Mirror's Edge

Mirror's Edge

Developers   DICE

Publishers   Electronic Arts

Engines   Unreal Engine 3

Release dates Windows January 13, 2009

Key points

Has NVIDIA PhysX support that uses features such as detailed debris and cloth physics.

There have been a couple of patches but the game developers have ceased support.

DLC is only available through the Origin version of the game.

Game performs well for machines that can handle most Unreal Engine 3 games such as Unreal Tournament 3.

Some issues and bugs when using NVIDIA PhysX.

General information

Official Website

Mirror's Edge Wikia - a mostly lore focused wiki.

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys
Steam		Steam does not have a CD key tied to the game, which means that you can not extract the CD key to activate it through Origin.
Origin		Can be played stand alone without Origin although you can register the game using the CD key to add it to your Origin account. DRM is in the form of a CD key found in the game's packaging if purchased via retail and is required for online activation.
Retail

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name	Notes
Pure Time Trials Map Pack	Only available from Origin; it is not compatible with the Steam version.

Essential improvements

Patches

At the game's first release, there were various bugs and performance problems, some if not, most, of the problems have been worked out from patches that have been released. These patches can be automatically downloaded and applied via Origin or Steam; patches can also be manually downloaded and installed. The latest release is patch Version 1.01 which fixes some PhysX problems on various configurations. (Asian versions have different patches).

Skip intro videos

Skip Intro Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\EA Games\Mirror's Edge\TdGame\Config\TdEngine.ini Locate line StartupMovies=StartupMovie and add semicolon in front of the line like so: ;StartupMovies=StartupMovie

Crosshair toggle

Crosshair Toggle This tweak will bind F11 to toggle the crosshair. Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\EA Games\Mirror's Edge\TdGame\Config\TdInput.ini Search for section [Engine.PlayerInput] and add this lines in it: Bindings=(Name="F11",Command="Showhud",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False)

Adding binoculars

Binoculars tweak This tweak will add switchable two staged zoom simulating binoculars behavior from other games. Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\EA Games\Mirror's Edge\TdGame\Config\TdInput.ini Search for section [Engine.PlayerInput] and add this lines in it: Bindings=(Name="ZoomIn1",Command="FOV 50 | setbind YYY ZoomIn2",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False) Bindings=(Name="ZoomIn2",Command="FOV 30 | setbind YYY ZoomOut",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False) Bindings=(Name="ZoomOut",Command="FOV XXX | setbind YYY ZoomIn1",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False) Bindings=(Name="YYY",Command="ZoomIn1",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False) where XXX is your desired FOV (90 is game default), and YYY is name of key which will trigger zoom. Look out for examples in TdInput.ini. Alternatively you can set your custom magnification by changing values 50 and 30.

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  Default zoom (90 FOV).

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  First stage (50 FOV).

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  Second stage (30 FOV).

Modifications

Custom Maps

Use editor mode Download the Unreal Development Kit and install it in the game's Binaries folder. Make a shortcut to MirrorsEdge.exe. Right click and choose Properties. Append edit to the end of the Target. This shortcut will now start the editor.

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\EA Games\Mirror's Edge\TdGame\Config

Some details are stored in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\EA GAMES\Mirror's Edge

Save game data location

	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\EA Games\Mirror's Edge\TdGame\Savefiles

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Origin		Only NA version.
Steam Cloud
GameSave Manager

Video settings

In-game video settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Anamorphic 16:9; other aspect ratios are letterboxed.
Multi-monitor			See detailed analysis at Widescreen Gaming Forum
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		16x filtering seems to be always enabled.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
High frame rate		See High frame rate.

Field of view (FOV)

Flawless Widescreen supports this game.

Default FOV is 90°.

Field of view (FOV) Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\EA Games\Mirror's Edge\TdGame\Config\TdInput.ini Search for section [Engine.PlayerInput] and add these lines in it: Bindings=(Name="NumPadZero",Command="FOV 0",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False) Bindings=(Name="NumPadOne",Command="FOV 32",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False) Bindings=(Name="NumPadTwo",Command="FOV 75",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False) Bindings=(Name="NumPadThree",Command="FOV 80",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False) Bindings=(Name="NumPadFour",Command="FOV 85",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False) Bindings=(Name="NumPadFive",Command="FOV 90",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False) Bindings=(Name="NumPadSix",Command="FOV 95",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False) Bindings=(Name="NumPadSeven",Command="FOV 100",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False) Bindings=(Name="NumPadEight",Command="FOV 105",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False) Bindings=(Name="NumPadNine",Command="FOV 110",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False) Notes: Binds your numpad keys to different FOV values with 0 key resets FOV to default and 1 key triggers zoom. You need to run game at least once in order to generate necessary .INI files. You can bind your favorite FOV on F-keys simply by replacing "NupadPadXXXX" with "Fx". When rifle is equipped and custom FOV is set, rifle zoom is not behaving properly. Hit numpad zero key for FOV reset. Best and most flexible way to change FOV on the fly in-game. In Chapter 4 - Ropeburn and Chapter 6 - Pirandello Kruger skybox is not working properly if FOV is set to value higher than 100.

