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Consortium

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CONSORTIUM
CONSORTIUM cover
Developers
Interdimensional Games
Engines
Source
Release dates
Windows January 6, 2014
macOS (OS X) TBA
Linux TBA

General information

Official website
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

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Essential improvements

Patches

On February 1st a patch has been released which fixes majority of issues.[1]
Complete changelog of all patches can be found here.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/264240/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/264240/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.
Advanced video settings.

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Input settings

Keyboard/Mouse settings.
Controller settings.

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Audio settings

Audio settings.

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Issues unresolved

Alt+Tab does not work

When Alt+Tab used the game crashes to desktop.[2]

Crash to desktop

It has been reported that the game crashes to desktop at certain situations.[3][4][5][6][7]

Diagonal white line

Apparently the game has rendering problems on laptop hardware. Some laptop users reported having a diagonal white line on their screen during gameplay.[8][9]

Flickering lights

Apparently the game has rendering problems on Windows XP. Some XP users reported having flickering lights/screen issues which makes everything brighter.[10][11] Also it should be noted that the game does not officially support Windows XP.

Freezing at loading screen

Some users reported the game freezes at the loading screen.[12][13] Developers claimed that on lower spec machines the game can take a little bit longer to load.[14]

Low performance

Apparently the game has performance problems on some NVIDIA graphics cards. Developers stated they are aware of this issue and it will be fixed in an upcoming patch.[1] Temporary solutions are turning off V-sync, running the game at a smaller resolution or turning off SSAO by entering r_post_ssao 0 command to the developer console.[15]

Subtitles display multiple times

Some users reported subtitles display multiple times.[16][17][18] It has also been reported that restarting the game solved the problem for some users.[19][20]

Issues fixed

Player gets stuck

Some players reported getting stuck at certain situations.[21] This issue has been fixed in patch 1.07.

Other information

Useful console commands

Command Option Description
cl_fov ## Adjusts field of view.
cl_showfps 0,1,2 Draws a Frames Per Second (FPS) counter at the top of the screen.
cvarlist Shows the list of convars/concommands.
mat_picmip -10 - 4 Adjusts texture quality. (Between -10 and 4)
r_post_ssao 0,1 Disables or enables SSAO.
r_signal_fx 0,1 Disables or enables signal effects on UI.

System requirements

Developers stated Mac and Linux support will be added in the future.[22][23]
Currently the game has memory optimization issues. Therefore 32bit is not recommended.[24]
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5 GHz
AMD Athlon X2 64 2.7 GHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 7 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GTX 260
AMD Radeon HD 4890
DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References