Just Cause

Just Cause

Developers
	Avalanche Studios
Publishers
	Square Enix
Engines
	Avalanche Engine
Release dates
Windows	September 22, 2006

Just Cause

Just Cause	2006
Just Cause 2	2010
Just Cause 3	2015

Key points

Port of the Xbox version, not the Xbox 360 version.

Few graphical options, no controller support, widescreen results in stretched HUD (not very noticeable) and cutscenes (very noticeable).

General information

Unofficial Just Cause Wiki

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
Gamesplanet
Games Republic
GameStop
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

Game data

External general settings.

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\JustCause\Saves

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

External video settings.

In-game video settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor			See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen			See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		Add -fovfactor=x to launch parameters. Where x=1, 1.5, 2.
Windowed		Add /windowed to launch parameters or see Widescreen resolution.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use Borderless Gaming.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Can be forced through driver control panel
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Can be forced through driver control panel
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Can be forced through driver control panel
60 FPS
120+ FPS		No frame rate or refresh rate cap.

Widescreen resolution

Set custom resolution Download Universal Resolution Changer. Extract to the installation folder. Open resolution.ini. Set the resolution values as needed. Set Windowed to 1 for windowed mode if needed. Notes Cutscenes, in-game PDA, and some other elements may appear stretched.

Input settings

In-game key map settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings

External audio settings.

In-game audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 5.1 output.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Just Cause 1.
TriDef 3D
iZ3D

Issues fixed

Crash if Windows key is pressed

This game has been known to crash or become unresponsive on a press of the Windows key.

Use windowed mode[citation needed] See Widescreen resolution.

Shadow bug with newer video cards

A bug with newer Nvidia drivers where a shadow endlessly follows you around the game world.

Use shadow fix Download Just Cause Shadow Fix. Put JustCause.exe in the game folder.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium IV 1.4 GHz AMD Athlon XP 1600+	Intel Pentium IV 2.8 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2800+
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1024 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	7.4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce4 Ti 4200 ATI Radeon 9 series 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 2.0 support	Nvidia GeForce 7 Series ATI Radeon X1800 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 2.0 support
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible 16-bit	Sound Blaster X-Fi series