Evolve Stage 2

Evolve Stage 2

Developers
	Turtle Rock Studios
Publishers
	2K Games
Engines
	CryEngine (4th generation)
Release dates
Windows	February 10, 2015
Taxonomy
Monetization	Free-to-play
Modes	Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	FPS
Themes	Sci-fi

Evolve Stage 2 is a multiplayer first-person FPS game.

The game was originally released as Evolve; the game's title changed due to a large update that converted the game into a free-to-play format.

The game is no longer available, except for current owners and unused retail copies. Online servers for Stage 2 were shut down in September 2018, but the game can still be played using peer-to-peer mode in the Legacy Evolve version.

General information

Official forums

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com (unavailable)
Steam (unavailable)

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

With free to play conversion, all the content can be unlocked by in game currency and DLC is no longer on sale. Earlier bought DLC is unlocked by default.

Name	Notes
Assault Ragnarok Skin Pack
Assault Sword Skin Pack
Bog Monster Skin Pack
Carnivore Monster Skin Pack
Medic Savior Skin Pack
Medic Valkyrie Skin Pack
Hunting Season Pass
Hunting Season 2
Support Nordita Skin Pack
Support Tempest Skin Pack
Trapper Blood Eagle Skin Pack
Trapper Bushman Skin Pack
Wendigo Monster Skin Pack

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\Game. Delete or rename videos.pak. Notes A key press is still required to skip the intro. Removes the startup videos including the animated main menu. The file will be downloaded again on every update if missing. Renaming it is recommended, as the game may be updated at some point.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\system.cfg
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\273350\local\USER\Profiles\default\settings.xml
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/273350/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\273350\local\USER\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/273350/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud		Approx. 10 MB available

Video

General settings.

Graphics settings.

Advanced graphics settings.

FoV settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			The 2D elements are rendered on the outside screens.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD			The subtitles and some UI elements does not scale with resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		Up to 120°.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		SMAA, FXAA or TXAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		No frame rate or refresh rate cap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode

High frame rate

Set maximum frame rate[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>. Open system.cfg in a text editor. Type sys_MaxFPS = 120 and change the last number to the preferred max frame rate. Save the changes.

Input

Input settings.

Key rebinding.

Controller settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		↵ Enter cannot be remapped. Single key bindings.
Mouse acceleration		See Mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput only.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		5 presets and custom.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Ability to manually choose either keyboard or controller prompts.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

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

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

Mouse acceleration

Disable Mouse acceleration[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>. Open system.cfg in a text editor. Type i_mouse_smooth = 0 and i_mouse_accel = 0 Save the changes.

Audio

A separate audio language can be set through the +g_optionsLanguageAudio loc_name command. See Command line arguments.

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, effects, dialog and chat
Surround sound		5.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Separate volume slider for out of focus window, can be completely muted.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language settings.

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

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated		Shut down in September 2018.
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		Z3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
Shader Model support	5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	FMOD
Multiplayer	Steamworks	Can be used to link into my2K account as well.
Anti-cheat	Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7
Processor (CPU)	AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400 Intel Core 2 Duo E6600	AMD A8-3870K Intel Core i7 920
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	25 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon HD 5770 Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	AMD Radeon R9 280 Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 2 GB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX Compliant Sound card

A 64-bit system is required.