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

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Master Edition.
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Steam
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Essential improvements

Patches

Complete changelog of all patches can be found here.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/264240/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/264240/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.
Advanced video settings.

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Input settings

Keyboard/Mouse settings.
Controller settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues unresolved

Crash to desktop

It has been reported that the game crashes to desktop at certain situations.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Distorted audio

Some users reported having distorted, noisy audio during gameplay. A temporary solution is saving and reloading.[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]

Subtitles display multiple times

Some users reported subtitles display multiple times.[15][16][17][18] It has also been reported that restarting the game solved the problem for some users.[19][20]

Issues fixed

Alt+Tab does not work

When Alt+Tab ↹ used the game crashes to desktop.[21] This issue has been fixed in patch 1.14.

Diagonal white line

Apparently the game has rendering problems on some configurations. Some of the users reported having a diagonal white line on their screen during gameplay.[22][23] This issue has been fixed in patch 1.14.

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.[24] 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.[25] This issue has been fixed in patch 1.14.

Player gets stuck

Some players reported getting stuck at certain situations.[26] 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

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5 GHz
AMD Athlon X2 64 2.7 GHz		 Intel i3 2100T
AMD Phenom II x4
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 7 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GTX 260
AMD Radeon HD 4890
DirectX 9.0c compatible 		NVIDIA GTX 460
AMD Radeon HD 5830

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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>/264240/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (264240) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. ↑ Bug Reports :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  2. ↑ Crash at a certain story-point :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  3. ↑ Bug Reports :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  4. ↑ Game and Steam crash after intro movie :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  5. ↑ CRASHES :: CONSORTIUM V1.1 Patch Progress
  6. ↑ Continuous Crashing! :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  7. ↑ Patch Feedback :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  8. ↑ Distorted audio. :: CONSORTIUM V1.1 Patch Progress
  9. ↑ is the constant static noise, normal? :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  10. ↑ Graphical issue - Flickering lights :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  11. ↑ Graphical issue - Flickering lights :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  12. ↑ Entering game Bug :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions:
  13. ↑ Game freezes in loading screen :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  14. ↑ CRASHES :: CONSORTIUM V1.1 Patch Progress
  15. ↑ Bug Reports :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  16. ↑ What I Think We All Think About This Game :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  17. ↑ 1.1 subtitle bug :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  18. ↑ Just a few notions after the patch... :: CONSORTIUM V1.1 Patch Progress
  19. ↑ Bug Reports :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  20. ↑ Subtitles? :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  21. ↑ ALT-TAB crashes :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  22. ↑ Graphical issue - Diagonal white line :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  23. ↑ Any tips to improve framerate? :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  24. ↑ Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: CONSORTIUM
  25. ↑ Graphical Performance: Temp Fix :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  26. ↑ Bug Reports :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions