Winds of Change
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Developers | |
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Tall Tail Studios | |
Engines | |
Ren'Py 7[Note 1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 21, 2019[2] |
macOS (OS X) | August 21, 2019[2] |
Linux | August 21, 2019[2] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 74 |
OpenCritic | 70 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Genres | Visual novel |
General information
- Official Telegram group
- Publisher Discord server
- Visual Novel Database article
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Community Discussions (Opening Act)
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Steam | Can be played without Steam running.[3] Deluxe Edition also available. |
- The first act of the game is available for free from Steam.
Version differences
- The Deluxe Edition includes the base game and the Original Soundtrack.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\RenPy\WindsofChange-1508869298\persistent <path-to-game>\game\saves\persistent[Note 2] <path-to-game>\gamecontrollerdb.txt[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/RenPy/WindsofChange-1508869298/persistent |
Linux | $HOME/.renpy/WindsofChange-1508869298/persistent |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\RenPy\WindsofChange-1508869298\*.save <path-to-game>\game\saves\*.save[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/RenPy/WindsofChange-1508869298/*.save |
Linux | $HOME/.renpy/WindsofChange-1508869298/*.save |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | Synchronization is cross-platform.[citation needed] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | 16:9 anamorphic.[4] | ||
Multi-monitor | 16:9 anamorphic. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | 16:9 anamorphic.[5] | ||
4K Ultra HD | UI and text render at 4K, but artwork has a native resolution of 1280x720.[6] | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Used in place of exclusive fullscreen. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Mouse is required in point-and-click sections.[7] | |
Controller remapping | To remap, press ⇧ Shift+G to access advanced game settings, then select Calibrate under Gamepad. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | [8] | |
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | [8] | |
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Sound, Voice | |
Surround sound | [citation needed] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Issues fixed
Game does not start on OS X 10.9 with a multi-monitor setup
Run the game from the primary display[9] |
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Game crashes on startup with "I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred."
Stop the global injection of Special K, if it is installed[1] |
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Display problems
Update video card drivers[10] |
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Switch to a different video renderer[10] |
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Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Interface | FreeType |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo | Intel Core i5 |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 1 compatible DirectX 9 compatible | OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
Other | 1280x720 display |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.6 | 10.13 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo | Intel Core i5 |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 1 compatible | OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
Other | 1280x720 display |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 14.04, SteamOS 2.0 | Ubuntu 16.04 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo | Intel Core i5 |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 1 compatible | OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
Other | 1280x720 display |
Notes
- ↑ Ren'Py engine build: 7.1.1.929[1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-08-21
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Winds of Change :: Release Date Announcement - last accessed on 2019-08-20
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-08-21
- Tested on Windows 10.
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-08-21
- Tested at 2560x1600 resolution.
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-08-21
- Tested at 2560x1080 custom resolution.
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-08-22
- Examined game files in
<path-to-game>\game\images\
.
- Examined game files in
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-08-22
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-08-23
- ↑ Dealing with Problems — Ren'Py Documentation - last accessed on 2019-08-21
- "A bug in OS X 10.9 Mavericks prevents Ren'Py from starting when launched on a non-primary display. Until Apple fixes this bug, please launch Ren'Py from the the primary display."
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Dealing with Problems — Ren'Py Documentation - last accessed on 2019-08-21
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Dealing With Display Problems — Ren'Py Documentation - last accessed on 2019-08-21