Welcome to Life Is Strange™

Originally developed by DONTNOD Entertainment
Developed for Mac by Feral Interactive Limited
Published for Mac by Feral Interactive Limited


FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

This document is intended to help you answer any questions that you may have about Life Is Strange™

  1. Does Life Is Strange support achievements?
  2. How do I purchase additional episodes of Life Is Strange on Steam?
  3. How do I access the Directors' Commentary DLC for Life Is Strange?
  4. Can I play Life Is Strange with a gamepad?
  5. Can I play Life Is Strange using my Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad?
  6. Magic Mouse and Trackpad gestures interfere with the game. How do I disable them?
  7. How do I change the language settings in Life Is Strange?
  8. How do I stop the dock, notifications and the desktop cursor from appearing while I'm playing Life Is Strange?
  9. Can I run Life Is Strange in windowed mode?
  10. Is Life Is Strange optimized for Retina displays?
  11. Why does music in iTunes pause when I start playing Life Is Strange?
  12. Where are my saved games stored?
  13. How do I take screenshots in Life Is Strange?
  14. Can I play this game on a case-sensitive file system?
  15. Life Is Strange runs slowly on my computer. Is there anything I can do to increase the speed?
  16. How do I get technical support for Life Is Strange?
  1. Does Life Is Strange support achievements?

    Yes, achievements are supported by Life Is Strange.

    If you are signed in to Steam, your achievements will be visible to you in-game and also to other players through the Steam application.

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  2. How do I purchase additional episodes of Life Is Strange on Steam?

    Life Is Strange's story is told across five episodes. If you purchased the Complete Season on Steam, you already own all five episodes. However, if you only purchased Episode 1, then you will need to purchase Episodes 2-5 as part of the Season Pass.

    You can purchase the Life Is Strange Season Pass from the Steam store. Please note that Episodes 2-5 cannot be purchased individually on Steam.

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  3. How do I access the Directors' Commentary DLC for Life Is Strange?

    The Directors' Commentary is a free piece of DLC that adds exclusive behind the scenes videos to Life Is Strange.

    If you purchased Life Is Strange on Steam, you can download the Directors' Commentary from the Steam store. Once downloaded, the videos will be available in-game from the Main Menu.

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  4. Can I play Life Is Strange with a gamepad?

    Yes.

    The gamepads in the following list have been tested and are supported by Life Is Strange:


    If your gamepad is not on the list, email padsupport@feralinteractive.com and our support team will reply to you with a request for information about your device. Once we have this information, a gamepad support file will be created and emailed to you.

    Once created, this gamepad support file will be used in all future games and updates - so you will not only be helping us get your device working; you will also help all other owners of the same device who play Feral games!

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  5. Can I play Life Is Strange using my Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad?

    Yes.

    However, you must first enable the secondary click function on your mouse or trackpad. This will enable you to perform a right-click by clicking the right-hand side of your mouse or trackpad.

    To do this, follow these instructions:

    1. Open System Preferences ( MenuSystem Preferences).

    2. Select Mouse or Trackpad (depending on which you are using).

    3. Select the Point & Click tab.

    4. Check the Secondary Click checkbox.

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  6. Magic Mouse and Trackpad gestures interfere with the game. How do I disable them?

    Finger "gestures", which are used by Magic Mice and Trackpads to switch between windows and applications, can disrupt your game if used inadvertently.

    To disable them, follow these instructions:

    1. Open System Preferences ( MenuSystem Preferences).

    2. Click on Mouse or Trackpad (depending on which you are using).

    3. Select the More Gestures tab.

    4. Uncheck all the checkboxes.

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  7. How do I change the language settings in Life Is Strange?

    In Life Is Strange, all voice acting is performed in English only. However, text and subtitles are available in the following languages:


    If you are playing Life Is Strange on Steam, you can change the language settings in-game by selecting Help & OptionsSettingsLanguage and Subtitles Settings from the Main Menu. Set the Subtitles Language setting to your preferred language.

