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Nuclear Throne
Developers

	Vlambeer
Engines
	GameMaker Studio
Release dates
Windows	December 5, 2015^[1]
macOS (OS X)	December 5, 2015^[1]
Linux	December 5, 2015^[1]
Reception
Metacritic	89
OpenCritic	86
IGDB	84

1 Availability
2 Essential improvements
- 2.1 Nuclear Throne Together
- 2.2 High quality music
3 Game data
- 3.1 Configuration file(s) location
- 3.2 Save game data location
- 3.3 Save game cloud syncing
4 Video
- 4.1 Widescreen resolution
- 4.2 High frame rate
5 Input
6 Audio
- 6.1 Localizations
7 Network
- 7.1 Multiplayer types
8 Other information
- 8.1 API
9 System requirements
10 References

Key points

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.^[2] See High frame rate to fix.

General information

Official wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability [edit]

Essential improvements [edit]

Nuclear Throne Together [edit]

A mod which adds Steam-based online multiplayer, fixes some bugs, and improves the cooperative mode.

Installing NTT^[4]
Download Nuclear Throne Together. Extract the contents to the installation folder. Run `NTT-Assemble.exe` to install. Run `NuclearThroneTogether.exe` to play.

High quality music [edit]

A mod which replaces the original audio files (MONO 60-75 kbps) with the official soundtrack files (STEREO 400-600 kbps).

Installing High quality music^[5]
Download [2]. Extract the contents to the installation folder. Replace files when asked

Game data [edit]

Configuration file(s) location [edit]

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\nuclearthrone\
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/com.vlambeer.nuclearthrone/
Linux	~/.config/nuclearthrone/

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

Save game data location [edit]

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\nuclearthrone\
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/com.vlambeer.nuclearthrone/
Linux	~/.config/nuclearthrone/

Save game cloud syncing [edit]

Video [edit]

Graphics settings.

Widescreen resolution [edit]

Custom resolution^[7]
Install Nuclear Throne Together. Create and open `startup.txt` in the installation folder. Add `/gml game_set_size(426, 240)` for 16:9 or `/gml game_set_size(560, 240)` for 21:9.

High frame rate [edit]

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.^[2] Projectiles may bounce differently when changing the cap.

Custom FPS cap^[8]
Install Nuclear Throne Together. Create and open `startup.txt` in the installation folder. Add `/gml q=60 room_speed=q current_time_scale=30/q` where `60` is the cap you want (up to 144).

Input [edit]

Input settings.

Audio [edit]

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, master, ambient
Surround sound		^[9]
Subtitles		No speech.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network [edit]

General settings.

Stream key is API to get information of the game to use in streams. More info.

Multiplayer types

Other information [edit]

API [edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

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

System requirements [edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	1.2 GHz	2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM	1 GB of VRAM

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Nuclear Throne launch at PSX :: Group Announcements :: Nuclear Throne - last accessed on 2016-04-05
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 why is there a 30fps frame limit on the game? :: Nuclear Throne Feature Requests & Bug Reports
↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-11-07
↑ Nuclear Throne Together FAQ
↑ [1]
↑ Verified by User:Anonymous on 2016-04-05
↑ Steam Community :: Guide :: How to play in widescreen/ultra widescreen and 60 fps (and beyond)
↑ Nuclear Throne Together by YellowAfterlife v9940 - 60fps, chat revamp, mod stuff
↑ Verified by User:DDD on January 24, 2016