TowerFall Ascension
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| Developers | |
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| Extremely OK Games | |
| macOS (OS X) | Ethan Lee |
| Linux | Ethan Lee |
| Engines | |
| Windows, OS X, Linux | Monocle Engine[1] |
| Windows | XNA |
| OS X, Linux | FNA |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | March 11, 2014 |
| macOS (OS X) | May 29, 2014 |
| Linux | May 29, 2014 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 87 |
| OpenCritic | 84 |
| IGDB | 87 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | Expansion pack |
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General information
Availability[edit]
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Official website | |
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| Epic Games Store | |
Includes Dark World Expansion. DRM-free when launched directly from TowerFallLauncher.exe.[2] |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| itch.io | |
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| Steam | |
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DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| Dark World Expansion | |
Game data[edit]
Save game data location[edit]
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\tf_saveData[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/TowerFall/tf_saveData |
| Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/TowerFall/tf_saveData |
| Steam | <path-to-game>/tf_saveData |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
- For Steam Cloud saves on OS X/Linux,
tf_saveDatais stored in both the appropriate game save directory in addition to the game install directory. The newest file between the two is given higher priority.
Save game cloud syncing[edit]
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Epic Games Launcher | ||
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video[edit]
General settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | Game screen restricted to 4:3. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Will stretch the 4:3 window to your aspect ratio instead of adding pillarboxes like when you choose fullscreen through the options menu. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input[edit]
General settings.
Keyboard rebinding.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | All controllers prioritized over keyboard. | |
| Mouse acceleration | Only keyboard used in game. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | XInput and DirectInput. Ability to disable DirectInput controllers. |
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| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | See Engine:FNA#About XNA Joystick Support. | |
| Controller sensitivity | Digital movement. | |
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| DualShock 4 controllers | ||
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| DualShock button prompts | ||
| Light bar support | Linux only.[3] | |
| Connection modes | unknown | |
| Generic/other controllers | ||
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| Button prompts |  |
With unknown controllers defaults to Xbox buttons. |
| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | XInput and DirectInput. | |
| Haptic feedback | XInput only. | |
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Controller Icon Support[edit]
TowerFall Ascension provides the ability to display proper button icons for recognized controller hardware. The following files will be found in the same location as the save data, and can be edited by the user.
GamepadIcon_Config.xml[edit]
Use this file to map a button list name to a series of sprites that will be used for the button icons. For example, the name "XB360" is bound to the icons in "xb360/" within the game's texture atlas. The list name can be whatever you like, as you will be using this in the next file.
GamepadName_Config.xml[edit]
Use this file to map a GUID to a button list name from the previous file and a readable controller name, which will be displayed at the character select screen. For the GUID, refer to the docs at Engine:FNA#About GUIDs.
DualShock 4 Light Bar[edit]
TowerFall for Linux supports the DualShock 4 light bar. The light bar will sync with the player's current archer color.
To access this feature, refer to the FNA user documentation.
Audio[edit]
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Music and sound. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English |
Network[edit]
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 4 | Co-op, Versus 8-player through an Official mod |
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| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | 4 | Co-op Use Parsec. |
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Issues fixed[edit]
Crash on startup ("Could not find file '... MMG.wav'")[edit]
An example of an error log caused by a missing file, MMG.wav.
- This crash is caused by a missing file in the Dark World expansion.
| Copy file from base game to expansion[4] |
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Other information[edit]
API[edit]
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | |||
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Middleware[edit]
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Interface | SharpDX |
System requirements[edit]
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | Vista | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3 M380 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 400 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Intel HD 4400 DirectX 10 compatible |
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| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3 M380 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 400 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 3.0 (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable) compatible | |
| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | ||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3 M380 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 400 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 3.0 (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable) compatible | |
| Other | glibc 2.15+. S3TC support is NOT required. | |
Notes
- ↑ 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).
References
- ↑ Twitter - @MattThorson - April 26, 2014 - last accessed on 2019-08-30
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-12-20
- ↑ Verified by User:Anonymous on 2015-12-01
- ↑ Verified by User:Cptmold on 2019-12-20
- Tested with the Epic Games Store release after the game successfully launched once, then crashed on startup afterwards.