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Revision as of 11:38, 26 April 2015

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.
On December 10, 2014, a 4.1GB patch, version 1.03, was released. It is reported to greatly improve optimization, though some players report that it also causes glitches.
FOV unadjustable to compensate for lack of letterboxing.

General information

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
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Green Man Gaming
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Steam
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All versions require Steam.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
The Assignment
Windows
The Consequence
Windows
The Fighting Chance Pack Pre-order bonus.
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Restore cache files

Game is unable to make new folders, therefore it won't use any caching at all by default
Instructions

Reduce stuttering lag

This tweak is for those who have weak VGA (1GB vram), significantly reduce stuttering.
Instructions

Enable SLI

By default the game profile does not have any SLI compatibility associated with it. Custom bits might used for a performance increase, as explained below.
Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/268050/pfx/[Note 1]
The texture cache (fs_cachepath) is stored in %LOCALAPPDATA%\TangoGameworks\The Evil Within_ng\

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Instructions

High frame rate

In-game frame rate cap option supports either 30 or 60 FPS;[3] use these steps to remove the cap entirely.
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

Issues unresolved

Crashing issues

The game crashes across the campaign with a multitude of systems for no apparent reason, there are no current workarounds for this.

Issues fixed

Game is oddly zoomed or cropped

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Shader Model support 5.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Cutscenes Bink

Console commands

Instructions
Notable console commands include:
  • god - Makes the player effectively invincible, and certain enemy kill moves will not be used against the player.
  • noclip - Allows the player to walk through walls.
  • g_infiniteammo - Unlimited ammo (Provided the player has at least 1 bullet when it is enabled).
  • g_stoptime 1 - Stops time. Re-enable time with g_stoptime 0.
  • toggledebugcamera - Separates the camera from Sebastian so the player can freely move the camera around.
  • startslowmotion2 - Slows down time. To disable, run stopslowmotion
  • r_skipglare 1 - Disables all post-processing. Will make the color temperature warmer and disable depth of field. This will also increase the frame rate. Can also be set in the launcher using +r_skipglare 1.
  • r_modelsCastShadow 0 - Disables player model shadow.
  • megashadow_resolutionScale x.x - Custom shadow resolution scale. Recommended values: 0.12 up to 1.5.
  • m_smooth 0 - Disables mouse acceleration.
  • m_sensitivity x - Custom mouse sensitivty. In-game highest value is 5. With this variable you can go beyond that.
  • pm_thirdPersonSimple 1 - Simplified third person camera.
  • pm_thirdPersonHeight x
  • pm_thirdPersonRange x
  • kill - Suicide.

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 The System Requirements Within | Bethesda Blog
  2. The Evil Within PC: CPU and Graphics Card Frame-Rate Tests
  3. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named FPS cap and letterboxing