Thomas Was Alone

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

General information

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Availability

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mike Bithell\Thomas Was Alone\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Preferences/unity.Mike Bithel.Thomas Was Alone.plist
Linux	$HOME/.config/unity3d/Mike Bithell/Thomas Was Alone/
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/220780/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mike Bithell\Thomas Was Alone\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Preferences/unity.Mike Bithel.Thomas Was Alone.plist
Linux	$HOME/.config/unity3d/Mike Bithell/Thomas Was Alone/
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/220780/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

In-game options menu.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Game runs in 2:1 (18:9) aspect ratio at all times. 16:9 has letterboxing.
Multi-monitor		Pillarboxed.
Ultra-widescreen		Game will expand to 18:9 with pillarboxing beyond that.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Enable windowed mode and use the `-popupwindow` parameter (or see the glossary page).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Enabled for graphics presets "Beautiful" and higher.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Enabled for graphics presets "Good" and higher.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	No frame rate or refresh rate cap.^[2]
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

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

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		No deadzone settings, and deadzone is very small. Worn out thumbsticks might drift.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

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

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Spanish				Fan translation, download.

Crash with error message "GetThreadContextFailed"

Set compatibility mode to Windows 98 / Windows ME^[3]
Go to the installation folder. Right-click `ThomasWasAlone.exe` and choose Properties. Go to the Compatibility tab. Check option "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" Select "Windows 98 / Windows ME" from the drop-down list under the check box

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL	2.0	OS X and Linux only.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work* on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.*
Linux

↑ Unity engine build: 4.5.1f3^[1]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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>/220780/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (220780) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.