Difference between revisions of "Metro: Last Light"

Revision as of 17:15, 6 December 2016

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Metro
Metro 2033	2010
Metro: Last Light	2013
Metro 2033 Redux	2014
Metro: Last Light Redux	2014
Metro Exodus	2019
Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition	2021
Metro Awakening	2024

Key points

The OS X and Linux versions are graphically limited.^[1]^[2]

General information

Port Report: Metro: Last Light

Official forums at thq.com

Unofficial Metro Wiki

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums

Metro: Last Light Graphics Breakdown & Performance Guide at Geforce.com

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Mac App Store
Origin

All Windows and Linux versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Season Pass
Ranger Mode
RPK
Faction Pack
Developer Pack
Chronicles Pack

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Change Field of View

Default FOV is very narrow; changing it is recommended. See Field of view (FOV).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/43160/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Do NOT change user.cfg to read-only. Doing so will cause the game to forget collected journal entries, and may also do likewise with the moral point system.

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/43160/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Graphics settings.

Template:Video settings

Expand table to see, what each quality setting affects.^[3]

	Very High	High	Medium	Low
Ambient Occlusion	Precomputed + SSAO	Precomputed + SSAO	Approximate	Approximate
Analytical Anti-Aliasing	Enabled	Enabled	Enabled	Enabled
Bump Mapping	Precise	Precise	Coarse	Coarse
Detail Texturing	Enabled	Enabled	Enabled	Disabled
Geometric Detail	Very High	High	Normal	Low
Image Post-Processing	Full	Full	Normal	Normal
Light-Material Interaction	Full	Normal	Normal	Normal
Motion Blur	Camera + Objects	Camera	Disabled	Disabled
Parallax Mapping	Enabled + POM	Enabled	Disabled	Disabled
Shadow Filtering	Hi-Quality	Hi-Quality	Normal	Fast
Shadow Resolution	9.43 Mpx	6.55 Mpx	4.19 Mpx	2.35 Mpx
Skin Shading	Subsurface Scattering	Simple	Disabled	Disabled
Soft Particles	Enabled	Enabled	Disabled	Disabled
Volumetric Texturing	Full Quality + Sun Shafts	Low Precision	Disabled	Disabled

Field of view (FOV)

This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.

Instructions

Windowed

Instructions

Borderless fullscreen windowed

In some multi-monitor systems there might be issues with selecting different resolutions than the default (native?) one. To fix this you can force the game to run in borderless windowed mode with an external tool.

Forcing borderless windowed mode with an external tool might break some of the game's post-processing effects in the higher settings (for example the water reflections seem to be a bit corrupted in some areas).

Instructions

Force DirectX 9 or 10 renderer on DirectX 11 systems

Forcing DirectX 9 will result in better performance. However DirectX 11 specific features (tessellation, SSAO) will be disabled. See Port Report article for benchmarking information.

Instructions

PhysX

PhysX is enabled by default, even for non-Nvidia cards. Make sure to disable if using an AMD GPU, as there will be severe frame rate drops if it is enabled.

Instructions

Instructions

Input settings

Mouse settings.

Controller settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Game settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

Separate volume controls

Game doesn't offer very detailed sound settings.

Instructions

Issues fixed

Low performance on systems with Logitech G-series keyboards

Instructions

Crash when changing resolution

This issue was fixed in a patch released on May 16, 2013.^[4] Use this fix if you are still experiencing this issue.

There seems to be a problem with the game on multiple monitor setup.

Instructions

Instructions

Aim assist

Instructions

Shadow corruption with 7xxx AMD GPU

This issue was fixed in a patch released on May 16, 2013.^[4] Use this fix if you are still experiencing this issue.

There seems to be an issue with 7-series AMD graphics cards. Be sure to update drivers, as this issue will be probalby fixed by AMD in the future.

Instructions

Stuttering on some machines

On some machines there can be noticeable micro stuttering.

Instructions

Mouse disabled or stuttering on Windows 8.1

Mouse lag leads to game being nearly unplayable due to Windows 8.1's new power saving feature that limits the input data.^[5]

Instructions

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2	7
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz dual core CPU, Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Phenom X2	2.6 GHz quad core Intel or AMD processor, Intel Core i5, AMD Phenom X4
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	7.5 GB	7.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	nVidia GeForce 200 series AMD Radeon 3000 series 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible	nVidia GeForce 400 series AMD Radeon 5000 series 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 10/11 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.8.4
Processor (CPU)	2.7 GHz Intel Core i5	3.2 GHz quad core Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M 512 MB of VRAM	NVidia Geforce GTX 680MX 1 GB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04	Ubuntu 13.04
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core CPU (2.2+ GHz Dual Core CPU or better)	Any Quad Core or 3.0+ GHz Dual Core CPU
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M 512 MB of VRAM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 1 GB of VRAM

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>/43160/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (43160) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-3] 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>/43160/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (43160) 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>/43160/.

