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Titanfall

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Titanfall
Titanfall cover
Developers
Respawn Entertainment
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
Source
Release dates
Windows March 11, 2014
Reception
Metacritic 86
OpenCritic 85
IGDB 84
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Shooter, Vehicle combat
Vehicles Robot
Themes Sci-fi
Series Titanfall
Titanfall on HowLongToBeat
Titanfall on IGDB
Titanfall guide on StrategyWiki
Titanfall on MobyGames
Titanfall on Wikipedia
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Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Titanfall is a multiplayer first-person shooter and vehicle combat game in the Titanfall series.

General information

Official Titanfall Wiki
EA Troubleshooting Info

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Origin
Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg (unavailable)
Origin
Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
De-listed from new purchases. Existing owners can still play.
Windows
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
De-listed from new purchases. Existing owners can still play.
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Origin
Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
De-listed from new purchases. Existing owners can still play.
Windows
All versions require Origin DRM and a constant internet connection for all game modes.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Season Pass Available for free from Origin.
Windows
Expedition Available for free from Origin.
Windows
Frontier's Edge Available for free from Origin.
Windows
IMC Rising Available for free from Origin.
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use the -novid command line argument[1]

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Respawn\Titanfall\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1454890/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
The ingame HUD is partially rendered off screen.
4K Ultra HD
Set resolution in videoconfig.txt if crashes on launch.[2]
Field of view (FOV)
70-90°. Higher values and viewmodel FOV can be modded.[3]
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Launch the game with the -window -noborder parameters.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to Anisotropic 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Up to 16Q CSAA, Includes MSAA. up to 8x EQAA 2x and 4x TXAA also available.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Supported (with and without triple buffering) but broken.[4] Force externally
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped to selected or desktop refresh rate.[5]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode
Protanopia, deuteranopia, and tritanopia. Affects IFF glows, crosshair colors, and names above heads.[6]

Anti-aliasing (AA)

This method is very performance demanding and may decrease your general performance.
Enhance in-game MSAA with SGSSAA (Nvidia only)[citation needed]
  1. Set ingame antialiasing to 4xMSAA or 8xMSAA, exit game.
  2. Open Titanfall driver profile via Nvidia Profile Inspector.
  3. Change Antialiasing - Transparency Supersampling to 4x Sparse Grid Supersampling or 8x Sparse Grid Supersampling depending on ingame MSAA setting (they must match)
  4. No need to change anything else. Apply changes, exit Nvidia Inspector and run the game.

Input

In-game general keyboard/mouse settings.
In-game general keyboard/mouse settings.
In-game general gamepad settings.
In-game general gamepad settings.
In-game gamepad layout settings.
In-game gamepad layout settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Up to 7.1[7]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Broken in international versions of the game; can be forced via modding.[citation needed]
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Most languages can be forced by using the -language Language command line argument.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
12 Versus, Co-op
Pilot Skirmish gamemode allows for 16 players. Co-op: 4 players.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Servers are hosted using Microsoft's Azure Cloud platform
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision
TriDef 3D
iZ3D
vorpX
G3D, DirectVR
Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Issues unresolved

Connection Errors/Infinite Loop

EA suggests that slower connections may be causing these issues, and suggest resetting your modem/router.[8]

Crashing when accepting an Invite

Accepting an invite to a game that is currently in progress while you are in the middle of a match will crash the game. For now you must exit a match before accepting an invite to prevent crashing.[8]

Sound Crackling

Whenever people are playing in a match on the game, Crackling seems to be a natural occurrence when you are piloting a titan. Hopefully this issue will be fixed, or have a solution found, soon.

Mouse Sensitivity is Tied to Frame rate

Though your game's settings will stay the same, your ability to move your crosshair is currently tied to your frame rate. This is specific to Titanfall, since in most other games, a dip in your frame rate just means that you don't get to see as many frames of your crosshair moving from point A to B, but it will move the same distance at the same speed, regardless of your FPS. However, in Titanfall, if you're running at a steady 60 FPS, and run into a graphically intense scenario dropping your frame rate to 30 temporarily, your crosshair will become sluggish and difficult to move. In bad cases, the motion to move your crosshair from point A to B may only move it about half the distance.

Issues fixed

"Failed to CreateGameWindow. Resolution unsupported?" crash on launch

Titanfall uses 1280x720 by default which some monitors may not be able to switch to.[9]
Set resolution in videoconfig.txt[9]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Respawn\Titanfall\
  2. Open videoconfig.txt.
  3. Set a supported resolution and save the file.
  4. The game should now run normally.

"audio.exe was not installed successfully" Error

Titanfall requires a 64-bit OS and will present this error if you attempt to install it on a 32-bit system.[10]

Installation fails at 20%

Reinstall DirectX 9.0 end-user runtimes (available in <path-to-game>\_Installer\directx\redist\DXSETUP.exe)[2]

Installation fails at 31%

Repair Titanfall[2]
  1. Open the My Games tab in the Origin client, right-click on Titanfall, and select Repair.

