Transformers: War for Cybertron

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Transformers: War for Cybertron

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Developers
	High Moon Studios
Publishers
	Activision
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	June 22, 2010

Transformers
Beast Wars: Transformers	1998
Transformers: The Game	2007
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	2009
Transformers: War for Cybertron	2010
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron	2012
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark	2014
Transformers: Devastation	2015
Transformers: Battlegrounds	2020
Transformers: Tactical Arena	2021
Transformers: EarthSpark - Expedition	2023

Key points

Capped at 30 FPS; see High frame rate to fix.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 DRM.

This game is no longer available digitally, due to Activision losing the license for the IP.

Essential improvements

Improved configuration file

Improves graphical and audio fidelity, unlocks DLC characters and many other things.

Use replacement Coalesced.ini
Go to the configuration file location. Replace the original Coalesced.ini with the one from this archive. In Escalation mode, unlocked characters will not work on those that host without the modified file.

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\TransGame\Movies\ Delete or rename these files: FMV_intro_PC.bik Logo_Activision.bik Logo_Activision_PC.bik Logo_Hasbro_PC.bik Logo_HighMoon_PC.bik TF_InitialStartup.bik

Game data

Configuration file location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\TransGame\Config\PC\Cooked <path-to-game>\TransGame\Localization\PC\Cooked
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/42650/pfx/

Coalesced.ini needs to be decoded before it can be edited; use TF Games Configuration Utility. Coalesced.int contains localization settings and must also be decoded.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Transformers\TransGame\SaveData
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/42650/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Use external programs[citation needed]
Install GeDoSaTo. Edit the TWFC profile. Add this setting: forceBorderlessFullscreen 1 Start the game, toggle fullscreen mode on and then off. Use Borderless Gaming to remove the window borders.

High frame rate

The game is capped at 30 FPS without this tool.

Use FPS unlocker

Download FPS Cap Unlocker and run it alongside the game. Press Num 0 to toggle between locked and unlocked FPS. Notes If you intend to play the game online, log into your War for Cybertron account before you activate the toggle at the main menu. Because of the game's dependence on the frame rate being 30 FPS for light blink timing and other mechanics, your vehicle hover mode's look sensitivity and any situations using this configuration like the Omega Missile Killstreak and spectator camera, will be significantly lower than the standard one. A way to reduce this effect is to cap the frame rate to a lower value (e.g. 60 FPS). Also, having a higher fps than 30 the LOD Biases will be messed up resulting in blobby un-rendered textures. If you see a lot of unloaded textures toggle the FPS unlocker off and wait for the textures to load, which should only take a second, then toggle back on.

Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play		Internet required to play any multiplayer game mode.
Online play		12	12 per lobby (6 per team), 4 players in co-op.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer		If the host quits, the game will end and the lobby will be disbanded.
Dedicated
Self-hosting		Escalation and Campaign only. Multiplayer will automatically host if no games are active.
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	3074 (outbound to master server)
UDP	7777 (inbound, outbound)

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Game not launching (without an error or a message)

There are three main ways to fix this issue, which is a symptom of three different unrelated problems.

OS compatibility[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\Transformers War for Cybertron\Binaries Set compatibility mode of TWFC.exe to Windows XP.

Incomplete PhysX installation[citation needed]
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common and copy all files within that folder. Paste them into Binaries in the installation folder. Now the game should run.

Fix configuration file[citation needed]
Make copies of the lines of config you changed so you can incorporate them back into your new Coalesced.ini that steam will replace Verify the Integrity of the Game Cache in Steam on the game's Properties > Local Files Tab Steam will download a fresh vanilla Coalesced.ini. Now the game should run.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	9 GB
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or ATI Radeon X1900 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible