core i5-4690
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	7 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 630 DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 670

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ ^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>/545270/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (545270) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Steam Community :: Guide :: 144FPS GUIDE - last accessed on May 2023
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 How to Disable Motion Blur? :: NBA Playgrounds General Discussions - last accessed on 2017-05-16

[Proton_path_note-1] 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>/545270/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (545270) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[2] Steam Community :: Guide :: 144FPS GUIDE - last accessed on May 2023

[tweaks-3] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 How to Disable Motion Blur? :: NBA Playgrounds General Discussions - last accessed on 2017-05-16

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Developers

	Saber Interactive
Publishers
	Mad Dog Games
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	May 9, 2017
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Genres	Sports
Sports	Basketball
Themes	Contemporary
Series	NBA Playgrounds