Bee Simulator

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website		Physical edition also available. Choice between Epic Games Store and Steam versions.
Epic Games Store		^[2]

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store		Choice between Epic Games Store activation and a Steam key.
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\BeBee\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/914750/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\BeBee\Saved\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/914750/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Screen settings.

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Vert- gameplay, spanned HUD, stretched loading screens and FMVs.^[3]
Ultra-widescreen		Vert- gameplay, stretched loading screens and FMVs.^{[Note 2]}^[3]
4K Ultra HD		^[5]
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Scales with Texture Quality.^[6]
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA with multiple quality settings. See Anti-aliasing (AA) for sharpening.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Limited to 62. See High frame rate for more.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Field of view (FOV)

Use the Bee Simulator FOV changer^[4]
Quick FOV adjustment in real time. All FOV changes get reset upon closing the game.

Use the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Console Unlocker^[7]

Follow the instructions to enable the developer console in the game.
Enter FOV X where X is the desired value.

Using the unlocker prevents the game from getting paused on menu access.
Right-click any location in the menu to pause the game.

All FOV changes get reset upon closing the game.

Increase FOV by setting its value to vertical in a config file^[7]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Engine.ini in a text editor.
Add the following lines:

[/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer]
AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV

Results in a significant FOV increase outside of split screen.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Enable AA sharpening through a config file^[7]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Engine.ini in a text editor.
Add the following lines:

[SystemSettings]
r.Tonemapper.Sharpen=1

High frame rate

Increase FPS by setting a custom limit in a config file^[8]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `GameUserSettings.ini` in a text editor. Locate `FrameRateLimit=0.000000` and set the value to the desired FPS cap.

Chromatic aberration

Flying at high speed may result in visible chromatic aberration on High and Ultra Post Process Quality settings.^[4]

Disable chromatic aberration through a config file^[4]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Engine.ini in a text editor.
Add the following lines:

[SystemSettings]
r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0

Depth of field

Disable depth of field through a config file^[4]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Engine.ini in a text editor.
Add the following lines:

[SystemSettings]
r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0

By default, depth of field quality scales with the Post Process Quality setting.

Motion blur

Disable motion blur through a config file^[7]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Engine.ini in a text editor.
Add the following lines:

[SystemSettings]
r.MotionBlurQuality=0

By default, motion blur quality scales with the Post Process Quality setting.

Input

Controls settings.

Controller controls.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		X and Y axis inversion options.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		^[9]
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity		^[10]
Controller Y-axis inversion		X and Y axis inversion options.^[10]

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		^[10]
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging		^[10]
Haptic feedback		^[10]
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		^[10]

Audio

Sound settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, music, SFX, voice, buzz.
Surround sound		^[11]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

General settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	4	Co-op, Versus Split screen achieved through Vert- scaling.^{[Note 3]} A controller is required for each additional player.
LAN play
Online play

Issues unresolved

View distance quality resets

The View Distance Quality setting may get reset after each game launch.^[12]

Wild Boar untextured in 3D view

Unlocking the Wild Boar (Sus Scrofa) in the glossary may result in its body being untextured in 3D view.^[13]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2300 AMD FX-4350	Intel Core i5-3470 AMD FX-6300
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	GeForce GTX 550 Ti ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^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>/914750/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (914750) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
↑ Additionally, there are 19 rare and mostly optional spider web challenges, each culminating in a pillarboxed 2 seconds outro, making the total pillarboxed screen time approximately 38 seconds for completionists.^[4]
↑ Side by side for two players; spanned top and separated bottom for three; matching the screen aspect ratio for each of four.

References

↑ [1] - last accessed on 2019-10-11
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-05
Closed the Epic Games Launcher and renamed its folders, then launched the game from the executable without issues.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-06
Many screenshots taken at 2560x1080 (native), 1920x1080, 3840x2160, 3840x1080, 5760x1080 (all custom) on a single monitor and compared. Additionally compared to a third-party 1920x1080 video paused at the same scene.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-07
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-06
Running the game at a custom 3840x2160 resolution resulted in significantly less FPS and taken screenshots' resolution being 3840x2160.
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-06
r.MaxAnisotropy gets set from 0 to 8 depending on the quality setting, as seen in the console.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-06
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-06
Set the value to 501.000000, which resulted in over 140 FPS.
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-06
Added the game executable to the Steam Big Picture mode, used it to launch the game, went through every game option without touching the keyboard, then briefly played the game with the Xbox 360 controller.
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 ^10.4 ^10.5 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-06
Tested with an Xbox 360 Razer Onza controller.
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-06
The rear speakers of the 5.1 surround sound system produced positional audio.
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-08
Experienced multiple times in over 7 hours of gameplay and many launches.
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-10
This occurred consistently, regardless of graphics settings and config files modifications. Image demonstration.

[Proton_path_note-3] 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>/914750/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (914750) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[Note-6] Additionally, there are 19 rare and mostly optional spider web challenges, each culminating in a pillarboxed 2 seconds outro, making the total pillarboxed screen time approximately 38 seconds for completionists.^[4]

[Note1-14] Side by side for two players; spanned top and separated bottom for three; matching the screen aspect ratio for each of four.

[1] [1] - last accessed on 2019-10-11

[2] Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-05
Closed the Epic Games Launcher and renamed its folders, then launched the game from the executable without issues.

[wide-4] 3.0 ^3.1 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-06
Many screenshots taken at 2560x1080 (native), 1920x1080, 3840x2160, 3840x1080, 5760x1080 (all custom) on a single monitor and compared. Additionally compared to a third-party 1920x1080 video paused at the same scene.

[rose2-5] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-07

[7] Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-06
Running the game at a custom 3840x2160 resolution resulted in significantly less FPS and taken screenshots' resolution being 3840x2160.

[8] Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-06
r.MaxAnisotropy gets set from 0 to 8 depending on the quality setting, as seen in the console.

[rose1-9] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-06

[10] Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-06
Set the value to 501.000000, which resulted in over 140 FPS.

[11] Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-06
Added the game executable to the Steam Big Picture mode, used it to launch the game, went through every game option without touching the keyboard, then briefly played the game with the Xbox 360 controller.

[onza-12] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 ^10.4 ^10.5 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-06
Tested with an Xbox 360 Razer Onza controller.

[13] Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-06
The rear speakers of the 5.1 surround sound system produced positional audio.

[15] Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-08
Experienced multiple times in over 7 hours of gameplay and many launches.

[16] Verified by User:Rose on 2019-12-10
This occurred consistently, regardless of graphics settings and config files modifications. Image demonstration.

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Developers

	Varsav Game Studios
Publishers
	Bigben Interactive
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	November 14, 2019^[1]
Reception
Metacritic	58
OpenCritic	58
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Open world
Themes	Contemporary