The Chinese Room announced today that Dear Esther: Landmark Edition will be releasing on PC and Mac tomorrow at 6pm GMT. Buy Dear Esther: Landmark Edition. PROMOTIONAL PRICE! Offer ends December 16-80%. The highly anticipated Indie remake of the cult mod Dear Esther arrives on PC. Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. MAC OS X 10.6.7 or higher; Processor: Intel Core. Dear Esther: Landmark Edition has been remade with the Unity engine, featuring a full audio remaster, and the addition of a brand-new Directors’ Commentary mode, allowing players to explore the island and learn what inspired the game and how it was crafted by The Chinese Room and Rob Briscoe. Requirements. OS: 10.7.5 or later. This is how DE:LE is running natively on SteamOS. As you may know there is no published Linux version for this version of the game even though it runs perfectly when paired with a Linux Unity.
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Dear Esther: Landmark EditionDevelopers |
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Unity 5[Note 1] |
Release dates |
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Windows | February 14, 2017 |
macOS (OS X) | February 14, 2017 |
Reception |
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OpenCritic | 67 |
IGDB | 64 |
- 2Game data
- 3Video
- 5Audio
- 6Other information
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Dear Esther |
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Dear Esther | 2012 |
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition | 2017 |
Key points
- A Unity remake of the original game.
- Includes developer commentary.
- Free for owners of Dear Esther on Steam.[2]
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability[edit]
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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GOG.com |
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Green Man Gaming |
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Humble Store |
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Mac App Store |
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Origin | Included with EA Play. |
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Steam |
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Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREThe Chinese Room & Robert Briscoe @ LittleLostPoly.co.ukDearEsther |
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macOS (OS X) |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/520720/pfx/[Note 2] |
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- Only resolution and windowed mode settings are stored here. The rest of the settings are in save file.
Save game data location[edit]
System | Location |
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Windows |
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macOS (OS X) |
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Steam | <Steam-folder>userdata<user-id>520720remoteplayerprefs.dat |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/520720/pfx/[Note 2] |
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Save game cloud syncing[edit]
Video[edit]
Video settings.
Advanced video settings.
Graphics feature | State | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Hor+ |
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Multi-monitor |
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Ultra-widescreen | See Ultra-widescreen. |
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4K Ultra HD |
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Field of view (FOV) |
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Windowed |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | Default is borderless mode. See Enable fullscreen exclusive to change it. |
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Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Anti-aliasing (AA) |
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Vertical sync (Vsync) |
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60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
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High dynamic range display (HDR) |
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Ultra-widescreen[edit]
Switching to the 21:9 aspect ratio[3] |
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- Go to
<path-to-game>DearEsther_DataManaged - Open
Assembly-CSharp.dll with a hex editor such as HxD. - Search for
39 8E E3 3F and replace it with 60 E5 18 40 . - Save the file.
- Edit the game launch options to include the
-popupwindow parameter. - Launch the game and choose the correct aspect ratio if needed.
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Enable exclusive fullscreen[edit]
Use -window-mode exclusive command line argument[4] |
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Input[edit]
Input settings.
Keyboard mapping settings.
Controller settings.
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping |
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Mouse acceleration |
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Mouse sensitivity |
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Mouse input in menus |
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Mouse Y-axis inversion |
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Controller |
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Controller support |
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Full controller support |
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Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Controller sensitivity |
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Controller Y-axis inversion |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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Xbox button prompts |
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Impulse Trigger vibration |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information |
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Controller hotplugging |
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Haptic feedback |
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Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
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Audio[edit]
Audio settings.
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound | 4 and 5.1 speakers options. |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions | Closed Captions and Large Captions options are actually for subtitles. |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Language settings.
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
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French |
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German |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Other information[edit]
API[edit]
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9, 11 |
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OpenGL | OS X only. |
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Shader Model support | 5 |
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Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
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macOS (OS X) |
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System requirements[edit]
Windows |
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Minimum | Recommended |
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Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 |
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Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon X2 4200+ 2.2 GHz | Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 2.6 GHz AMD A8-3850 2.9 GHz |
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System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
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Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB |
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Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT ATI Radeon X1600 XT 256 MB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMD Radeon HD 7770 1 GB of VRAM |
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macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum | Recommended |
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Operating system (OS) | 10.7.5 | 10.12.1 |
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Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz | Intel Core i5-3470S 2.9 GHz |
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System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
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Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB |
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Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 9400 256 MB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GT 750M Intel HD Graphics 4000 1 GB of VRAM |
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Notes
- ↑Unity engine build: 5.3.6f1[1]
- ↑ 2.02.1File/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>/520720/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (520720) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
Dear Esther Landmark Edition
- ↑Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-03-19
- ↑Dear Esther Landmark Edition out tomorrow on PC, free to owners of original
- ↑https://steamcommunity.com/app/520720/discussions/0/135509024342434554/#c135509314046293725
- ↑https://steamcommunity.com/app/520720/discussions/0/135509024342482592/#c1291817837628534661