Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
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| Developers | |
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| Oddworld Inhabitants | |
| Windows | Digital Dialect |
| Publishers | |
| GT Interactive | |
| Engines | |
| A.L.I.V.E. | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 17, 1998 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Series | Oddworld |
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Key points
- As game only runs on 640x480 resolution, it may cause problems with modern systems. See Widescreen resolution or R.E.L.I.V.E. Source Port how to run the game with monitors native resolution.
General information
- Oddworld Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
SafeDisc DRM[Note 1]. | |
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| GOG.com | |
Bonus content also included including manual and wallpapers. | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Steam | |
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| ZOOM Platform | |
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Essential Improvements
R.E.L.I.V.E. Source Port
- Open source new engine created via reverse engineering, that seeks to replace the original tools too.
- Provides Native Resolution and Windowed mode support and bugfixes.
- Supports Windows 10, MacOS, and Linux.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\abe2.ini[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15710/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\*.sav[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15710/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | 640x480 only. See Widescreen resolution or the source port for displaying properly on Widescreen monitors. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | See R.E.L.I.V.E. Source Port. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | See R.E.L.I.V.E. Source Port. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Widescreen resolution
- Game is always 640x480, which may cause problems with modern systems.
- This method will only raise output resolution to match desktop's one, game will still render at 640x480.
| Installing DDhack[3] |
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Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | Does not recognize left/right trigger axes on Xinput controllers. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| 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 | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | Retail and Steam only. | |||
| German | Retail and Steam only; download for GOG.com version | |||
| Italian | Retail and Steam only. | |||
| Spanish | Retail and Steam only. |
Issues fixed
Running the game on 64-bit Windows
- Only effects original retail version. Not needed for currently digitally distributed versions.
| Manually install the game[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| DirectDraw | 6 |
| Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | ARM | Notes |
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| Windows | 64-bit requires the R.E.L.I.V.E. source port. | ||||
| Linux | Requires the R.E.L.I.V.E. source port.[4][5] |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95 2000, XP only (Steam) | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 166 MHz | Intel Pentium 200 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 640 MB 700 MB (Steam) | |
| Video card (GPU) | SVGA DirectX 6 compatible | |
| Sound (audio device) | 100% Soundblaster compatible | |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (15710) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Abe's Oddyssey and Exoddus resolution SUPER FIX! - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ AUR (en) - relive-git - last accessed on 2021-03-25
- ↑ package relive - last accessed on 21 July 2022