Transformers: War for Cybertron

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Transformers
Beast Wars: Transformers	1998
Transformers: The Game	2007
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	2009
Transformers: War for Cybertron	2010
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron	2012
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark	2014
Transformers: Devastation	2015

Key points

Capped at 30 FPS; see High frame rate to fix.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		DRM: SecuROM.^[1]
Gamesplanet
Steam

Essential improvements[edit]

Improved configuration file[edit]

Improves graphical and audio fidelity, unlocks DLC characters and many other things.

Use replacement Coalesced.ini^[2]

Go to the configuration file location.
Replace the original Coalesced.ini with the one from this archive.

In Escalation mode, unlocked characters will not work on those that host without the modified file.

Skip intro videos[edit]

Delete/rename video files^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\TransGame\Movies\
Delete or rename these files:

FMV_intro_PC.bik
Logo_Activision.bik
Logo_Activision_PC.bik
Logo_Hasbro_PC.bik
Logo_HighMoon_PC.bik
TF_InitialStartup.bik

Game data[edit]

Configuration file location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\TransGame\Config\PC\Cooked <path-to-game>\TransGame\Localization\PC\Cooked

Coalesced.ini needs to be decoded before it can be edited;^[3] use TF Games Configuration Utility. Coalesced.int contains localization settings and must also be decoded.

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Transformers\TransGame\SaveData

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Graphics option	Option	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer.
Ultra-widescreen		Use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer.
Field of view (FOV)		Use Flawless Widescreen.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Default is 4 samples; use improved config file for 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		High Quality graphics setting uses unknown form of post process AA. Sampling-based AA can be forced through Nvidia Inspector with `0x00000245` AA compatibility flag;^[4] alternatively you can turn FXAA in `Coalesced.ini`
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS		30 FPS default cap; see High frame rate.
120+ FPS		30 FPS default cap; see High frame rate.

Borderless fullscreen windowed[edit]

Use external programs^{[citation needed]}

Install GeDoSaTo.
Edit the TWFC profile.
Add this setting: forceBorderlessFullscreen 1
Start the game, toggle fullscreen mode on and then off.
Use Borderless Gaming to remove the window borders.

High frame rate[edit]

The game is capped at 30 FPS without this tool.

Use FPS unlocker^[5]

Download FPS Cap Unlocker and run it alongside the game.
Press Num 0 to toggle between locked and unlocked FPS.

Notes

If you intend to play the game online, log into your War for Cybertron account before you activate the toggle at the main menu.

Because of the game's dependence on the frame rate being 30 FPS for light blink timing and other mechanics, your vehicle hover mode's sensitivity and any situations using this configuration like the Omega Missile Killstreak and spectator camera, will be significantly lower than the standard one. A way to reduce this effect is to cap the frame rate to a lower value (e.g. 60 FPS).

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping		By editing Coalesced.ini (encrypted).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Game doesn't translate the PC keys into Controller buttons on screen ingame.
Controller remapping		By editing Coalesced.ini (encrypted).
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Other
Touchscreen optimised

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Audio settings[edit]

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Effects, dialog, music.
Surround sound		5.1
Subtitles		Combat chatter not subtitled.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Game will automatically pause. Need to be in solo campaign, otherwise the game will pause but sound will still be heard.

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play	Internet required to play any multiplayer game mode.
Online play	12	12 per lobby (6 per team), 4 players in co-op.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer		If the host quits, the game will end and the lobby will be disbanded.
Dedicated
Self-hosting		Escalation and Campaign only. Multiplayer will automatically host if no games are active.
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP (outbound)	3074 (outbound to master server)
UDP (outbound)	7777 (inbound, outbound)

Issues fixed[edit]

Game not launching (without an error or a message)[edit]

There are three main ways to fix this issue, which is a symptom of three different unrelated problems.

OS compatibility^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\Transformers War for Cybertron\Binaries
Set compatibility mode of TWFC.exe to Windows XP.

Incomplete PhysX installation^{[citation needed]}

Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common and copy all files within that folder.
Paste them into Binaries in the installation folder.
Now the game should run.

Corrupted Coalesced.ini

Make copies of the lines of config you changed so you can incorporate them back into your new Coalesced.ini that steam will replace
Verify the Integrity of the Game Cache in Steam on the game's Properties > Local Files Tab
Steam will download a fresh vanilla Coalesced.ini.
Now the game should run.

Other information[edit]

Increase the Quality of the Graphics[edit]

Edit Coalesced.ini to change some settings such as Motion Blur, Depth of Field, FXAA, Bloom, Distortion etc.

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

Open the decoded Coalesced.ini
Change the values or status on the config lines and set graphics to Extra on the in-game settings
Make sure you change both pairs in: SystemSettings & SystemSettingsEditor
DO NOT COPY AND PASTE THIS INTO YOUR INI FILE! THIS IS ONLY AN EXAMPLE OF THE THINGS YOU MAY CHOOSE TO EDIT!

This is an example of the recommended items you can change and its recommended settings:

[SystemSettingsEditor] / [SystemSettings]
StaticDecals=True
DynamicDecals=True
DecalCullDistanceScale=1.0
DynamicLights=True
DynamicShadows=True
LightEnvironmentShadows=True
CompositeDynamicLights=False
DirectionalLightmaps=True
MotionBlur=True
DepthOfField=True
AmbientOcclusion=True
AmbientOcclusionHistory=False
FXAA=True
FXAATechnique=1
FXAAScale=9.5
Bloom=True
QualityBloom=True
Distortion=True
DropParticleDistortion=False
SpeedTreeLeaves=True
SpeedTreeFronds=True
OnlyStreamInTextures=False
LensFlares=True
FogVolumes=True
CascadedShadows=True
FloatingPointRenderTargets=True
Trilinear=True
OneFrameThreadLag=True
UseVsync=False
UpscaleScreenPercentage=True
Fullscreen=True
AllowD3D10=True
EnableHighPolyChars=True
SkeletalMeshLODBias=0
ParticleLODBias=0
DetailMode=2
ShadowFilterQualityBias=0
MaxAnisotropy=16
MaxMultisamples=8
MinShadowResolution=8
MaxShadowResolution=800
MaxCascadedShadowResolution=2048