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Revision as of 16:27, 28 May 2014

Watch Dogs
Watch Dogs cover
Developers
Ubisoft Montreal
Publishers
Ubisoft
Engines
Disrupt
Release dates
Windows May 27, 2014
Watch Dogs on Wikipedia

General information

PC Report: Watch Dogs
Steam Community Discussions
Ubisoft Forums - Watch Dogs PC Discussion

Availability

Template:Availability Table

All versions require Uplay.

Version differences

Watch Dogs has six special editions, each with varying DLC. Refer to the UPlay Pre-Order Edition Comparison for details.

Essential improvements

Reduce game stuttering on higher graphics settings

This may cause instability on machines with low amounts of RAM.
Instructions

Game data

Configuration file location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/243470/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/243470/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

File:Watch Dogs settings.png
Display and graphics settings.

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Input settings

File:Watch Dogs keybinds.png
Mouse, keyboard and key bind settings.

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Mouse smoothing

Instructions
Does not remove mouse acceleration; menus, regular aiming, and fine aiming have mouse acceleration even with this fix applied.

Audio settings

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Language, subtitles and volume control settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Brazilian Portuguese
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Traditional Chinese

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Performance issues on AMD GPUs

AMD graphic cards users are strongly recommended to use the latest Catalyst Beta drivers.

Frosting effect on AMD GPUs

Disable the MSAA anti-aliasing if you also have motion blur enabled.

Minimap icons and fine-aim reticle disappear

This issue has been reported fixed by several users after changing resolutions and restarting the game. However, it does not seem to be a consistent fix; many restarts and changes may be needed.

Voice audio not playing during cutscenes

Go into whichever audio manager you have, turn off 7.1 surround, and restart the game

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista SP2
Processor (CPU) AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0 GHz
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 2.66 GHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 25 GB
Video card (GPU) AMD Radeon HD 5770
Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Shader model 5.0 support
64-bit Windows OS required.
Supported Nvidia chipsets: GTX 460 and better, GT 500 series, GT 600 series, GT 700 series.
Supported AMD chipsets: Radeon HD 5850 or better, HD 6000 series, HD 7000 series, R7 and R9 series.
Supports the Intel Iris Pro HD 5200 chipset.

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>/243470/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (243470) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References