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Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince

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Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince cover
Developers
Frozenbyte
Publishers
Modus Games
Release dates
Windows October 8, 2019
Reception
Metacritic 81
OpenCritic 80
IGDB 78
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view
Controls Direct control
Genres Platform
Themes Fantasy
Series Trine
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Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince on IGDB
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince on MobyGames
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince 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

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince is a singleplayer and multiplayer side view platform game in the Trine series.

General information

Publisher Discord server
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
GamersGate
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Ultimate Collection also available.
Windows
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Ultimate Collection also available.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
Windows

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Melody of Mystery
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Trine4\
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\690640\remote\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/690640/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Trine4\
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\690640\remote\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/690640/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.
In-game UI and gameplay settings.
In-game UI and gameplay settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Real-time cutscenes are intentionally letterboxed at every aspect ratio.
Characters selection icons scale based on resolution width.[1]
Multi-monitor
Hor+ scaling at gameplay, cutscenes, menu and loading screens.[1]
Ultra-widescreen
Hor+.[2][3]
4K Ultra HD
[4]
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Labeled Maximized window.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Forced 16x anisotropic filtering.[5]
Anti-aliasing (AA)
TAA or SSAA 2x/3x/4x. See Anti-aliasing (AA) to combine both methods.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Optional FPS limit is available.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

Anti-aliasing (AA)

It is possible to force the game engine to use TAA when also using SSAA.
Modify options.txt[6]
  1. Set the desired level of SSAA in-game.
  2. Exit the game.
  3. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  4. Open options.txt.
  5. Find the line setOption(rendererModule, "TemporalAA", false) and change false to true.
  6. Save and close the file.

Depth of field

Disable depth of field through the config file[7]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open options.txt.
  3. Change setOption(rendererModule, "DepthOfField", true) to setOption(rendererModule, "DepthOfField", false) to disable the depth of the field.

Input

In-game general control settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game Keybindings.
In-game Keybindings.
In-game Controller bindings.
In-game Controller bindings.

Audio

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

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Music, Effects, Dialogue.
Surround sound
Stereo only.[8]
Subtitles
Subtitle size is adjustable. Can additionally specify speaker identification through icons and/or speaker's name.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Text and spoken language are separately selectable.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Fan translation by Mechanics VoiceOver
Spanish

Network

Simultaneous local and online play is supported.[9]
Steam, Origin and GOG cross-play support.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Co-op
LAN play
4 Co-op
Online play
4 Co-op

Connection types

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: Trine 4.

Issues unresolved

Official bug-reporting thread

Issues fixed

A list of known issues and solutions can be found on Steam Community Discussions.

Analog movement does not stop player character when moved down

When using analog movement, pushing the analog control down may not stop the player character as intended.
Enable Improved deadzoning for movement in the game options[10]

Rotate Object Left/Right controller and key bindings not visible

Rotate Object Left/Right controller and key bindings only become visible after the player resets all bindings.
Use the Reset All option.[11]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Shader Model support 5
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio Wwise, Speex, Ogg Vorbis [12]
Cutscenes Theora

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Quad Core 2.0 GHz
2.6 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 16 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 560
ATI Radeon HD 5700
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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>/690640/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (690640) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-10-15
    Screenshots taken at various scenes at a custom 5760x1080 resolution on a single monitor and compared to 16:9.
  2. First 30 Min: Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince - last accessed on 2019-10-09
  3. Steam Community Discussion - Question to the developers, Will this game have Ultrawide support 21:9? - last accessed on 2019-10-09
  4. Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince - PC - 4K - Gameplay 6 - last accessed on 2019-10-09
  5. Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-10-09
    Tried modifying AF setting in game's config.txt file and ensuring AF was not forced in-driver, with no change in AF quality.
  6. Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-10-15
  7. Verified by User:Keith on 2019-10-11
  8. Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-10-09
    Tested with Orban Loudness Meter.
  9. Co-Optimus - Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince - last accessed on 2019-10-09
    "Play through the entire campaign with up to four players locally (couch co-op), online, or a mix of the two (combo co-op)."
  10. Steam Community Discussion - Official Bug Thread! - last accessed on 2019-10-09
    "PROBLEM SOLVED:

    Function can be toggled in options → Improved deadzoning for movement'



    The analog stick doesnt register as 'down' for standing still.

    Both the analog and dpad buttons works fine on skills but when holding the analog stick down when walking it seems it hasnt been mapped to a true 'down' position, it will start register walking either left or right.
    "
  11. Steam Community Announcement - First patch is now live! (Build 8032) - last accessed on 2019-10-12
    "Rotate Object Left/Right bind only becomes visible after user Resets all Keybindings"
  12. Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-10-09
    Checked game's output log.