Ruiner

Ruiner

Developers
	Reikon Games
Publishers
	Devolver Digital
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	September 26, 2017
Linux	April 17, 2018
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Shooter
Themes	Cyberpunk

General information

Publisher Discord server

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		DRM-free when launched directly from executable.
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere
Steam

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Modify video files
Go to <path-to-game>\Ruiner\content\movies\. Delete or rename UE4_Logo.bik.

Game data

In-game gameplay settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Ruiner\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/Epic/Ruiner/Saved/Config/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Ruiner\Saved\SaveGames\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\DevolverDigital.Ruiner_6kzv4j18v0c96\SystemAppData\wgs\000900000254A507_ECED0100ED114094AF25077B0598D10C\8FC1BBA561974E9EAAD4526E5963654A\
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/Epic/Ruiner/Saved/SaveGames/

To carry over the progress from the UWP version to a different one, copy the biggest file without extension and rename it to RuinerSaveSlot.sav.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			16:10 resolutions are letterboxed.
Multi-monitor			See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD			Higher resolutions may appear offscreen due to a lack of scrolling in the menu.
Field of view (FOV)		Default FOV is 45°. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA always enabled with adjustable quality. See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Field of view (FOV)

Change FOV
Start the game. Download and inject the UE4 Console Unlocker into the game process. Once it's injected, open the in-game console with ~. Type in and enter fov x where x is the desired FOV. Notes FOV resets to default after loading screens.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Change AA method
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following to the file and change the variable to 1 for FXAA and 0 to disable Anti-aliasing. [SystemSettings] r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=2

Motion blur

Disable motion blur
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [SystemSettings] r.MotionBlurQuality=0

Custom resolution

Modify user settings file
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open GameUserSettings.ini. Change the ResolutionSizeX= number to the desired resolution width. Change the ResolutionSizeY= number to the desired resolution height. Change FullscreenMode= to 2 for windowed or 0 for exclusive fullscreen.

Input

In-game controller layout overview.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		No acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Can be disabled.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Moving with controller and aiming with mouse causes input issues.

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  In-game movement controls settings.

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  In-game actions controls settings.

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  In-game interface controls settings.

Audio

In-game sound settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Ukrainian

Change language

Steam users can change the language via the game properties.

Modify Engine.ini
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and change the variable to a supported ISO 639-1 code (e.g. en for English, de for German). [Internationalization] Culture=en

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
OpenGL	3.3
Shader Model support	5.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	FMOD
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-760 AMD Athlon II X4 645 AM3	Intel Core i5-4670K AMD FX-6350
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 6850 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7970 2 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit system is required.

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 16.04
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-760 AMD Athlon II X4 645 AM3
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 6850 1 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit system is required.