A Story about My Uncle
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Developers | |
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Gone North Games | |
Publishers | |
Coffee Stain Studios | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 28, 2014 |
macOS (OS X) | May 13, 2017[1] |
Linux | May 13, 2017[1] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 73 |
OpenCritic | 79 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Genres | Action, Platform |
Themes | Fantasy |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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GamersGate | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | DRM-free when launched directly from executable.[2] | |||
Amazon.com (unavailable) |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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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
*
withASAMU
andEngine
, the fixes here are all inASAMU
, if you can't find it, have a look inEngine
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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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 |
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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 feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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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[3] |
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Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anisotropic filtering[4] |
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High frame rate
Change frame rate smoothing[4] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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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 |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
DualShock 4 controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, sound, music and voice. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0.[5] 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 | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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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 | |
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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 |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
OpenGL | macOS/Linux only. | |
Shader Model support | 3.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | |
Audio | XAudio2 | [1] |
Interface | Scaleform |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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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) | ||
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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 | ||
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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 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: A Story About My Uncle - Mac & Linux Support Available Now!
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2021-07-11
- ↑ A Story About My Uncle | WSGF
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Verified by User:Waschbär on 2020-07-11
- ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on 2018-06-28