Tag: The Power of Paint

Key points

The game is free.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Publisher website
Steam

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Game Data\TAG.ini^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1808400/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

The game is short and does not have save/load feature.

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		1280x720 by default, see custom resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		See custom resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Toggle Full Screen button in the main menu.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		High level of Anisotropic Filtering is always enabled.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS		Capped to 60 by default.
120+ FPS		See High frame rate. Change is not recommended, high values break one of the game mechanics(Speed paint).
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Change resolution in ini file.
Go to `<path-to-game>\Game Data\`. Open the `TAG.ini` file with Notepad or other text editor. Change values of uWidescreenWidth and uWidescreenHeight to the desired resolution's width and height. Save the file. Launch the game.

Change VSync setting in ini file.
Go to `<path-to-game>\Game Data\`. Open the `TAG.ini` file with Notepad or other text editor. Change value of bVSync to 1 to enable VSync or to 0 to disable. Save the file. Launch the game.

Change framerate cap in ini file.
Go to `<path-to-game>\Game Data\`. Open the `TAG.ini` file with Notepad or other text editor. Change value of fMaxFPS to the desired framerate. Cannot be set higher than 200 fps. Save the file. Launch the game.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD

↑ 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).
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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 (1808400) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

Developers

	Tag Team
Publishers
	DigiPen Institute of Technology
Release dates
Windows	May 1, 2008
Taxonomy
Monetization	Freeware