BrainBread 2

BrainBread 2

Developers
	Reperio Studios
Engines
	Source
Release dates
Windows	March 9, 2022
macOS (OS X)	March 9, 2022
Linux	March 9, 2022
Taxonomy
Monetization	Ad-supported
Modes	Multiplayer
Series	BrainBread

BrainBread
BrainBread (mod)	2004
BrainBread 2	2017

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Key points

Steam Workshop integration.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use the -novid command line argument

Delete or rename video files
Go to <path-to-game>\brainbread2\media Delete or rename bootup.bik, brainbread2_intro.bik and powered.bik

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>/brainbread2/cfg
macOS (OS X)
Linux

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings

Graphic settings

Gore, Gibs and Ragdolls

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Interface scales with resolution and can become unusable.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use the -window -noborder command line arguments
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		300 FPS cap. With console, can change with console command "fps_max".
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Rendered image uses SDR color space. In-game HDR option refers only to HDR Rendering.

Input

Mouse/gamepad settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Toggle Raw input under Options, Mouse.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

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

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Over-all game volume and separate music slider.
Surround sound		7.1, 5.1 surround sound, 4 speaker surround
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		"Silence the audio while the game window is in the background" check box
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Bulgarian
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Korean
Norwegian
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		12	Co-op, Versus Use Nucleus Co-op.
LAN play		12	Co-op, Versus
Online play		12	Co-op, Versus

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Purple and black broken textures

A generic fix for this issue can be found on our Source engine page.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.
Linux

Console commands

Games running on the source engine can utilize Source Engine Console Commands for various tasks.

These commands can be saved into <path-to-game>\brainbread2\cfg\autoexec.cfg to be executed when the game launches.

Enabling the console in Source games[citation needed]

Launch the game From the main menu select Options Select the Keyboard tab Click the Advanced button Check the box next to Enable developer console (~) Click Apply Notes Press ~ to open the console. Some commands may first require you enabling sv_cheats. You can do so with sv_cheats 1. Some of the commands might be disabled upon entering a server. Users without a US keyboard could experience some problems.

Useful console commands

Parameter	Description
cl_viewmodelfov	Change the weapon viewmodel FOV
-console	Starts the game with the developer console enabled.
ping	Shows the ping of all clients connected to the server in the console
-h height or -height height	Forces the engine to start with resolution set to height.
-w width or -width width	Forces the engine to start with resolution set to width.

Command line arguments

View this Steam Support Article regarding launch options as well as the relevant Valve Developer wiki page for further information and a list of useful Source engine launch options.

You can launch BrainBread 2 with launch parameters - these parameters can dictate how certain aspects of the game behave.

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	1.7 GHz or equivalent	Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or equivalent
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 500 series ATI Radeon 9600 DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce 600 series or higher ATI Radeon X1600

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Leopard 10.5.8, Leopard 10.6.3	Snow Leopard 10.6.3, Lion 10.7
Processor (CPU)	1.7 GHz or equivalent	Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or equivalent
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 9400M ATI Radeon 9600	Nvidia GeForce 9 or higher ATI Radeon X1600

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.x, CentOS 7.x
Processor (CPU)	1.7 GHz or equivalent	Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 500 series ATI Radeon 9600	Nvidia GeForce 600 series or higher AMD