Resident Evil 7 Teaser: Beginning Hour

Resident Evil 7 Teaser: Beginning Hour

Developers
	Capcom
Engines
	RE Engine
Release dates
Windows	December 19, 2016
Taxonomy
Monetization	Freeware
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Survival horror
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Horror
Series	Resident Evil

Key points

Demo version of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard which features a scenario that won't appear in the main game. Standalone from the main game.

Beating the Easter Egg will grant the player with a reward which will carry over the main game.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam
Microsoft Store (unavailable)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>/re7_config.ini
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/418370/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Microsoft Store
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/530620/ <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/418370/remote
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/418370/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Allows for incremental render scaling as well as interlacing. Other Aspect Ratios than 16:9 are letter/pillarboxed.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Adjustable from 70° to 90°. See Field of view (FOV) for further adjustments.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use RE7Demo.BorderlessWindowedMode.asi.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Scales from "Very Low" to "Very High".
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Supports TAA, FXAA, and SMAA. Also includes the option to apply TAA and FXAA simultaneously.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Allows for traditional Vsync and 30FPS lock.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Set "Frame Rate" setting in-game to "Variable". No frame rate cap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Field of view (FOV)

While there's only a version of REFramework meant for Resident Evil 7 biohazard, it also works with the demo.

Adjust Field of View

Download RE7_TDB49.zip from the REFramework-nightly releases page. Extract dinput8.dll inside of the RESIDENT EVIL 7 biohazard Demo folder. Open the demo, and press Start Game. Once in-game, press the Insert key to open the REFramework user interface (it should appear automatically regardless). Open the Camera tab. Tick the Use Custom Global FOV checkbox and adjust your desired Field of View with the Global FOV slider.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Allows for inversion of primary mouse buttons.
Mouse acceleration		Only applicable to controllers.
Mouse sensitivity		Separate sensitivity settings for camera movement and aiming weapons.
Mouse input in menus		Can click on menu buttons and scroll through buttons and menus with the mouse wheel.
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Allows for inversion of X-Axis only, Y-Axis only, or both.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Allows for inversion of bumpers, triggers, and thumbstick buttons, as well as inversion of which stick controls player and camera movement.
Controller sensitivity		Separate sensitivity settings for camera movement and aiming weapons.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Allows for inversion of X-Axis only, Y-Axis only, or both.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master option in form of "System Volume" and separate options for adjusting voices, music, and sounds.
Surround sound		Real and virtual surround sound supported.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian				Fan voice-over by «Team Raccoon».
Spanish

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Infinite Ammo mod

See Resident Evil 7 Demo - Infinite Ammo mod

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-4460 2.70 GHz AMD FX-6300	Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz AMD equivalent
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon R7 260X 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 480 4 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.