Beware Planet Earth
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| Developers | |
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| Lightmare Studio | |
| Publishers | |
| Bandai Namco Entertainment | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | June 29, 2012[1] |
| macOS (OS X) | August 29, 2013 |
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General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com | |
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| Steam | |
Can be played without Steam running.[2] | |
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| [ Official website] (unavailable) | |
Demo was available, until their website was hijacked by a Dutch casino SEO. | |
Version differences
- Steam version includes several extra levels and enemies from Valve games.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patches and changelogs are available at official site (not needed for Steam version).
Game data
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Lightmare Studio\BewarePlanetEarth\Saves\ |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/267340/pfx/[Note 1] |
- Save game data possibly includes configurations as well.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud | Steam Cloud is enabled, but it never syncs anything.[3][4] |
Video
General settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | 4:3. Fullscreen uses desktop's resolution and uses anamorphic scaling. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | 1024x768 by default. For other resolutions and forcing windowed at launch use launch parameter. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Use launch parameter. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Most animations are 30 FPS, gameplay is unlocked.[4] | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse, touch | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | Completely mouse driven game. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Touchscreen optimised | Should be playable in windowed mode.[5] Use launch parameter to force larger resolution. | |
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music and effects. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | All speech is text. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
- Game by default uses OS to determine language. To change language, use launch parameter.
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Dutch | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Swedish |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 7, 9 | |
| OpenGL | Use launch parameter. |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | OpenAL |
Other information
Launch parameters
- These can be used as regular launch parameters or by creating file
<path-to-game>\argumentsand putting in arguments separated by space or new line.[6]
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| -windowed | launch the game in windowed mode |
| -width x | force window's width in windowed mode to x pixels. 'x' value must be between 1 and the max width supported by the graphics card. Value is 1024 by default. |
| -height y | force window's height in windowed mode to x pixels. 'y' value must be between 1 and the max height supported by the graphics card. Value is 768 by default. |
| -unsafe | deactivate integrity tests on files at loading |
| -renderer r | force to use 'r' renderer. 'r' can be: OpenGL. Use DirectX 9.0c by default |
| -vsync | activate render vertical synchronisation. |
| -forcelanguage Language | Force the game to be in 'Language', can be: French, English, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, BrazilianPortuguese. |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP | XP, 7, 8 |
| Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | 2 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 350 MB | 500 MB |
| Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | 256 MB of VRAM |
| Sound (audio device) | DirectSound Compatible | |
Notes
- ↑ 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>/267340/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (267340) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Official presskit, "We are proud and happy to announce that "Beware Planet Earth!" will be available for purchase on www.bewareplanetearth.com from Friday, June 29.", file creation date is June 28, 2012 and June 29, 2012 is Friday.
- ↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2016-03-20
- ↑ Steam Cloud :: Beware Planet Earth General Discussion - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Verified by User:Marioysikax on 21 August 2015
- ↑ Is this game touchscreen compatible? :: Beware Planet Earth General Discussion - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Lightmare Studio • View topic - Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q) - last accessed on 9 June 2023