Installation failures on a FAT32 drive

Convert your game volume to NTFS[2]

Game runs poorly/fails to run on Intel Graphics

Users using integrated Intel graphics should install the latest beta drivers here.[citation needed]

"Failed to get token from Origin" error message

Use an alternative DNS server[2]
  1. Open the Network and Sharing Center.
  2. Click on the Internet connection and select Properties
  3. Select Internet Protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
  4. Click the radio button for Use the following DNS server addresses:
  5. Enter Google's DNS servers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
  6. Alternatively, enter these servers from OpenDNS 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220
  • This can be applied on the router itself rather than on the PC if you'd prefer to use these DNS servers on all devices within your network.
  • This fix may not require any of the other fixes below to function properly.
Repair the game in Origin[2]
  1. Click the My Games tab in Origin
  2. Right-click Titanfall and select Repair
Run the game as an Administrator[2]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>.
  2. Right-click Titanfall.exe and select Run as Administrator.
Clear Origin data cache[2]
  1. Delete %PROGRAMDATA%\Origin\
  2. Delete %LOCALAPPDATA%\Origin\
  3. Delete %APPDATA%\Origin\
Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP[2]
  1. Open the Network and Sharing Center.
  2. Click Manage Network Connections
  3. Right-click Local Area Connection (or similar) and select Properties
  4. Select Internet Protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
  5. Click the Advanced button under the General tab, then click the WINS tab
  6. Click Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP

Connection issues with Belkin routers

Set static DNS server[2]
  1. Open the Network and Sharing Center.
  2. Click Manage Network Connections
  3. Right-click Local Area Connection (or similar) and select Properties
  4. Select Internet Protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
  5. Click the radio button for Use the following DNS server addresses:
  6. Enter the DNS servers for your ISP or the public DNS servers 8.8.4.4 and 8.8.8.8 or 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1

Weak and unsteady performance on "Insane" despite good hardware

Set your texture resolution to "Very High"[2]
  1. The "Insane" texture quality option only works with graphics cards containing 3 GB of VRAM or more. Otherwise your computer will be stuck in an infinite loading loop trying to get back texture assets that were thrown out due to memory shortage. This causes the game to constantly stutter.

Main menu cutscene plays slowly and game crashes soon after

Disable programs using DirectX hooks[2]
  1. Disable any programs such as RivaTuner Statistics Server that attempt to hook into DirectX in games
  2. (Anecdotal: recording programs such as FRAPS or DxTory use DX hooks as well, but seem less likely to pose a problem)

Microstutter or frequent frame rate drops

If running Razer Synapse[2]
  1. Newest Razer Synapse driver package (as of 11/15/14) included 3 different processes that interfere with Origin in-game, before these processes would stop Origin in game and then Origin in game would not start again. However, the newest driver causes Origin in-game to restart constantly every 30–40 seconds, causing micro-stutter.
  2. Disable Razer Synapse on startup OR Open task manager and disable the following processes :
  • RazerInGameEngine
  • Rz.Stats.Manager
  • GameScannerService(razr icon)
Disable Origin overlay also seems to work[2]

Uncap frame rate

Nvidia Users[11][12]
  1. Open Nvidia Control Panel.
  2. Go to Manage 3D Settings > Program Settings and search for "Titanfall.exe" in the dropdown menu. If not listed, click "Add" to manually search for the executable.
  3. Change the Vertical sync option to "Off" and click "Apply".
  4. In Titanfall, go to Options > Video Settings > V-sync and select "Double Buffered".
AMD Users[citation needed]
  1. Open AMD Catalyst Control Center.
  2. Go to Monitor Attributes and uncheck “Use Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) or driver defaults”.
  3. Use the Maximum refresh rate dropdown menu to select your desired refresh rate, then click “Apply”. The screen should go black and issue an “invalid input” notification, but this should be considered normal.
  4. In Titanfall, go to Options > Video Settings > V-sync and select “Disabled”.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Shader Model support 5
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Audio Speex
Interface Qt
Cutscenes Bink Video

Command line arguments

View this Steam Support Article regarding launch options as well as the relevant Valve Developer wiki page for further information and a list of useful Source engine launch options.
These arguments must be set in Origin.
Flag Description
-novid Disables intro videos
-high Force Titanfall to launch as a high priority process
-noborder Removes the border around Titanfall if ran in Windowed mode
-window Runs the game in windowed mode, use with the above for full borderless experience
+cl_showfps 1 or 2 Displays the game FPS at the top-right (1) or top-left (2)
+m_rawinput 1 Raw mouse input, may fix mouse lag (REMOVED FROM TITANFALL,[13] only in the menu is not raw input).
-nomenuvid 1 Disables looping video on the main menu
-nojoy Disables gamepad input

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista SP2
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
AMD Athlon X2 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 50 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
ATI Radeon HD 4770
512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  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>/1454890/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1454890) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References