Difference between revisions of "Contrast"

Latest revision as of 10:42, 19 May 2023

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Collector's edition	Includes Original Soundtrack and the Programme (Artwork, Dev. Diary). No option to buy separately.^[1]

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use launch parameter^{[citation needed]}

Add Menu_CabaretWithoutLogo to the game's launch parameter. Note that there is no dash (-) before the first word.

Notes

For information how to use launch parameters, see Command line arguments.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Contrast\ContrastGame\Config\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/224460/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\binaries\win32\contrastsave*^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/224460/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Use Flawless Widescreen.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Nvidia users can force SGSSAA in Nvidia Profile Inspector, see Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS
120+ FPS	See High frame rate.

The game uses graphic presets (low, medium, high) and doesn't offer advanced settings.

Field of view (FOV)

Use Flawless Widescreen^{[citation needed]}

Set hotkeys in ContrastInput.ini^[2]

Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Contrast\ContrastGame\Config\ContrastInput.ini
Go to [Engine.PlayerInput] and add the following lines with the FOV you want:
- Bindings=(Name="L", Command="FOV 150")
- Bindings=(Name="K", Command="FOV 90")
Save your changes. Start the game and press K to use the new FOV.

Notes

Press L to lower FOV for cutscenes and puzzles that don't display correctly with high FOV values.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Set borderless windowed^{[citation needed]}
Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Start the game and press `Ctrl`+`⇧ Shift`+`← Backspace` to toggle Special K's Control Panel. Open the Display menu and select "Windowed Mode" and "Force Override". Expand "Window Management" and "Style and Position". Enable "Borderless" and "Fullscreen (Borderless Upscale)". Restart game to apply the changes.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Set AF manually^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `ContrastEngine.ini`. Change `MaxAnisotropy=4` to `MaxAnisotropy=16`.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

SGSSAA (Nvidia only)^[3]
Download and open Nvidia Profile Inspector. Open the Contrast profile. Set Antialiasing Compatibility to `0x080000C1`. Set Antialiasing Mode to Override any application setting. Set Antialiasing Setting to 4x Multisampling or your desired level of MSAA. Set Antialiasing Transparency Supersampling to match the level of Multisampling. Apply changes and close the program.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Disable Vsync^[4]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `ContrastEngine.ini`. Change `UseVsync=True` to `UseVsync=False`.

High frame rate

Change frame rate smoothing^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open ContrastEngine.ini.
Search and change bSmoothFrameRate to FALSE or raise MaxSmoothedFrameRate value.
Save file.

For more information, see the Unreal Engine 3 page.

Input

Mouse settings.

Controls screen.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Modify `ContrastInput.ini`.
Mouse acceleration		See Mouse smoothing. A mix of no acceleration and negative acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Right click to go back
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Native support for Xbox 360 controller
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Modify `ContrastInput.ini`.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Mouse smoothing

Modify ContrastInput.ini^{[citation needed]}
Open `%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Contrast\ContrastGame\Config\ContrastInput.ini` Go to `bEnableMouseSmoothing` under the section `[Engine.PlayerInput]` and change the value to `false` Save your changes and start the game.

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		BGM, SFX, Dialogue
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

It's not possible to change language and subtitles separately.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish				Fan translation, download.
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Contrast.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2, Vista SP1, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	AMD / Intel 2.3 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon X2600 XT Nvidia GeForce 7900 GTX 512 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/224460/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (224460) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ Is there have upgrade to Collector edition? :: Contrast General Discussion - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Contrast | WSGF
↑ Nvidia Anti-Aliasing Guide - Guru3D.com Forums - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Verified by User:Fwinest JediThug on 25 November 2013

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/224460/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (224460) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/224460/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (224460) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[gamedir-3] When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[1] Is there have upgrade to Collector edition? :: Contrast General Discussion - last accessed on May 2023

[4] Contrast | WSGF

[5] Nvidia Anti-Aliasing Guide - Guru3D.com Forums - last accessed on May 2023

[6] Verified by User:Fwinest JediThug on 25 November 2013

[1]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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[3]

[4]

