State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition

State of Decay
State of Decay	2013
State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition	2015
State of Decay 2	2018
State of Decay 3	TBA

Key points

Compared to the original game, Year-One Survival Edition includes the Breakdown and Lifeline DLCs, new missions, weapons, and extra content. It also features improved lighting, textures, animations, and combat mechanics.

Granted for free as a giftable copy to owners of the original game in November 2019.^[1]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com
GamersGate

Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Breakdown Year-One
Lifeline Year-One
Bonus Gurubani Kaur	Originally exclusive to owners of the original game now included by default
Prepper's Pack	Originally a Day One Edition exclusive now included by default

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Engine\config.pak^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/329430/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

config.pak contains multiple configuration files which can be extracted using SoD Tools.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\USER\<user-id>\*.ulsave^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/329430/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Steam Cloud support is available but only for configuration files

Video

Graphic settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Some resolutions not listed; see Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Only 3840x2160 listed natively; see Widescreen resolution. Resolutions above 1080p may result in flickering shadows and/or cap the frame rate at a low level; see Flickering shadows above 1080p resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Press `Alt`+`↵ Enter` to toggle or through in-game graphics settings.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		CryEngine 3 may set your monitor's refresh rate to 24 Hz; this results in stuttering and poor performance even if internal GPU render shows a high fps.^[2] See Game chooses wrong refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Graphics settings are limited to presets (Min, Medium, Maximum, and Ultra).

Widescreen resolution

2560x1440 (1440p) as well as many non-16:9 resolutions are not listed and will have to be set manually.

Force resolution via developer mode^[3]

Enable developer mode by using the -DevMode command line argument
Create 3 files in the game folder: autoexec.cfg, system.cfg, and user.cfg
Add the following lines to each file, replacing the resolution if necessary, and saving changes:

con_restricted = 0
sv_cheatprotection = 0
sys_intromoviesduringinit = 0
sys_rendersplashscreen = 0

r_Width = 2560
r_Height = 1440

r_ConsoleBackbufferWidth = 2560
r_ConsoleBackbufferHeight = 1440

Notes

This will force the game to run on the specified resolution as well as skipping the intro videos for faster startup

Input

Game settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Hard-coded negative mouse acceleration and dead zone (moving the mouse at a low speed results in no camera movement).
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Invert X also available.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Invert X also available.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Hook input (legacy mode)
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts
Cursor detection

Keyboard bindings
Controller bindings

Audio

Sound settings

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation
Italian
Polish				Fan translation
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: State of Decay Year One.

Issues fixed

Game chooses wrong refresh rate

CryEngine 3 may set your monitor's refresh rate to 24 Hz; this results in stuttering and poor performance even if internal GPU render shows a high fps.^[2]

Override refresh rate set by game^[4]
Download 3Dmigoto. Copy the files in the `x32` folder to the installation folder. Open `d3dx.ini`. Change `;refresh_rate=60` to the desired value, and remove the semicolon (e.g. `refresh_rate=144`). Change `hunting=1` to `;hunting=1` by adding a semicolon. Save the changes and close the file.

Flickering shadows above 1080p resolution

Shadows may flicker across the entire screen when running the game above 1080p resolution.

Switch the game to 1080p then back to 2160p
In the graphics options, switch the game to 1920 x 1080 resolution. After the screen refresh, switch the game back to 3840 x 2160 resolution. The flickering shadows issue should now be resolved. Unfortunately, this solution can only be used for 2160p, not custom resolutions like 1440p that have to be enabled using the widescreen resolution fix.

Switch to Graphics - Min Spec, then back to High or Ultra Spec
In the Graphic Settings, change to Graphics - Min Spec. After the screen refresh, switch back to desired High or Ultra Spec. The flickering shadows issue should now be resolved. If the flickering shadows are still present, repeat the above steps.

Disable SSAO
Unpack the config.PAK file. Open the .cfg file for editing that corresponds to the Graphics Spec set in your Graphic Settings. Ex. `highspec.cfg` for High Spec, or `veryhighspec.cfg` for Ultra Spec. Set `r_SSAO=0`.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Mods

Graphics

HUD

Gameplay

No More Tutorial Tips

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 AMD Athlon X64 3400	Intel Core i5 750 AMD Athlon X4 760K
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4158 MB	4200 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 AMD Radeon HD 5850 Intel HD 4600 DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Radeon HD 7770

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/329430/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (329430) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Free Copy of Year-One Survival Edition - last accessed on 2019-11-26
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 24 FPS At Any Fullscreen Resolution :: State of Decay: Year One General Discussions
↑ Does this game support 1440p? - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Verified by User:Keith on 2020-04-29

[gamedir-2] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/329430/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (329430) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Free Copy of Year-One Survival Edition - last accessed on 2019-11-26

[Hz-4] 2.0 ^2.1 24 FPS At Any Fullscreen Resolution :: State of Decay: Year One General Discussions

[5] Does this game support 1440p? - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on May 2023

[6] Verified by User:Keith on 2020-04-29

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Developers

	Undead Labs
Publishers
	Microsoft Studios
Engines
	CryEngine 3
Release dates
Windows	April 27, 2015
Reception
OpenCritic	74
IGDB	66
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Persistent
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Survival, TPS
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Post-apocalyptic, Zombies
Series	State of Decay