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  8. How do I stop the dock, notifications and the desktop cursor from appearing while I'm playing Life Is Strange?

    The dock or notifications may occasionally appear while you are playing Life Is Strange, or the desktop cursor may replace the game cursor. This can disrupt a game.

    You can prevent them from occurring by checking the Hide the Dock (disables notifications) checkbox in the Life Is Strange pre-game Options window. To do so, follow these steps:

    1. From the Life Is Strange pre-game Options window, select the Display tab.

    2. Check the Hide the Dock (disables notifications) checkbox.

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  9. Can I run Life Is Strange in windowed mode?

    Yes.

    To run Life Is Strange in windowed mode, follow these instructions:

    1. From the Life Is Strange pre-game Options window, select the Display tab.

    2. Check the Run in a window checkbox.

    3. Click the Play button. The game will start in windowed mode.

    NOTE: Enabling windowed mode may decrease the game's performance.

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  10. Is Life Is Strange optimized for Retina displays?

    Yes.

    If you have a Retina display, you will be able to take advantage of the extra pixels by running Life Is Strange in native resolution. This means that the game will display one pixel for every pixel on your display.

    To do this, follow these instructions:

    1. From the Life Is Strange pre-game Options window, select the Display tab.

    2. Select the largest resolution from the Resolution drop-down menu to play the game in native Retina resolution.

    3. Click the Play button. The game will start in native Retina resolution.

    NOTE: In many cases, increasing your game's resolution will impact upon its performance.

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  11. Why does music in iTunes pause when I start playing Life Is Strange?

    By default, music playing in iTunes will be paused when you start playing Life Is Strange.

    To turn this feature off, follow the steps below:

    1. Double-click on the Life Is Strange application icon. The pre-game Options window will appear.

    2. Select the Extras tab.

    3. Uncheck the Pause iTunes while playing Life Is Strange checkbox.

    4. Select the Play button to start playing.

    To turn this feature back on at a later date, simply check the Pause iTunes while playing Life Is Strange checkbox and then select the Play button.

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  12. Where are my saved games stored?

    Your saved games are stored in your game's preferences folder.

    To open this folder, click the Open Preferences Folder button in the Support tab of the pre-game Options window.

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  13. How do I take screenshots in Life Is Strange?

    To take screenshots while playing Life Is Strange you should use the following key command:

    Command (⌘) + Shift (⇧) + P

    When you press all three keys at once, a single image of the on-screen contents will be saved in the Feral Interactive folder in your computer's ~/Pictures folder (the "~" symbol refers to your home directory).

    The JPEG image contains metadata in a string in the following format.

    GameName/Version Number (OS Version; CPU Speed; Installed RAM; Video RAM; Current Graphics Card)

    For example in Life Is Strange the string might look a little like this:

    Life Is Strange/1.0 (macOS 10.15; 3.0; 8.0; 4.0; AMD Radeon R9 M395X)

    This information can be easily removed by exporting the screenshot into a different format using Preview or another image editing tool.

    NOTE: None of the metadata stored can be used to identify the user.

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  14. Can I play this game on a case-sensitive file system?

    No. Life Is Strange has been tested with the basic formatting option for Mac OS X, which is HFS+. This system is not case-sensitive and identifies files by name without checking capitalization.

    The capitalization of filenames is not consistent throughout the game. While this will not always prevent the game from running on case-sensitive file systems, it may lead to crashes and other unpredictable behaviour.

    If you have to run a case-sensitive setup and you experience problems with Life Is Strange, please install the game on a standard formatted partition or read/write disk image. In most cases this will allow you to play the game on your machine.

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  15. Life Is Strange runs slowly on my computer. Is there anything I can do to increase the speed?

    There are several factors which have an impact on the speed at which Life Is Strange runs. Please see the Life Is Strange Performance Tips section in the ReadMe for ways to increase the speed at which the game runs on your computer.

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  16. How do I get technical support for Life Is Strange?

    Please read the technical support information in the ReadMe; this tells you what to check and if necessary, how to contact Feral Technical Support with your issue.

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