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Transistor

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Transistor
Transistor cover
Developers
Supergiant Games
macOS (OS X) Ethan Lee
Linux Ethan Lee
Engines
MonoGame
FNA
Release dates
Windows May 20, 2014
macOS (OS X) October 30, 2014
Linux October 30, 2014
Reception
Metacritic 83
OpenCritic 85
IGDB 85
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time, Turn-based
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Genres RPG
Themes Cyberpunk
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General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Technical Support FAQ

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
 Can be run DRM-free when launched directly from the executable with -AUTH_LOGIN=unused command line argument.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
itch.io
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
 Does not require the Steam client to run.[1]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac App Store (unavailable)
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macOS (OS X)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Saved Games\Transistor\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/Transistor/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Transistor/
Steam <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/237930/
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Saved Games\Transistor\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/Transistor/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Transistor/
Steam <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/237930/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.
General settings.
Resolution options.
Resolution options.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
 Native support until 1920x1080. See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor
 
Ultra-widescreen
 
 Use the related PCGW community tool as a workaround.
4K Ultra HD
 
 See the WSGF entry.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Launch with /noborder.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
Capped 60fps
120+ FPS
Launch with /nofixedstep. Some glitches such as getting stuck to wall with Jaunt() skill.[2][3]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse, touch State Notes
Remapping
Mouse 4 is used to undo, but can't be rebound or disabled.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised
Windows 8 and later only.
Controller
Controller support
XInput and DirectInput.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
DualShock 4 controllers
Under Windows all XInput devices have to be unplugged to use DualShock 4.[4]
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support
Linux only. See DualShock 4 light bar support.[5]
Connection modes unknown
Generic/other controllers
Button prompts
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

DualShock 4 light bar support

Transistor for Linux supports the DualShock 4 light bar. The light bar will sync with the transistor's speech. To access this feature, refer to the FNA user documentation.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, SFX and voice.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Localization settings.
Localization settings.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Launch with /lang=ja.
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Fan voice-over by GamesVoice
Spanish

Issues fixed

The Transistor Technical Support FAQ includes fixes for a few issues with the game.
Many crashes can be fixed by updating your display drivers, make sure to do so if other solutions don't work.
On Linux issue with FMOD Studio may also lead to crashes on startup if it selects wrong audio interface. See OS X/Linux audio missing

Game won't start or crashes on launch

Verify your game cache[citation needed]
  1. Find the game in your library, right-click it, go to Properties > Local Files.
  2. Click on Verify Integrity of Game Cache...
  3. After it finishes, click OK and launch the game.

Notes

Game files may have been corrupted when downloading or through other means, causing the game to crash. If this is the case, this should fix the issue.
Versions of the game released prior to October 2016 may not start correctly on Windows due to an `UnsupportedGLVersionException` error (as reported by Windows Event Log). The developer fixed this issue in later versions of the game[6]

Other crash/stability issues

Disable the Steam Overlay[citation needed]
In some cases, this may be caused by the Steam Overlay. Disabling it may fix the issues.
  1. Find the effected game in your Steam Library
  2. Right-click the game name
  3. Select Properties
  4. Uncheck the "Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game" box in the "General" tab
  5. Press OK
  6. Launch the game
AllowPackageSwap[7]
This can, in some cases, fix issues for users experiencing crashes in Performance Tests.
  1. Find Transistor in your Steam Library
  2. Right-click the game's title
  3. Select Properties
  4. Select Set Launch Options...
  5. Input /AllowPackageSwap=false
  6. Press OK
  7. Launch the game

Garbled text

OnlyFancyText[7]
  1. Find Transistor in your Steam Library
  2. Right-click the game's title
  3. Select Properties
  4. Select Set Launch Options...
  5. Input /OnlyFancyText=true
  6. Press OK
  7. Launch the game

OS X/Linux audio missing

The FMOD Studio runtime may not pick the right audio device for sound playback.
Change used audio device[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file location.
  2. Open FMODDriver.txt and enter the index of the sound card you wish to use. This is generally a single digit - the list of sound cards and their respective index is printed to the terminal at the start of the application.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL 3.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD
Input SDL2
Cutscenes Bink

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Dual core, 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD 3000
AMD Radeon HD 5450
Nvidia GeForce 9400 GT
1 GB of VRAM
Windows XP and Vista are not officially supported but the developer has updated the game to work better with these versions.[8]
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.7
Processor (CPU) Dual core, 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) 1 GB of VRAM
OpenGL 3.0 compatible (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) glibc 2.15+
Processor (CPU) Dual core, 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) 1 GB of VRAM
OpenGL 3.0 compatible (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)


References