Anonymous edits have been disabled on the wiki. If you want to contribute please login or create an account.

Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power

From PCGamingWiki, the wiki about fixing PC games
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power cover
Developers
Frozenbyte
Engines
Frozenbyte Engine[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows August 20, 2015[2]
Linux November 5, 2015[3]
macOS (OS X) November 19, 2015[4]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view
Controls Direct control
Genres Platform
Themes Fantasy
Series Trine
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power on HowLongToBeat
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power on MobyGames
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power on Wikipedia
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 3: The Artifacts of Power is a singleplayer and multiplayer side view platform game in the Trine series.

General information

Official Forums
Trine Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
Icon overlay.png
Ultimate Collection only.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Gamesplanet logo.svg
Icon overlay.png
Ultimate Collection only.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
Icon overlay.png
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac App Store (unavailable)
Icon overlay.png
macOS (OS X)
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Trine3\options.txt
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/.frozenbyte/Trine3
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Trine3\
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/.frozenbyte/Trine3
Steam <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/319910/remote/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher options menu.
Launcher options menu.
In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Anisotropic filtering is tied to the graphics detail level but can also be set manually.
Anisotropic filtering[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open options.txt.
  3. 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]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open options.txt.
  3. Locate setOption(renderingModule, "PostProcessAntiAliasing", true) and change to false.
  4. Locate setOption(renderingModule, "AntiAliasSamples", 0) and change to desired SSAA value.

High frame rate

Remove frame rate cap[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open options.txt.
  3. Locate setOption(gameBaseApplicationModule, "FPSCapEnabled", true) and change to false.
  4. In the Trine 3 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]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open options.txt.
  3. Locate setOption(renderingModule, "ShowGlow", true) and change to false.

Input

In-game general control settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game key/button map settings.
In-game key/button map settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.
In-game language settings.
In-game language settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, effects, speech and music.
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]
  1. Download Special K.
  2. Copy SpecialK64.dll to the installation folder.
  3. Rename to d3d9.dll.
  4. Run the game and exit.
  5. Edit d3d9.ini in the installation folder.
  6. Find [Window.System].
  7. Change MuteInBackground=false to MuteInBackground=true.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Danish
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Norwegian
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish

Network

In-game network settings.
In-game network settings.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
3 Co-op
Player can drop in and out at any time by pressing start/confirm.
LAN play
Online play
3 Co-op
Can include two local players.

VR support

Stereoscopic 3D modes in launcher.
Stereoscopic 3D modes in launcher.
3D modes State Notes
Native 3D
AMD HD3D, SBS (swapped, no-stretch), Top-Bottom (swapped, no-stretch), Line interlace (swapped) and Checkboard (swapped).
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: Trine 3.
TriDef 3D
iZ3D
vorpX
G3D
Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
OpenGL
Linux version
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
Multiplayer Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3/i5/i7 2.0 GHz dual-core
AMD 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 260
AND HD 4000
DirectX 10 compatible
Other Broadband internet connection.
Highest graphics detail levels are only available in 64 bit OS.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.9
Processor (CPU) Intel Mac
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 4.1 compatible
Controller Keyboard, Mouse/Trackpad with Secondary click enabled
Other Broadband internet connection
Please be advised that Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power does not run on older MacBooks. Requires at least Intel HD Graphics 4000 or better. All Macs produced since Late 2013 are able to run the game.
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 4.1 compatible
Other Broadband internet connection
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power runs best with proprietary drivers and may not function correctly with open source drivers.


Notes

  1. Frozenbyte Engine engine build: v3.00[1]

References