Windowed

Windowed mode 1. Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\EA Games\Mirror's Edge\TdGame\Config\TdInput.ini 2. In a section [Engine.PlayerInput] find a line that stars with Bindings=(Name=" 3. Above it paste in the fallowing lines: Bindings=(Name="F1",Command="setres 1600x900x32F",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False) Bindings=(Name="F2",Command="setres 1366x768x32W",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False) 4. Replace 1600x900x32F with your screen resolution (e.g. For 1920x1080, it's - 1920x1080x32F). 5. Replace 1366x768x32W with your resolution that you want the window to be (e.g. For 1280x720, it's 1280x720x32W). 6. Save the file, launch the game and load a level. 7. Once the level is loaded and you're able to control the character's movement - press F2 to switch to Windowed mode. Notes: Press F1 to go back to fullscreen mode.

High frame rate

Change frame rate smoothing Navigate to configuration file(s) location. Open the TdEngine.ini with a text editor. Search and change bSmoothFrameRate to FALSE or raise MaxSmoothedFrameRate value. Save file. For more information, see the Unreal Engine 3 page.

Input settings

In-game control settings.

In-game gamepad settings.

Shows 360 HUD if controller is connected even if keyboard and mouse is used.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		See Mouse smoothing
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Can only switch between pre-defined layouts.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Mouse smoothing

Mouse Smoothing Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\EA Games\Mirror's Edge\TdGame\Config\TdInput.ini Locate line bEnableMouseSmoothing=True in [Engine.PlayerInput] section and change true to false.

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		7.1 is supported. Hardware accelerated effects could be messy though
Subtitles		In Game Settings.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language can be set manually if needed (see change language).

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Polish
Russian
Portuguese
Spanish
Turkish				A Turkish fan patch is available here.

Issues fixed

Game fails to start / Crashes without error messages

Game fails to start / Crashes without error messages Install the latest Nvidia PhysX System Software regardless of whether you are using an Nvidia, AMD or alternative graphics card. AMD Radeon and alternative GPU users who are able to start the game using this method are then advised to disable PhysX in the options menu. Your monitor may not be supported. Open the engine config file (%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\EA Games\Mirror's Edge\TdGame\Config\TdEngine.ini) and change the resolution. Look for ResX and ResY in [SystemSettings] section) to one supported by your monitor (try 1024x768 if you don't know what your monitor supports) If the game fails to start and does not display the splash screen, open the game folder and copy the Binaries\PhysXLocal\PhysXLoader.dll file to the Binaries directory.

Frame rate drops

Frame rate drops AMD: Disable PhysX in the options menu. Nvidia: Update to the latest drivers released from nvidia.com Delete or rename the physxcore.dll, and physxdevice.dll from the <path-to-game>\binaries folder. These are an older version of PhysX the game defaults to, and if it isn't there then it'll use whichever version you have installed on your system. Do not delete physXextensions.dll. If this fails to work, disabling PhysX could solve the problem. Steam version: If the game ran smoothly at first and then low frame rates suddenly started occurring everywhere, try verifying the game cache. Right-click the game in the Steam library, Navigate to properties,local files Click "Verify integrity of game cache. That will hopefully fix the issue, although Steam will download the PhysX files again so you will have to follow the previous step to delete them again.

Change language

Change language Steam supports language selection Others: change the Locale registry key to en_US, de_DE, fr_FR etc. You can find this key at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\EA GAMES\Mirror's Edge (This may not work with all versions, confirmed with German retail)

No sound during cut scenes/FMVs in Windows 7

Compatibility Fix Go to <path-to-game>\binaries. Right-click on Mirrorsedge.exe and select "Properties". Click the "Compatibility" tab. Check the "Run this program in compatibility mode" box and select "Windows XP (Service Pack 2)". Click apply/okay and run the game.

Merc's audio cuts off before end of sentence

Merc's audio cuts off before end of sentence This bug can occur with a Xonar DGX sound card. Workaround: Disable "GX" mode (simulated surround sound) in the Xonar DGX Audio Center and restart the game.

Terrible PhysX performance

PhysX performance is much lower than in recent games This is caused by the outdated PhysX files which come with the game installer. Workaround: Make sure you've installed the PhysX driver that comes with your graphics card driver. Then move the PhysXCore.dll file out of the game's Binaries directory or rename it. That will cause it to use the system file instead, and should increase performance dramatically.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	3.0 GHz or faster
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or better 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support