The Book of Unwritten Tales 2

The Book of Unwritten Tales 2

Developers
	King Art
Publishers
	Nordic Games
Engines
	Unity 4
Release dates
Windows	February 19, 2015
macOS (OS X)	February 19, 2015
Linux	February 19, 2015
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	Cosmetic, Finite spend
Modes	Singleplayer
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Themes	Fantasy, Comedy
Series	The Book of Unwritten Tales

The Book of Unwritten Tales
The Book of Unwritten Tales	2009
The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles	2012
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2	2015

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) release 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.

The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 is a singleplayer adventure game in the The Book of Unwritten Tales series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Developer website		Almanac Edition also available.
GamersGate		Almanac Edition also available.
		Almanac Edition also available.
GOG.com		Almanac Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Almanac Edition also available.
Humble Store		Almanac Edition.
Steam		Almanac Edition also available.
Mac App Store (unavailable)
EA app (unavailable)		Almanac Edition was also available. No longer sold since June 13, 2022.

Monetization

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

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Cosmetic	The Almanac Edition Extras DLC includes an in-game option to change Critter's color.
Finite spend	The Almanac Edition Extras DLC can only be bought once.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Almanac Edition Extras	Includes a cosmetic game option to change Critter's color.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Bout2\config.xml HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\KING Art GmbH\The Book of Unwritten Tales 2\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Bout2/config.xml
Linux	$HOME/Bout2/

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

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Bout2\savegames\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Bout2/savegames/
Linux	$HOME/Bout2/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
EA app
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game general settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Default fullscreen is borderless. See Unity.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA is used on the higher graphics quality presets.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Active on the "Medium" graphics preset and above.
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.

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

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Hotspot key can't be remapped.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

Additional information
Controller hotplugging		Input method has to be changed in the settings menu.
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Speech, sound and music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan - #1
French
German
Italian
Korean
Polish
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Nvidia 3D Vision.
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Nvidia 3D Vision

In the GOG.com version, 3D Vision will only trigger by executing <path-to-game>\bout2.exe, and not the <path-to-game>\Windows\BouT2.exe used for the normal shortcuts.

3D Vision fix by DarkStarSword
Download the fix from Helix Mod's web site. Extract the content to <path-to-game>. Ingame, the "K", "L", "semicolon" and "quote" keys will switch to higher convergence presets respectively. "L" is recommended for most of the game.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
OpenGL		OS X and Linux only.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3		Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	13 GB
Video card (GPU)	512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Leopard 10.5.8		Snow Leopard 10.6.3
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	13 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8 Series ATI Radeon X1600 Shader model 3.0 support

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	13 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8 Series ATI Radeon X1600 Shader model 3.0 support