General information

Availability [ edit ]

Version differences [ edit ]

Digital pre-orders included Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter, Chicago Organ Grinder, Extra Skill Point DLC, and 2 days of early access. The Day One physical edition includes a printed map of Oakmont, the Investigator Pack and Chicago Organ Grinder DLC. The Necronomicon Edition includes Worshipers of the Necronomicon and Investigator Pack DLC. The Deluxe Edition includes Worshipers of the Necronomicon and Merciful Madness DLC.

Monetization [ edit ]

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes Worshipers of the Necronomicon Extra side quests - Breaking News, Blood from A Stone, Mystic Tomes.[2] Completing the latter grants the Cultist outfit. Merciful Madness Extra side quests, including Fool's Gold and Defunct Brain Cylinders. Previously exclusive to the Nintendo Switch version.[3] Investigator Pack Daywear outfit, 21 crafting materials, first aid kit and antipsychotics always available at the Devil's Reef hotel.[2] Chicago Organ Grinder A golden submachine gun available in the inventory from the start of the game.[2] Extra Skill Point

Experience Boost An extra knowledge point and 500 XP available from the start of the game.[2]

Microtransactions [ edit ]

Type Notes Cosmetic A character outfit sold as inexpensive DLC. Finite spend A limited amount of experience available as inexpensive DLC.

Essential improvements [ edit ]

Skip intro videos [ edit ]

Remove the video files[4] Remove the video files Go to <path-to-game> \TSCGame\Content\Movies\ Remove or rename Start_video_Frog.mp4 , UE4_Logo.mp4 and UE4_Logo_BB.mp4 . A game update may restore the files. The image-based intros will remain, although easily skippable with button presses.

Game data [ edit ]

Configuration file(s) location [ edit ]

Save game data location [ edit ]

Video [ edit ]

Video settings.

Use an external tool to fine-tune FOV[4] Use an external tool to fine-tune FOV Download the FOV changer. Launch the game and wait for it to load. Run the tool and press the buttons to increase and decrease FOV as instructed.

Increase FOV by changing the way it's calculated[10] Increase FOV by changing the way it's calculated Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini in a text editor. Add the following lines: [/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer] AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV A significant increase from the default 16:9 value.

Edit the config file[11] Edit the config file Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open GameUserSettings.ini in a text editor. Locate FrameRateLimit=0.000000 and set the value to the desired FPS cap.

Enable [12] Enable TAA sharpening through the config file This makes the game appear less blurry when anti-aliasing is on. Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini in a text editor. Add the following lines: [SystemSettings] r.TemporalAACurrentFrameWeight=0.2 r.Tonemapper.Sharpen=1

Enable [10] Enable super-sampling through the config file Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini in a text editor. Add the following lines: [SystemSettings] r.ScreenPercentage=150 The 150 stands for percentage of the base resolution, equal to 1.5x. Any other value above 100 can be used.

Bloom [ edit ]

Disable bloom through the config file[12] Disable bloom through the config file Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini in a text editor. Add the following lines: [SystemSettings] r.BloomQuality=0

Chromatic aberration [ edit ]

Disable chromatic aberration through the config file[13] Disable chromatic aberration through the config file Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini in a text editor. Add the following lines and save the file: [SystemSettings] r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0

Depth of field [ edit ]

Disable depth of field through the config file[14] Disable depth of field through the config file Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini in a text editor. Add the following lines: [SystemSettings] r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0

Film grain [ edit ]

Disable film grain through the config file[12] Disable film grain through the config file Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini in a text editor. Add the following lines: [SystemSettings] r.Tonemapper.Quality=0

Input [ edit ]

Controls settings.

Gameplay settings.

Audio [ edit ]

Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes Separate volume controls Master, SFX, music, voices, ambient, interface. Surround sound [18] Subtitles Closed captions Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language selection is only available from the main menu Gameplay settings. Language UI Audio Sub Notes English Arabic Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Czech French German Italian Japanese Korean Polish Brazilian Portuguese Russian Spanish Turkish Ukrainian

VR support [ edit ]

Issues unresolved [ edit ]

Game stuttering [ edit ]

Multiple high-end hardware users have reported stuttering unrelated to FPS drops.[19][20][21][22] The developers acknowledged the issue.[23]

Issues fixed [ edit ]

Crashing at gun pickup [ edit ]

AMD users have reported crashing upon picking up the pistol at the starting location.

Set Post process to Low in the Video settings until after the pistol is picked up.[24] Set Post process to Low in the Video settings until after the pistol is picked up.

Crashing at boat interaction [ edit ]

Pressing A on an Xbox 360 controller to get on the protagonist's small boat may cause the game to crash.[25]

Press X to get on and off the boat.[26] Press X to get on and off the boat.

Other information [ edit ]

API [ edit ]

Technical specs Supported Notes Direct3D 11

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes Windows

Middleware [ edit ]

Middleware Notes Physics PhysX

System requirements [ edit ]

Windows Minimum Recommended Operating system (OS) 7 10 Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3 3 GHz

AMD Phenom X6 3 GHz Intel Core i7-3770 3.5 GHz

AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz

AMD Ryzen 5 1400 System memory (RAM) 6 GB 8 GB Hard disk drive (HDD) 35 GB 40 GB Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 760

ATI Radeon R9 380X

2 GB of VRAM

DirectX 11 compatible Nvidia GeForce GTX 970

AMD Radeon R9 290

4 GB of VRAM

DirectX 11 compatible

Shader model 5.0 support A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes