Metro: Last Light

Go to the installation folder.
Delete or rename legal.ogv. The result seems to depend on the driver version currently installed.^{[citation needed]}
1. With Nvidia driver 314.20: In case you get an eternal loading screen, create an empty text file and rename it to legal.ogv
2. With Nvidia driver 320.14: Delete/rename the file

Change Field of View[edit]

Default FOV is very narrow; changing it is recommended. See Field of view (FOV).

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\4A Games\Metro LL\<user-id>\user.cfg
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/MetroLL/<user-id>/user.cfg
Linux	<path-to-game>/<user-id>/user.cfg

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Do NOT change user.cfg to read-only. Doing so will cause the game to forget collected journal entries, and may also do likewise with the moral point system.

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\4A Games\Metro LL
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/MetroLL/<user-id>/
Linux	<path-to-game>/<user-id>/
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/43160/

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Graphics settings.

Graphics option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		May need to use Borderless fullscreen windowed for some resolutions.
Ultra-widescreen
Field of view (FOV)	Default is 50° vertical. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed	See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	0.5x - 4x SSAA (0.5x decreases quality and increases frame rate by upscaling from half the screen resolution). FXAA always enabled.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	In-game Vsync caps the frame rate at 60 FPS.^[3]
60 FPS
120+ FPS	Disable in-game Vsync; force in graphics card control panel if needed.^[3]

Expand table to see, what each quality setting affects.^[4]

	Very High	High	Medium	Low
Ambient Occlusion	Precomputed + SSAO	Precomputed + SSAO	Approximate	Approximate
Analytical Anti-Aliasing	Enabled	Enabled	Enabled	Enabled
Bump Mapping	Precise	Precise	Coarse	Coarse
Detail Texturing	Enabled	Enabled	Enabled	Disabled
Geometric Detail	Very High	High	Normal	Low
Image Post-Processing	Full	Full	Normal	Normal
Light-Material Interaction	Full	Normal	Normal	Normal
Motion Blur	Camera + Objects	Camera	Disabled	Disabled
Parallax Mapping	Enabled + POM	Enabled	Disabled	Disabled
Shadow Filtering	Hi-Quality	Hi-Quality	Normal	Fast
Shadow Resolution	9.43 Mpx	6.55 Mpx	4.19 Mpx	2.35 Mpx
Skin Shading	Subsurface Scattering	Simple	Disabled	Disabled
Soft Particles	Enabled	Enabled	Disabled	Disabled
Volumetric Texturing	Full Quality + Sun Shafts	Low Precision	Disabled	Disabled

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.

Set custom FOV^{[citation needed]}

Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\4A Games\Metro LL\
Open user.cfg with text editor.
Change r_base_fov to the desired field of view value.

Notes

Increasing the FOV will result in some graphical glitches due to the use of 3D-rendered screen overlays in certain parts of the game.^[5]

Windowed[edit]

Set windowed manually^{[citation needed]}

Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\4A Games\Metro LL\
Open user.cfg with text editor.
Change r_fullscreen on to r_fullscreen off.

Notes

To move the game's window, use Process Hacker to suspend MetroLL.exe, this will allow you to see the title bar and move the game's window.^[6] Resume the process afterward. You won't need to suspend process if you'll want to move window again. You must do this each time you start the game.

Borderless fullscreen windowed[edit]

In some multi-monitor systems there might be issues with selecting different resolutions than the default (native?) one. To fix this you can force the game to run in borderless windowed mode with an external tool.

Forcing borderless windowed mode with an external tool might break some of the game's post-processing effects in the higher settings (for example the water reflections seem to be a bit corrupted in some areas).

Force borderless windowed mode^{[citation needed]}

Start the game in a window. See Windowed.
Use Borderless Gaming to force borderless.

Force DirectX 9 or 10 renderer on DirectX 11 systems[edit]

Forcing DirectX 9 will result in better performance. However DirectX 11 specific features (tessellation, SSAO) will be disabled. See Port Report article for benchmarking information.

Force alternate renderer^{[citation needed]}

Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\4A Games\Metro LL\
Open user.cfg with text editor.
Locate line r_api and change the value to corresponding API value: 0 for DX9, 1 for DX10 and 2 for DX11

PhysX[edit]

PhysX is enabled by default, even for non-Nvidia cards. Make sure to disable if using an AMD GPU, as there will be severe frame rate drops if it is enabled.

Edit user.cfg^{[citation needed]}

Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\4A Games\Metro LL\
Open user.cfg in any text editor.
Locate line ph_advanced_physX 1 and change it to ph_advanced_physX 0.

Disable Advanced PhysX in Options menu^{[citation needed]}

Open the Options menu in the Main Menu or Pause Menu.
Go to "Game Options".
Uncheck "Advanced PhysX". You'll need to restart the game for changes to take effect.