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 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|November 15, 2013}}
+|reception    =
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|contrast|62}}
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|OpenCritic|309/contrast|60}}
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|contrast|57}}
+|taxonomy     =
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | None }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Third-person, Cinematic camera }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Platform, Puzzle }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
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+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | }}
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 '''General information'''
-{{mm}} [http://contrastgame.com/ Official site]
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 {{DLC|
-{{DLC/row| Collector's edition | Includes Original Soundtrack and the Programme (Artwork, Dev. Diary).<br/>No option to buy separately.<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/app/224460/discussions/0/619568192687191088/ Is there have upgrade to Collector edition? :: Contrast General Discussion]</ref> | Windows }}
+{{DLC/row| Collector's edition | Includes Original Soundtrack and the Programme (Artwork, Dev. Diary).<br/>No option to buy separately.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/224460/discussions/0/619568192687191088/|title=Is there have upgrade to Collector edition? :: Contrast General Discussion|date=May 2023}}</ref> | Windows }}
 }}
@@ Line 53: / Line 74: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 {{Save game cloud syncing
-|discord                =
+|discord                   =
-|discord notes          =
+|discord notes             =
-|epic games store       =
+|epic games launcher       =
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+|epic games launcher notes =
-|gog galaxy             =
+|gog galaxy                =
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-|origin                 =
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-|steam cloud            = true
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-|uplay                  =
+|ubisoft connect           =
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+|ubisoft connect notes     =
-|xbox cloud             =
+|xbox cloud                =
-|xbox cloud notes       =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
 }}
-==Video settings==
+==Video==
 {{Image|Contrast - Graphics.png|Video settings.}}
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  = https://www.wsgf.org/dr/contrast/en
 |widescreen wsgf award      = limited
@@ Line 83: / Line 104: @@
 |ultrawidescreen            = true
 |ultrawidescreen notes      =
-|4k ultra hd                = unknown
+|4k ultra hd                = true
 |4k ultra hd notes          =
 |fov                        = hackable
@@ Line 95: / Line 116: @@
 |antialiasing               = hackable
 |antialiasing notes         = Nvidia users can force [[SGSSAA]] in [[Nvidia Profile Inspector]], see [[#Anti-aliasing (AA)|Anti-aliasing (AA)]].
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = hackable
 |vsync notes                = See [[#Vertical sync (Vsync)|Vertical sync (Vsync)]].
@@ Line 140: / Line 164: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Anti-aliasing (AA)|Anti-aliasing (AA)]]===
-{{Fixbox|description=SGSSAA (Nvidia only)|ref=<ref>[http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=357956 Nvidia Anti-Aliasing Guide - Guru3D.com Forums]</ref>|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=SGSSAA (Nvidia only)|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=357956|title=Nvidia Anti-Aliasing Guide - Guru3D.com Forums|date=May 2023}}</ref>|fix=
 # Download and open [[Nvidia Profile Inspector]].
 # Open the Contrast profile.
@@ Line 166: / Line 190: @@
 }}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
 {{Image|Contrast - Camera.png|Mouse settings.}}
 {{Image|Contrast - Controls.png|Controls screen.}}
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = hackable
 |key remap notes           = Modify <code>ContrastInput.ini</code>.
@@ Line 239: / Line 263: @@
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
 {{Image|Contrast - Audio.png|Audio settings.}}
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    = BGM, SFX, Dialogue
@@ Line 253: / Line 277: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
@@ Line 296: / Line 322: @@
   |subtitles = true
   |fan       = true
-  |notes     =
+  |notes     = Fan translation, [http://ironsquad.pl/artykul58/contrast-spolszczenie/ download].
 }}
 {{L10n/switch
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 |native 3d notes             =
 |nvidia 3d vision            = hackable
-|nvidia 3d vision notes      = See [http://helixmod.blogspot.com/2013/11/contrast.html Helix Mod: Contrast].
+|nvidia 3d vision notes      = See [https://helixmod.blogspot.com/2013/11/contrast.html Helix Mod: Contrast].
 |tridef 3d                   = unknown
 |tridef 3d notes             =
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 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
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 |windows exe notes      =
-|macos 32-bit app       =
+|macos intel 32-bit app =
-|macos 64-bit app       =
+|macos intel 64-bit app =
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux arm app          = unknown
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 }}

Developers

	Compulsion Games
Publishers
	Focus Home Interactive
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	November 15, 2013
Reception
Metacritic	62
OpenCritic	60
IGDB	57
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person, Cinematic camera
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform, Puzzle
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Interwar, North America, Supernatural