Cradle

Cradle

Developers
	Flying Cafe for Semianimals
Engines
	Unigine
Release dates
Windows	July 24, 2015
Linux	July 24, 2015
Reception
Metacritic	65
OpenCritic	75
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Adventure
Vehicles	Hovercraft
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Asia, Cyberpunk

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Cradle\cradle.cfg <path-to-game>\bin\profiles\game.data <path-to-game>\cradle.cfg
Linux	$HOME/.Cradle/cradle.cfg <path-to-game>/bin/profiles/game.data <path-to-game>/cradle.cfg

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

game.data contains both save data and settings that are changed in the game interface.

%USERPROFILE%\Cradle\cradle.cfg / $HOME/.Cradle/cradle.cfg contains advanced settings.

<path-to-game>\cradle.cfg contains default settings and is used in the last place.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\bin\profiles\game.data
Linux	<path-to-game>/bin/profiles/game.data
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\361550\remote\data.xml

Steam Cloud enabled: data.xml is used as a save file, disabled: game.data is used.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

General Settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			In-game list is hard-coded. See Widescreen resolution to set a custom resolution.
Multi-monitor			See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen			See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD			See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		Hor+. Added in Patch 1.02
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		MSAA Off / x2 / x4 / x8
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Widescreen resolution

Custom resolutions

Make sure the line <item name="video_mode" type="int">-1</item> reads the same in these three files: %USERPROFILE%\cradle.cfg <path-to-game>\cradle.cfg <path-to-game>\bin\profiles\game.data Now edit these two lines to your desired resolution in the two cradle.cfg files: <item name="video_height" type="int">1080</item> <item name="video_width" type="int">1920</item> For a resizable window, change this line in the two cradle.cfg files: <item name="video_resizable" type="int">1</item>

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Change AF by editing configuration file
Go to <path-to-game>\bin\profiles\. Open game.data with Notepad or other text editor. Using the Find function (Ctrl+F), search for "render_anisotropy". There will be exactly one entry. Change the value, available options are: 0 - level 1 1 - level 2 2 - level 4 3 - level 8 4 - level 16 Save the file.

Input

Gamepad controls layout.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration		Small amount of positive acceleration, can't be disabled
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Partial controller support added in Patch 1.02
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		Works via HID
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and master volume
Surround sound		2.0 Stereo
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Added in Patch 1.04
German				Added in Patch 1.02
Polish				Added in Patch 1.02
Russian
Slovak				Fan - 1
Spanish				Added in Patch 1.03
Turkish				Added in Patch 1.04
Ukrainian

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Cradle.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9, 11
OpenGL

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Linux

System requirements

Windows

Linux

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent AMD		Intel Core i3
System memory (RAM)	2 GB		8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible		1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent AMD
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL compliant card 512 MB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.