Input settings[edit]

Mouse settings.

Controller settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping		"Next Weapon" (mouse wheel up) and "Previous Weapon" (mouse wheel down) cannot be remapped
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Multiple presets available.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.

Game settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music; to adjust further see Separate volume controls.
Surround sound		Autodetection without setting. 7.1 audio supported.
Subtitles		Conversations only; speech outside of conversation has no subtitles.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Enabled by default.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Turkish				Use Metro: Last Light %100 Türkçe Yama

Separate volume controls[edit]

Game doesn't offer very detailed sound settings.

Better audio control^{[citation needed]}

Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\4A Games\Metro LL\
Edit user.cfg.
Change s_dialogs_volume, s_effects_volume, s_master_volume and s_music_volume to your liking.

Issues fixed[edit]

Low performance on systems with Logitech G-series keyboards[edit]

Kill LCore.exe process^[7]

Start Task Manager (hit CTRL+SHIFT+ESC)
Click on tab Processes
Select process LCore.exe and hit End Process.

Crash when changing resolution[edit]

This issue was fixed in a patch released on May 16, 2013.^[8] Use this fix if you are still experiencing this issue.

There seems to be a problem with the game on multiple monitor setup.

Disconnect all monitors except main one^[9]

You need physically disconnect all screens but one. Disabling screens in drivers yield no results.

Manually change resolution in configuration file^{[citation needed]}

1. Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\4A Games\Metro LL\

Open user.cfg with text editor.

2. Locate lines

r_res_hor xxxx
r_res_vert yyyy

and change values to your desired resolution.

Aim assist[edit]

Disable aim assist^{[citation needed]}

Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\4A Games\Metro LL\
Open user.cfg in any text editor.
Locate aim_assist 1 and change it to aim_assist 0.

Shadow corruption with 7xxx AMD GPU[edit]

This issue was fixed in a patch released on May 16, 2013.^[8] Use this fix if you are still experiencing this issue.

There seems to be an issue with 7-series AMD graphics cards. Be sure to update drivers, as this issue will be probalby fixed by AMD in the future.

Force alternate renderer as a fix^{[citation needed]}

Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\4A Games\Metro LL\
Open user.cfg with text editor.
Locate line r_api 2 and change it to r_api 0 for DirectX 9 renderer.

Stuttering on some machines[edit]

On some machines there can be noticeable micro stuttering.

Disable core parking^{[citation needed]}

On multi-core machines running on Win7, core parking can cause problems. The easiest way to disable core parking is to run this Disable Core Parking Utility and follow the instructions on the page.

Mouse disabled or stuttering on Windows 8.1[edit]

Mouse lag leads to game being nearly unplayable due to Windows 8.1's new power saving feature that limits the input data.^[10]

Install mouse fix

Install the Metro: Last Light mouse fix.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
64-bit executable

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2	7
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz dual core CPU, Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Phenom X2	2.6 GHz quad core Intel or AMD processor, Intel Core i5, AMD Phenom X4
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	7.5 GB	7.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	nVidia GeForce 200 series AMD Radeon 3000 series 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible	nVidia GeForce 400 series AMD Radeon 5000 series 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 10/11 compatible

OS X
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.8.4
Processor (CPU)	2.7 GHz Intel Core i5	3.2 GHz quad core Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M 512 MB of VRAM	NVidia Geforce GTX 680MX 1 GB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04	Ubuntu 13.04
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core CPU (2.2+ GHz Dual Core CPU or better)	Any Quad Core or 3.0+ GHz Dual Core CPU
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M 512 MB of VRAM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 1 GB of VRAM

References

[1] Linux settings image

[2] ttp://steamcommunity.com/app/43160/discussions/0/666824801401785033/

[FPS_cap-3] 3.0 ^3.1 No 120 hz support what the hell? :: Metro: Last Light General Discussions

[4] Metro: Last Light Graphics Breakdown & GPU Performance Guide - GeForce.com

[5] Metro: Last Light PC performance thread - NeoGAF.com

[6] How to move window in Metro Last Light (windowed mode) - YouTube

[7] Optimization issue... - Steam Community Discussions

[steamcommunity.com-8] 8.0 ^8.1 New update: AMD fixes and FOV - Steam Community Discussions

[9] Metro: Last Light Bugs, problems and glitches - Metro: Last Light Forums

[10] Mouse pointer stutters or freezes when you play certain games in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2

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Developers

	4A Games
Publishers
	Deep Silver
Japan	Spike Chunsoft
Engines
	4A Engine
Release dates
Windows	May 14, 2013
OS X	September 10, 2013
Linux	November 4, 2013