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A Hat in Time

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A Hat in Time
A Hat in Time cover
Developers
Gears for Breakfast
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows October 5, 2017
macOS (OS X) October 5, 2017
Reception
Metacritic 79
OpenCritic 78
IGDB 80
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC, Expansion pack
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Platform
Vehicles Motorcycle
Art styles Cartoon
Themes Sci-fi
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A Hat in Time on Wikipedia
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A Hat in Time is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person platform game.

Key points

Full modding and Steam Workshop support.

General information

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
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 Via Humble Widget
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Online Party is not included in the GOG release.
Windows
Humble Store
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 Ultimate edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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 Ultimate edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
All OS X versions require Steam DRM.

Version differences

The Ultimate edition includes the base game, Seal the Deal & Nyakuza Metro DLC, plus both soundtracks.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Seal the Deal and Nyakuza Metro DLCs only function on Windows and do not support Mac or Linux.
Name Notes
Seal the Deal Free on launch day (September 13, 2018) and for Kickstarter backers.
Windows
Nyakuza Metro Free for Kickstarter backers and provide access to Online Party.
Windows
Vanessa's Curse Only available on Steam and provide access to Online Party.
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use -skipintro command line argument[1]

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\HatinTimeGame\Config\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/com.GearsforBreakfast.HatinTimeGame/HatinTimeGame/Config
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/253230/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\HatinTimeGame\SaveData\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/com.GearsforBreakfast.HatinTimeGame/HatinTimeGame/SaveData
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/253230/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.
In-game advanced graphics settings.
In-game advanced graphics settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
 See Widescreen resolution for custom resolutions.
Multi-monitor
 
 Cutscenes are Vert-. See Multi-monitor.
Ultra-widescreen
 
 Cutscenes are Vert-. See Multi-monitor.
4K Ultra HD
 
Field of view (FOV)
See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA 0-5 and MLAA. See Anti-aliasing (AA) for MSAA.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Forcefully enabled (overriding user preference) when the game is set to fullscreen. Can be forced off again from Nvidia control panel.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
30, 48, 60, 75, 90, 120, 144, 165, and unlocked.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode
Protanopia, deuteranopia, and tritanopia.

Widescreen resolution

Set custom resolution[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open HatinTimeSystemSettings.ini.
  3. Change ResX= and ResY= values to the desired resolution.

Multi-monitor

Fix for Hor+ cutscenes[3]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Binaries\Win64\.
  2. Open HatinTimeGame.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
  3. Change 61 0B 36 3B to 61 0B 66 3B.

Field of view (FOV)

Set custom FOV[4]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open HatinTimeGame.ini.
  3. Change DefaultFOV= to the desired value

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Enable MSAA[5]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open HatinTimeSystemSettings.ini.
  3. Change bAllowD3D9MSAA=False to bAllowD3D9MSAA=True.
  4. Change MaxMultiSamples=1 to the value you want (2, 4, 8).

Input

In-game input settings.
In-game input settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Keys can be remapped in the game's config files (<path-to-game>\HatinTimeGame\Config\Gamepads\[Keyboard.ini])
Mouse acceleration
No acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
See Mouse Y-axis inversion.
Controller
Controller support
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
No rumble support
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support
Connection modes Wired, Bluetooth
Tested on V2
Generic/other controllers
Directly supports Gamecube, PS3, and other "Generic" controllers with button prompts, as long as Steam's Controller config is off.
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Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Can be disabled.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Mouse Y-axis inversion

Invert mouse[6]
  1. Open options menu
  2. Open the RED menu "Game Option"
  3. Scroll right down to the bottom and enable "Developer Console"
  4. Restart the game
  5. Press ~
  6. In the text box type: invertmouse

Audio

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

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Also supports Software 3D Audio by setting 3D Positional Audio to true. Compatible with X3DAudio HRTF for headphones.[7]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Set Out of Focus Volume to 0%.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Fan translation is available from Steam Workshop.
Traditional Chinese
Shown as supported but no official version is available.
Fan translations available from Steam Workshop: Here and here.
Esperanto
Fan translation is available from Steam Workshop. The base game only, no DLC is translated.
French
German
German
Fan translation is available from Steam Workshop.
Italian
Italian
Fan translation is available from Steam Workshop.
Japanese
Japanese
Two fan translations are available from Steam Workshop:
Here and here.
Korean
Korean
Two fan translations are available from Steam Workshop:
Here and here.
Polish
Two fan translations are available from Steam Workshop:
Here and here.
Portuguese
Shown as available but not supported.
Brazilian Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Fan translation is available from Steam Workshop.
Russian
Fan translation is available from Steam Workshop.
Spanish
Two fan translations are available from Steam Workshop:
Here and here as well as translated textures.
Latin American Spanish
Two fan translations are available from Steam Workshop:
Here and here.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
Split-screen
LAN play
Online play

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: A Hat in Time.
vorpX
G3D, Z3D, DirectVR
Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Issues unresolved

Seal the Deal DLC deactivates during gameplay

This may be due to an unstable internet connection. Using GOG Galaxy might help.[8]

Issues fixed

"Failed to create the D3D9 Device" error

Error: Failed to create the D3D9 Device! This can happen if the desktop is locked. Exiting...
Start the game at the proper resolution[9]
See Widescreen resolution.

Faint horizontal lines on screen

Disable ambient occlusion in the advanced graphic settings

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Supports macOS 10.15 Catalina

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP Professional x64 Edition, Vista 7, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) 3.0 GHz 3.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 9.0c compatible
Despite the store page claiming Windows XP SP3 (which is 32-bit only) is supported, the game does not work on that operating system. The game requires a 64-bit operating system.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.11.6 10.13.6
Processor (CPU) Quad-core Intel 3.0 GHz
AMD 3.0 GHz		 Quad-core Intel 3.5 GHz
AMD 3.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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>/253230/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (253230) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References