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Phantom Doctrine

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Phantom Doctrine
Phantom Doctrine cover
Developers
CreativeForge Games
Publishers
Good Shepherd Entertainment
Engines
Unreal Engine 4[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows August 14, 2018
Reception
Metacritic 73
OpenCritic 73
IGDB 75
Taxonomy
Monetization DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Point and select
Genres Strategy
Art styles Realistic
Themes Cold War
Series Phantom Doctrine
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General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
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GOG.com key
Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Humble Store
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Steam
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Deluxe Edition Upgrade
Windows
Halloween Scare Tactics Free
Windows
Alienware Jackets Limited cosmetic DLC available from Alienware.
Windows
Alienware Items Limited cosmetic DLC available from Alienware.
Windows

Game data

In-game gameplay settings.
In-game gameplay settings.
In-game interface settings.
In-game interface settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\PhantomDoctrine\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/559100/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\PhantomDoctrine\Saved\<user-id>\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/559100/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.
In-game graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Exclusive fullscreen also available.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Scales with texture quality preset. Force in GPU control panel or see Anisotropic filtering (AF) for manual adjustment.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA in various quality levels or off.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Set AF samples[1]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following to the end of the file and save it.
[SystemSettings]
r.MaxAnisotropy=16

Motion Blur

Disable Motion Blur[1]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following to the end of the file and save it.
[SystemSettings]
r.MotionBlurQuality=0

Note

May also be disabled by setting "Post Processing" graphical option in-game to "Low" in case the above method doesn't work.

Input

In-game remapping settings.
In-game remapping settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
No acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Uses system cursor settings. Camera scroll speed adjustable.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Custom agent name requires keyboard input.
Controller remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Dead zone can be adjusted.
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Static blue.
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes
, Wired
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input device can only be changed in the main menu settings, not in the pause menu.
Haptic feedback
Can be disabled.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, effects, voice, interface and cinematic volume.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
2 Versus

Issues fixed

A list of known problems and solutions can be found on Steam Community Discussions.

Issues unresolved

Quiet voice comms

Incoming voice communications are much quieter than outgoing messages, making them hard to hear sometimes. It can help to reduce the music and sound effects volume in the audio settings.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-2100
AMD Phenom II X4 965
System memory (RAM) 6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 35 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Intel HD 620
AMD Radeon HD 5770
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.19[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/559100/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (559100) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Verified by User:Waschbär on 2019-10-04