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

[5] The app ID (43160) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[1] Linux settings image

[2] ttp://steamcommunity.com/app/43160/discussions/0/666824801401785033/

[4] Metro: Last Light Graphics Breakdown & GPU Performance Guide - GeForce.com

[steamcommunity.com-5] 4.0 ^4.1 New update: AMD fixes and FOV - Steam Community Discussions

[6] Mouse pointer stutters or freezes when you play certain games in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2

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[2]

[Note 1]

[3]

[4]

[5]

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 |4k ultra hd notes          =
 |fov                        = hackable
-|fov notes                  = 75° (50° Vertical) - See [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]].
+|fov notes                  = Default is 50° vertical. See [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]].
 |windowed                   = hackable
 |windowed notes             = See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
@@ Line 179: / Line 179: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]===
-{{ii}} Default field of view is set to 50° vertical (73° horizontal).
+{{ii}} This game uses vertical FOV. See [http://themetalmuncher.github.io/fov-calc/ FOV Calculator] for help.
 {{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|FOV fix via .cfg edit|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Set custom FOV|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
 # Go to <code>{{p|localappdata}}\4A Games\Metro LL\</code>
 # Open <code>user.cfg</code> with text editor.
@@ Line 188: / Line 188: @@
 '''Notes'''
-{{ii}} This game uses vertical field of view rather than more common horizontal. Use [http://www.rjdown.co.uk/projects/bfbc2/fovcalculator.php FoV calculator] if necessary.
 {{--}} Increasing the FOV will result in some graphical glitches due to the use of 3D-rendered screen overlays in certain parts of the game.<ref>[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=57662058&postcount=121 Metro: Last Light PC performance thread - NeoGAF.com]</ref>
 }}
 ===[[Glossary:Windowed|Windowed]]===
-{{--}} No native option.
 {{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Edit user.cfg r_fullscreen|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Set windowed manually|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
 # Go to <code>{{p|localappdata}}\4A Games\Metro LL\</code>
 # Open <code>user.cfg</code> with text editor.
 # Locate line <code>r_fullscreen on</code> and change it to <code>r_fullscreen off</code>.
+'''Notes'''
+{{ii}} To move the game's window, use [https://sourceforge.net/projects/processhacker/ Process Hacker] to suspend {{file|MetroLL.exe}}, this will allow you to see the title bar and move the game's window.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUQRilv9vN8 How to move window in Metro Last Light (windowed mode) - YouTube]</ref> Resume the process afterward. You won't need to suspend process if you'll want to move window again. You must do this each time you start the game.
 }}
-{{ii}} If you want to move a game's window, suspend the MetroLL.exe, this will allow you to see the title bar and move the game's window. Resume the process afterward. You won't need to suspend process if you'll want to move window again. You must do this each time you start the game. Here is a video demonstrating how to do this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUQRilv9vN8
 ===[[Glossary:Borderless fullscreen windowed|Borderless fullscreen windowed]]===
-In some multi-monitor systems there might be issues with selecting different resolutions than the default (native?) one. To fix this you can force the game to run in borderless windowed mode with an external tool.
+{{ii}} In some multi-monitor systems there might be issues with selecting different resolutions than the default (native?) one. To fix this you can force the game to run in borderless windowed mode with an external tool.
+{{ii}} Forcing borderless windowed mode with an external tool might break some of the game's post-processing effects in the higher settings (for example the water reflections seem to be a bit corrupted in some areas).
 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|Force borderless windowed mode|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}}}
-# Download [http://runtimelegend.com/rep/fullscreenizer Fullscreenizer].
+# Start the game in a window. See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
-# Go to <code>{{p|localappdata}}\4A Games\Metro LL\</code>
+# Use [https://github.com/Codeusa/Borderless-Gaming Borderless Gaming] to force borderless.
-# Open <code>user.cfg</code> with text editor.
-# Locate line <code>r_fullscreen</code> and set the parameter from <code>on</code> to <code>off</code>.
-# Run the game and enter the main menu.
-# Run Fullscreenizer and locate the <code>Metro LL</code> line in the list.
-# Click on the '''Fullscreenize''' button
-'''Notes'''
-{{ii}} Forcing the borderless windowed mode with an external tool like the above might break some of the game's post-processing effects in the higher settings (for example the water reflections seem to be a bit corrupted in some areas).
 }}

Developers

	4A Games
Publishers
	Deep Silver
Japan	Spike Chunsoft
Engines
	4A Engine
Release dates
Windows	May 14, 2013
macOS (OS X)	September 10, 2013
Linux	November 4, 2013