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{{ii}} Developer recommends 4 GB of VRAM for optimal performance.<ref name="VRAM">[http://www.bethblog.com/2014/09/25/the-system-requirements-within/ The System Requirements Within | Bethesda Blog]</ref> The game is optimized badly and has poor performance in general.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPfmi-jcAg4 The Evil Within PC: CPU and Graphics Card Frame-Rate Tests]</ref> To help increase FPS, adjust the video settings and try using the r_skipglare 1 command.
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{{ii}} Developer recommends 4 GB of VRAM for optimal performance.<ref name="VRAM">[http://www.bethblog.com/2014/09/25/the-system-requirements-within/ The System Requirements Within | Bethesda Blog]</ref> The game is optimized badly and has poor performance in general.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPfmi-jcAg4 The Evil Within PC: CPU and Graphics Card Frame-Rate Tests]</ref> To help increase FPS, adjust the video settings and try using the <code>r_skipglare 1</code> command.
 
{{--}} Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS by default;<ref name="console">[http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1508646-debug-console-commands/ Debug Console Commands - PC - Bethesda Softworks Forums]</ref> to fix see [[#High frame rate|high frame rate]].
 
{{--}} Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS by default;<ref name="console">[http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1508646-debug-console-commands/ Debug Console Commands - PC - Bethesda Softworks Forums]</ref> to fix see [[#High frame rate|high frame rate]].
 
{{--}} All resolutions are letterboxed 2.35:1;<ref name="console"/> to fix use [http://flawlesswidescreen.org Flawless Widescreen].
 
{{--}} All resolutions are letterboxed 2.35:1;<ref name="console"/> to fix use [http://flawlesswidescreen.org Flawless Widescreen].

Revision as of 07:12, 17 October 2014

The Evil Within
The Evil Within cover
Developers
Tango Gameworks
Publishers
Bethesda Softworks
Engines
id Tech 5
Release dates
Windows October 14, 2014
The Evil Within on Wikipedia

Key points

Developer recommends 4 GB of VRAM for optimal performance.[1] The game is optimized badly and has poor performance in general.[2] To help increase FPS, adjust the video settings and try using the r_skipglare 1 command.
Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS by default;[3] to fix see high frame rate.
All resolutions are letterboxed 2.35:1;[3] to fix use Flawless Widescreen.

General information

Official website
The Evil Within General Discussion - Bethesda Softworks Forums
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
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Steam
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All versions require Steam.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Create cache files

The texture cache folder is not made by the game so the cache is regenerated for each session.
Instructions

Enable console

Instructions
Notable console commands include:
  • God - You are effectively invincible, and certain enemy kill moves will not be used against you (Laura, for example, will not jump on you)
  • Noclip - Allows you to walk through walls
  • G_infiniteammo - Unlimited ammo (provided you have at least 1 bullet when you enable this)
  • G_stoptime 1 - Stops time. Re enable time with g_stoptime 0.
  • Toggledebugcamera - Separates the camera from Sebastian so you can freely move around the
  • Startslowmotion2 - Slows down time. To disable, Stopslowmotion.
  • r_skipglare 1 - Disables all post-processing. Will make the color temperature warmer and disable depth of field. This will also increase the FPS. Can also be set in the launcher using +r_skipglare 1.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

File name: "the evil withinConfig.cfg"

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/268050/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/268050/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

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High frame rate

Instructions

Input settings

Control settings.

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Audio settings

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Localizations

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

System requirements

64-bit system required.
Developer recommends 4 GB of VRAM for optimal performance.[1]
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8, 8.1
Processor (CPU) i7 or an equivalent 4+ core processor
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 50 GB
(41 GB installation size)
Video card (GPU) GeForce GTX 460 or an equivalent card
1 GB of VRAM

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>/268050/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (268050) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References