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Penumbra has graphical glitches

Updated

Make sure that you have updated graphics card drivers

Because Amnesia uses OpenGL, your graphics card may not support the minimum version required or your drivers may be outdated even though you can run most other games (which use Direct3D). In order to learn more visit the Graphics Card Troubleshooting Guide.

Note: This is the proper fix for upside-down graphics as well for the black screen issue that Intel HD cards experience.

Make sure the game is updated

Keep the game up to date

Turn off post effects

Go to Options > Graphics and here you can turn on/off all of the different effects in the game. No restart of the game is needed for these changes, so simple go back to game and see if it has been fixed.

Reset game settings

Sometimes changes you have made can cause problems with the game. In order to fix this you need to reset the game's settings. Go to the game's save directory and remove the [username]_user_settings.cfg file. Then start the game and try playing the first level without changing any options. If all works, you can exit the game and carefully change a few settings at a time.

Penumbra Overture:

  • Windows XP & Vista: My Documents\Penumbra Overture\Episode1\
  • Linux: .frictionalgames/Penumbra Overture/Episode1/
  • Mac OS X: ~/Library/Preferences/Frictional Games/Penumbra/Overture/
  • Mac OS X <= 10.6 (App Store): ~/Library/Application Support/Frictional Games/Penumbra/Overture/
  • Mac OS X >= 10.7 (App Store):  ~/Library/Containers/com.frictionalgames.PenumbraCollection/Data/Library/Application Support/Frictional Games/Penumbra/Overture/

Penumbra Black Plague:

  • Windows XP & Vista: My Documents\Penumbra\Black Plague\
  • Linux: .frictionalgames/Penumbra/Black Plague/
  • Mac OS X: ~/Library/Preferences/Frictional Games/Penumbra/Black Plague/
  • Mac OS X <= 10.6 (App Store): ~/Library/Application Support/Frictional Games/Penumbra/Black Plague/
  • Mac OS X >= 10.7 (App Store):  ~/Library/Containers/com.frictionalgames.PenumbraCollection/Data/Library/Application Support/Frictional Games/Penumbra/Black Plague/

Penumbra Requiem:

  • Windows XP & Vista: My Documents\Penumbra\Requiem\
  • Linux: .frictionalgames/Penumbra/Requiem/
  • Mac OS X: ~/Library/Preferences/Frictional Games/Penumbra/Requiem/
  • Mac OS X <= 10.6 (App Store): ~/Library/Application Support/Frictional Games/Penumbra/Requiem/
  • Mac OS X >= 10.7 (App Store):  ~/Library/Containers/com.frictionalgames.PenumbraCollection/Data/Library/Application Support/Frictional Games/Penumbra/Requiem/

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