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Killing Floor 2

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Killing Floor 2
Killing Floor 2 cover
Developers
Tripwire Interactive
2020-2023 updates Saber Interactive[1][2]
Publishers
Tripwire Interactive
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows November 18, 2016[3]
Reception
Metacritic 75
OpenCritic 78
IGDB 81
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Genres Shooter
Themes Europe, Zombies
Series Killing Floor
Killing Floor 2 on HowLongToBeat
Killing Floor 2 on IGDB
Killing Floor 2 on MobyGames
Killing Floor 2 on Wikipedia
Killing Floor
KFMod (Unreal Tournament 2004 mod) 2005
Killing Floor 2009
Killing Floor Mod: Defence Alliance 2 2009
Killing Floor - Toy Master (unofficial mod) 2014
Killing Floor 2 2016
Killing Floor: Incursion 2017

General information

PC Report (Early Access)
Steam Community Discussions
Official support page
Official forums

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
Epic Games Launcher
DRM-free when launched directly from the executable, but online features like multiplayer, proper perks functioning, inventory, etc. require Epic Games Launcher.
Windows
GamersGate
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Digital Deluxe edition also available.
Windows
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Digital Deluxe edition also available.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Digital Deluxe edition also available.
Windows
Humble Store
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Digital Deluxe edition also available.
Windows
Steam
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Digital Deluxe edition also available.
Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
DLC Digital Deluxe Edition includes:
  • a copy of Killing Floor (Steam only)
  • DJ Scully character, some cosmetic items (weapons & armor skins)
  • artbook (115 pages)
  • soundtrack in MP3 & FLAC format. In comparison to the game, most of the tracks are vocalized.[4] Also, while in the game you can switch on or off vocals in the sound settings menu, each downloadable soundtrack can be either vocalized or instrumental, but not both.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
Cosmetic Large varieties of skins for weapons, armour, characters, additional animations and kill effects.
Loot box Themed sets of cosmetic.
Player trading Can be achieved through Steam market.
Unlock Pay-gated weapons. However a player, who bought one of them, shares the access to it for everybody on the server.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Launch the game with the -nostartupmovies launch parameter[citation needed]
Delete or rename video files (alternate method)[5]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\KFGame\Movies
  2. Delete or rename LogoHardsuit.bik and LogoTripwire.bik
Use Killing Floor 2 Tweaker

Disable texture streaming

Edit configuration file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open KFEngine.ini.
  3. Find bUseTextureStreaming and set the value to false.
Game updates may revert these changes.
Use Killing Floor 2 Tweaker

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\KillingFloor2\KFGame\Config\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/232090/pfx/[Note 1]
All gameplay related save data is stored in Steam Cloud.
Game updates may reset configuration settings.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud
Statistics and Perk levels are saved in the Steam Cloud.

Video

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
No HUD centering. FOV set too high will invert viewport.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
FOV slider is located in Game Settings. From 90° (1.00x) to 112.5° (1.25x) on the Horizontal Axis. See Vertical FOV for a higher FOV.
Windowed
Set in options or toggle with Alt+ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Bilinear, Trilinear and up to 16x Anisotropic.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Check Variable Framerate to get more than 62 FPS, the boss cutscenes are capped at 60 FPS.

Multiplayer has a default fps cap of 150 fps. You can override this by going into the KFGame.Ini KFGame.Ini is located in My Documents> My Games > KillingFloor2> KFGame > Config.

While in KFGame.Ini, find these lines and change them to bSmoothFrameRate=True MaxSmoothedFrameRate=500.000000 (This can be changed up to the refresh rate of your monitor.) MinSmoothedFrameRate=240.000000 (If you computer can't sustain that high of an FPS, keep it the way it is.)

After you're done, press save to save your changes. You should now have uncapped FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Vertical FOV

Uses Vertical FOV values instead of Horizontal[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open KFEngine.ini.
  3. Find AspectRatioAxisConstraint and set its value to AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV.
  4. You may use this FOV calculator to find your desired FOV value in-game.

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.
Keyboard bindings.
Keyboard bindings.
Controller buttons.
Controller buttons.

Mouse acceleration

Disable acceleration by editing config file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open KFInput.ini.
  3. Find bEnableMouseSmoothing and bViewAccelerationEnabled and set their values to false.
Game updates may revert these changes. To prevent these changes from being reverted, go to the installation folder, find BaseInput.ini in \Engine\Config and disable smoothing. Next, find DefaultInput.ini in \KFGame\Config and disable acceleration.
Use Killing Floor 2 Tweaker

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Up to 7.0 output.[7]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
A fan translation is available.
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Poor localization, it can be fixed with a Community Patch
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
6 Co-op, Versus
Use Nucleus Co-op.
LAN play
6 Co-op, Versus
Online play
6 Co-op, Versus
Supports cross-play between Epic Games Store and Steam.
The max player limit can be increased externally (230 players)

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 8080
UDP 7777, 20560, 27015
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: Killing Floor 2.

Issues fixed

Nvidia FleX is greyed out

This is usually caused by the graphics card not being supported or detected wrongly. It is still possible to forcibly enable the Nvidia FleX feature, however system requirements for this feature increase. The new requirements can be found underneath the Nvidia FleX setting in-game or under the System Requirements section on the page here.
Edit Configuration File[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open GFXSettings.KFGame.xml.
  3. Find the line starting with <OPTION Name="Flex", which should be located at the bottom of the file.
  4. Change the two lines to <OPTION Name="Flex" Registered="True" Type="Integer" Value="2">, <RANGE MinValue="0" MaxValue="2" NumSteps="2" />.
  5. Save the file.

Notes

Value="2" will control the setting, 0 meaning disabled, 1 meaning gibs and 2 meaning gibs and fluids.[citation needed]

Other information

Nvidia SLI mode

SFR is recommended, AFR2 currently causes flickering with distant shadows

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 10, 11 Graphics cards with lower than Direct3D 10 support are not supported.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX 3.3.4.0
Cutscenes Bink Video 1.990c
Multiplayer Epic Online Services, Steamworks
Anti-cheat Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)

Console commands

See the list of useful console commands.

Mods

Graphics

Mutations (No XP)

UI

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8, 8.1
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHz
AMD Phenom II X2 545
System memory (RAM) 3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTS 250
ATI Radeon HD 4830
DirectX 10 compatible
Other Broadband internet connection
32-bit systems are not supported.
Intel HD Integrated Graphics Chips officially are not supported, but working.
Nvidia FleX features minimum requirement is GeForce GTX 770, recommended requirement GeForce GTX 980.

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>/232090/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (232090) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. State of the Game 2020 by the Project Director for Killing Floor 2 - last accessed on 2023-01-15
    "Being that this was the first year we partnered with Saber Interactive..."
  2. Killing Floor 2 State of the Game 2022 and Survey for 2023 - last accessed on 2023-01-15
    "I’m delighted to announce Killing Floor 2 will continue to be supported for another full year with our partners at Saber Interactive for it to extend into its 8th Year of Post-Release updates."
  3. Killing floor 2 Launches For PC - Steam Community - last accessed on 2016-11-18
  4. Verified by User:Banser on 2021-02-17
  5. Verified by User:Diskersen on 2018-02-02
  6. Feature Request: Raw input for mouse controls - last accessed on May 2023
  7. PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on May 2023