Trine 2

Trine
Trine	2009
Trine 2	2011
Trine Enchanted Edition	2014
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power	2015
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince	2019
Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy	2023

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.

Trine 2 is a singleplayer and multiplayer scrolling and side view platform and puzzle game in the Trine series.

General information

Official Forums

Trine Wiki

Trine 2 controller config FAQ / how-to thread on Steam Users' Forums

Trine 2 rendering information - anti-aliasing, overheating, stereo, input lag, etc thread on Steam Users' Forums

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Official website
GamersGate		Ultimate Collection only.
		Ultimate Collection only.
GOG.com
Humble Store
Mac App Store
Steam
Origin (unavailable)

Demo is available for Windows and for OS X.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Goblin Menace

Goblin Menace DLC is now part of Complete Story which also includes Dwarven Caverns level. With Steam previous owners of Goblin Menace DLC are automatically updated to Complete Story.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Trine2\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Trine2/
Linux	$HOME/.frozenbyte/Trine2/
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/35720/remote/

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

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Trine2\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Trine2/
Linux	$HOME/.frozenbyte/Trine2/
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/35720/remote/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher options menu.

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Choose from refresh rate list in launcher.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Tied to the graphics detail level. To set manually see Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Enforces FXAA with launcher. See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Borderless fullscreen windowed^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file location. Open `options.txt`. Find and change the following three lines `setOption(renderingModule, "Windowed", false)` to `true`. `setOption(renderingModule, "MaximizeWindow", false)` to `true`. `setOption(renderingModule, "WindowTitleBar", true)` to `false`. Save the file.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Anisotropic filtering^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file location. Open `options.txt`. Change `setOption(renderingModule, "Anisotropy", X)` to the desired value.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Game does feature SSAA, but enforces FXAA on top of it. FXAA is known to blur image so some users may want to disable it.

Disable FXAA and enable SSAA through config^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file location. Open `options.txt`. Locate `setOption(renderingModule, "PostProcessAntiAliasing", true)` and change to `false`. Locate `setOption(renderingModule, "AntiAliasSamples", 0)` and change to desired SSAA value.

High frame rate

By default Trine 2 limits the frame rate to 100.

Remove frame rate cap^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file location. Open `options.txt`. Locate `setOption(gameBaseApplicationModule, "FPSCapEnabled", true)` and change to `false`. In the Trine 2 launcher, it may be necessary to change the refresh rate from "Automatic" to the actual number in hertz (windowed also works).

Disable bloom

Disable bloom^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file location. Open `options.txt`. Locate `setOption(renderingModule, "ShowGlow", true)` and change to `false`.

Input

In-game general control settings.

In-game key/button map settings.

Keyboard and mouse, touch	State	Notes
Remapping		Supports multiple keyboards and mouses for multiplayer. Possible to save and load profiles. Does not work properly on Linux.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised		Windows only.^[2]
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Possible to save and load profiles.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Via key rebinding.

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

Audio

In-game audio settings.

In-game language settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, effects, speech, music and ambience.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		See Mute on focus lost.
Royalty free audio

Mute on focus lost

Set mute in background^{[citation needed]}
Download Special K. Copy `SpecialK32.dll` to the installation folder. Rename to `d3d9.dll`. Run the game and exit. Edit `d3d9.ini` in the installation folder. Find `[Window.System]`. Change `MuteInBackground=false` to `MuteInBackground=true`.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Czech
Finnish				Only basic game. DLC content in English.
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

Network

Steam, Origin and GOG cross-play support.

In-game network settings.

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	3	Co-op
LAN play
Online play	3	Co-op

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

Stereoscopic 3D modes in launcher.

3D modes	GG3D	Notes
Native 3D		AMD HD3D, SBS (swapped, no-stretch), Top-Bottom (swapped, no-stretch), Line interlace (swapped) and Checkboard (swapped).
Nvidia 3D Vision		3D Vision -ready.
TriDef 3D
vorpX	G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	3.0

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

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	Wwise	Windows and OS X only.^[3]
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz	Dual core
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 2400 Nvidia GeForce 7600 DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6
Processor (CPU)	Intel
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon 2400 Nvidia GeForce 8600M

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU)	2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 2400 Nvidia GeForce 7600 OpenGL 2.1 compatible

Notes

↑ Frozenbyte Engine engine build: v1.00^[1]

References

↑ Frozenbyte Wiki - How to obtain the Frozenbyte Editor - last accessed on 2019-11-21
↑ Major Trine 2 Update on Steam | Frozenbyte
↑ Cheese talks to: Frozenbyte (about Trine and other things) - Part 1 - last accessed on 2020-09-23
"Perhaps one of the changes in the project itself was that we had a different approach to middleware. In the past we had mostly done stuff in-house, because it tends to be cheaper at first. With Trine 2 we knew that the schedule would be long, so we figured that we could spend some money on middleware that would save us time on the overall schedule and ensure console compatibility. We licensed Wwise for audio and Bink for video, and they worked reasonably well. Some of the time we saved has been lost since then though, we had to write our own audio system for Linux for example."

[2] Frozenbyte Engine engine build: v1.00^[1]

[engineversion-1] Frozenbyte Wiki - How to obtain the Frozenbyte Editor - last accessed on 2019-11-21

[3] Major Trine 2 Update on Steam | Frozenbyte

[4] Cheese talks to: Frozenbyte (about Trine and other things) - Part 1 - last accessed on 2020-09-23
"Perhaps one of the changes in the project itself was that we had a different approach to middleware. In the past we had mostly done stuff in-house, because it tends to be cheaper at first. With Trine 2 we knew that the schedule would be long, so we figured that we could spend some money on middleware that would save us time on the overall schedule and ensure console compatibility. We licensed Wwise for audio and Bink for video, and they worked reasonably well. Some of the time we saved has been lost since then though, we had to write our own audio system for Linux for example."

[Note 1]

[2]

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Developers

	Frozenbyte
Engines
	Frozenbyte Engine^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	December 7, 2011
macOS (OS X)	December 7, 2011
Linux	March 31, 2012
Reception
Metacritic	84
OpenCritic	87
IGDB	85
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Scrolling, Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform, Puzzle
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Trine