A Story about My Uncle

A Story about My Uncle

Developers
	Gone North Games
Publishers
	Coffee Stain Studios
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	May 28, 2014
macOS (OS X)	May 13, 2017
Linux	May 13, 2017
Reception
Metacritic	73
OpenCritic	79
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Genres	Action, Platform
Themes	Fantasy

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming
GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam		DRM-free when launched directly from executable.
Amazon.com (unavailable)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\A Story About My Uncle\ASAMU\Config\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/A Story About My Uncle/*/Config/

There are two config directories in Linux, replace * with ASAMU and Engine, the fixes here are all in ASAMU, if you can't find it, have a look in Engine

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

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\A Story About My Uncle\ASAMU\Saves\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/A Story About My Uncle/ASAMU/Saves/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud		Only for Windows. Approx. 100 MB available.

Video

Graphics settings.

Advanced graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen			See Field of view (FOV) for improved FOV.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		60-120°; for higher values see Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		MSAA 2, 4 and 8.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

An edit is necessary for FOV values higher than 120°.

Set higher FOV
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open ASAMUEngine.ini. Go to [Engine.LocalPlayer] Change AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainXFOV to AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV Save your changes and close the file.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Anisotropic filtering
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open ASAMUSystemSettings.ini. Search and change MaxAnisotropy=4 to desired value. Save your changes and close the file.

High frame rate

Change frame rate smoothing
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open ASAMUEngine.ini. Search and change bSmoothFrameRate to FALSE or raise MaxSmoothedFrameRate value. Save file. For more information, see the Unreal Engine 3 page.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard rebinding.

Controller settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Called "Mouse Smoothing".
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Ability to mirror sticks or shoulder buttons.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, sound, music and voice.
Surround sound		Up to 7.0. Compatible with X3DAudio HRTF for binaural HRTF mixing.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

The developers implemented some translations from the community via Crowdin. In the game they are labeled as "Beta".

Language settings.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Community translation.
Dutch				Community translation.
Finnish				Community translation.
French
German
Hungarian				Community translation. Fan translation is available, link #1, link #2.
Italian
Polish
Portuguese				Community translation.
Brazilian Portuguese				Community translation.
Russian				Fan translations by «Prometheus Project»
Slovak				Community translation.
Spanish				Community translation.
Turkish				Community translation.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision		Use Helix Mod: A Story About My Uncle.
vorpX		G3D, Z3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL		macOS/Linux only.
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	XAudio2	[1]
Interface	Scaleform

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP (SP3)	Vista (SP2), 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz AMD Athlon X2 1.6 GHz	Quad Core 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support	1 GB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible, 16-bit

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.7	10.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz AMD Athlon X2 1.6 GHz	Quad Core 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD Graphics 4000	Intel HD Graphics 5000
Other	MacBook Pro 2011, iMac 2011, MacBook Air 2012	2013 models or better

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS	Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core 2.0 GHz	2.0 GHz Dual Core Processor
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support	512 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible, 16-bit
Other	We recommend using proprietary Nvidia/AMD drivers