Metro 2033 Redux

Metro 2033 Redux

Developers   4A Games

Publishers   Deep Silver

Engines   4A Engine

Release dates Windows August 26, 2014 OS X TBA Linux TBA

Metro

Metro 2033	2010
Metro: Last Light	2013
Ranger Mode
RPK
Faction Pack
Developer Pack
Chronicles Pack
Metro 2033 Redux	2014
Metro: Last Light Redux	2014

General information

Official Website

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys
Amazon.com
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete contents of legal.ogv Go to 2033 in the installation folder. Open legal.ogv with a text editor. Delete its contents and save the file.

Game data

Original Metro 2033 uses same path but instead of <user-id> uses folder's root.

Configuration file(s) location

	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\4A Games\Metro 2033\<user-id>\user.cfg
Linux

Save game data location

	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\4A Games\Metro 2033\<user-id>\
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings.

Graphics settings.

Graphics option	Option	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		4x and 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		0.5x - 4x SSAA (0.5x decreases quality and increases frame rate by upscaling from half the screen resolution). Also features FXAA controlled by the Quality setting.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
High frame rate		In-game Vsync caps the refresh rate at 60 Hz.

Field of view (FOV)

Edit user.cfg Navigate to configuration file location Open user.cfg. Change r_base_fov from the default 50.625 to the desired value. Notes Note that the game uses vertical field of view rather than more common horizontal. Use FoV calculator if necessary.

Windowed

Edit user.cfg Navigate to configuration file location Open user.cfg. Locate line r_fullscreen on and change it to r_fullscreen off. Notes A bottom portion of the image may appear distorted when running at native resolution.

Input settings

Mouse settings.

Keyboard rebinding.

Controller settings.

Controller first preset, three presets available.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		No acceleration. Mouse X/Y sensitivity is not equal. Horizontal sensitivity is significantly higher than vertical.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Three presets.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master & music volume
Surround sound		Works with 5.1 (unsure of 7.1)
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Ukrainian

System requirements

32-bit systems are not supported.

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista, 7, 8	7, 8
Processor (CPU)	2.2+ GHz Dual Core CPU or better	Any Quad Core or 3.0+ GHz Dual Core CPU
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	GeForce 8800 GT GeForce GTS 250 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible Shader model 3 support	GeForce GTX 480 and above DirectX 11 compatible

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	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 640M 512 MB of VRAM	Nvidia Geforce GTX 680MX 1 GB of VRAM