Overgrowth FAQ
Welcome to the Overgrowth FAQ! Please feel free to contribute to this FAQ as well as the wiki as a whole!
Contents
I just purchased the game, what's next?
After purchasing Overgrowth you can do several things:
- Access the Secret Preorder Forums (referred to as SPF), follow this guide to gain access: http://forums.wolfire.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=16422
- Access to the game from the store you purchased it from
If you purchased it from the Humble Bundle store you get some extras:
- Access to Receiver
- Access to Low Light Combat
- A Steam key for Overgrowth
All of these extras can be accessed through your Humble Bundle library.
How do I create content for Overgrowth?
Overgrowth comes with a level-editor. For more info about modding, check out the rest of this wiki and the Secret Preorder Forum. To install community-created content, visit Overgrowth's Steam Workshop if you're on Steam, or SUMLauncher if you're not.
What do I do if I encounter a Bug?
If you wish to report a bug, email it to [email protected]. Please follow the instructions How To Report a Bug in Overgrowth, it increases the chances that we will be able to find and fix it.
Your email should contain the following:
- The version in which the problem was encountered
- Your system setup (Operating system, graphics card, processor and anything else relevant)
- An explanation of the problem
- Actions performed, step by step, which led up to encountering the problem
- Expected and Actual Results
- Attachments (screenshots, crash reports, etc.)
Refer to this webpage for tips on how to write a quality bug report.
Here are additional steps you can take:
- Check the Secret Preorder Forum and look for posts that describe similar problems.
- Ask on Wolfire's Discord server.
What can I do if Overgrowth is running slow on my computer?
Start the game, go to Settings, set the "Overall" dropdown to "Low". Now restart the game and see if it's good enough.
If it's still running too slow, also turn off "Enable custom shaders", set "Anisotropy" to "none" and "Texture Detail" to "1/8". Then restart the game and try again. We didn't want to try turning these off first because these make the game look really bad in some places.
Beyond this, all you can do is decrease the "Resolution" setting until the game hopefully runs well enough.
How do i clear my game cache?
In the top menu bar, press "Settings → Debug → Clear local write cache (dangerous)".
Common Platform-Specific Problems
Mac
Where is the Data folder?
With the Mac version of Overgrowth, the Data folder is located within the application package. You can access it by right clicking the "Overgrowth" application and choosing 'Show Contents", and then browsing to Contents/MacOS/Data
- Note - For some users, "Show Package Contents" may not appear in the right-click menu. A workaround should be posted as soon as a more Mac-savvy user edits this entry.
To make future access easier right click 'Data' and choose 'Make Alias'. Now drag this alias out of the application, somewhere easy to find, on your Desktop for example.
Then, next time you need to open a file from within the Overgrowth package, simply navigate to the alias and you should have access to the Contents of the Data folder.
I can't right click
The right shift button is bound to right click by default, so if you can't right click as desired with your mouse or trackpad, try using right shift instead.
I want to see live console output, but the console doesn't show it until after the program closes
If you want to see the console output live you will need to run Overgrowth from the Terminal.
To do so right click Overgrowth, choose 'Show Package Contents', then navigate to /Contents/MacOS/ and double click 'lugaru2'. This will open Overgrowth along with a new terminal window that displays all the data written to the console but in real time.
To make accessing this file easier in the future right click the 'lugaru 2' file, choose 'Make Alias' and drag the resulting file to a more convenient location.
Accessing internal_testing on Steam
The development of Overgrowth is quite transparent, as such we allow our players to access the latest nightly build of our games via Steam, containing the latest changes. This build is often unstable and breaks all the time, but can be useful in sneak peaking at new content and features or for verifying if a patch fixed your problem.
To access the build, do the following.
- Locate Overgrowth in your games list
- Right click on Overgrowth and select properties
- Go to "BETA" tab
- Click the drop-down list and select internal_testing
- Press Ok to close the properties window
After making this change, steam should immediately update the game. To switch back to the latest released version, just go back into the same menu and switch back to default.
