The Lab
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| Developers | |
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| Valve Corporation | |
| Engines | |
| The Lab / Secret Shop | Unity 5[Note 1] |
| Robot Repair | Source 2 |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | April 5, 2016 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | Freeware |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Direct control, Gestures |
| Genres | Mini-games |
| Art styles | Realistic, Stylized |
| Themes | Fantasy, Sci-fi |
| Series | Portal, Dota |
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| ⤏ Go to series page | |
| Subseries of Half-Life | |
| Portal | 2007 |
| Portal 2 | 2011 |
| Portal 2 Sixense Perceptual Pack | 2013 |
| Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative (unofficial mod) | 2014 |
| Rexaura | 2018 |
| Portal Stories (series) | |
| The Lab | 2016 |
| Bridge Constructor Portal | 2017 |
| Moondust | 2018 |
| Aperture Hand Lab | 2019 |
| Aperture Desk Job | 2022 |
Warnings
- This game requires a virtual reality headset (see VR support for details).
The Lab contains 8 VR mini-games, including:
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Steam | |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Valve\TheLab\PlayerData.txt |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/450390/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Valve\TheLab\PlayerData.txt |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/450390/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
General settings.
- This game requires a virtual reality headset (see VR support for details).
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | Up to 180° per eye | ||
| Windowed | True for mirrored view | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | True for mirrored view | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
- 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 | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger support |
| DirectInput-compatible controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Directinput button prompts |
| PlayStation controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| PlayStation button prompts | ||
| Motion sensors support | ||
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | ||
| Nintendo controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nintendo button prompts | ||
| Face button layout support | ||
| Motion sensors support | ||
| Connection modes | ||
| Tracked motion controllers | ||
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| Button/gesture prompts |
| Other controller(s) | ||
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| Peripheral devices support | ||
| Additional button prompts |
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Bulgarian | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| Czech | ||||
| Danish | ||||
| Finnish | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Hungarian | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Portuguese | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Swedish | ||||
| Turkish | ||||
| Ukrainian |
VR support
- This game requires a virtual reality headset.
| Headsets | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SteamVR | |||
| Oculus VR (LibOVR) | |||
| Windows Mixed Reality | |||
| OSVR | |||
| Devices | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tracked motion controllers | See Input for details. | ||
| Traditional controller | |||
| Keyboard/Mouse | |||
| Play area | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Seated | |||
| Standing | |||
| Room-scale | |||
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | Steam Audio, FMOD, Miles Sound System | |
| Interface | Qt | |
| Input | SDL | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 7 SP1 | 8.1, 10 | ||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-4590 AMD FX-8350 | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 290 | |||
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unity engine build: 5.4.0f3[1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (450390) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-03-19
