The Ball
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| Developers | |
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| Teotl Studios | |
| Publishers | |
| Tripwire Interactive | |
| Engines | |
| Unreal Engine 3 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 26, 2010 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 68 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
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General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| GamersGate | |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Steam | |
Comes bundled with exclusive Portal 2 themed content. | |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Ball\UDKGame\Config\ |
| Steam | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Ball\UDKGame\Config\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/35460/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\UDKGame\Config\[Note 2] |
| Steam | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Ball\UDKGame\Config\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/35460/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video
In-game options menu.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | Open the console (~) and enter setres 3840x2160 f |
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| Field of view (FOV) | Open the console (~) and enter fov 90 (replace 90 with the FOV you want). |
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| Windowed | Can also be toggled by pressing F11. | ||
| 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 | |||
| 120+ FPS | See High frame rate. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
High frame rate
| Change frame rate smoothing[citation needed] |
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Notes
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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 | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Additional information | ||
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| Button prompts | ||
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | 7.0 | |
| Subtitles | On by default. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support | Compatible with X3DAudio HRTF for binaural HRTF mixing. | |
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Danish | ||||
| Dutch | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Swedish |
Issues fixed
Settings and in-game progress not being saved
- Another solution is to run the game exe file directly
| Fixing the game shortcut[citation needed] |
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VR support
| 3D modes | Native | Notes | |
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| vorpX | G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 | |
| Shader Model support | 3 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Physics | PhysX | |
| Audio | Fonix TTS |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP SP2 | Vista, 7 |
| Processor (CPU) | 3.0 GHz Single Core | Dual Core |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.5 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 6800 DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce 8800 |
| Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0 compatible | |
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>/35460/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (35460) 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).