The Forgotten City

The Forgotten City is a first-person singleplayer detective/mystery adventure game featuring predominantly dialogue-based gameplay. It is developed by Modern Storyteller and published by Dear Villagers. The Forgotten City is the first game by Modern Storyteller and is a spiritual successor of a mod of the same name for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.^[2] The Forgotten City uses Unreal Engine 4.

The Forgotten City was released on Epic Games Store, GOG.com, Microsoft Store and Steam on July 28, 2021. The launch was successful and was met with generally positive reception, however, the game contained several technical issues set to be addressed in future updates.^[3]^[4]^[5]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Digital Collector's Edition also available. Can be launched directly from executable, but disables achievements.
		Digital Collector's Edition also available.
GOG.com		Digital Collector's Edition also available.
Humble Store		Digital Collector's Edition also available.
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere.
Steam		Digital Collector's Edition also available.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\ModernStoryteller01\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\PlugInDigital.TheForgottenCity_9e3ank8rmgj0t\LocalCache\Local\ModernStoryteller01\Saved\Config\WinGDK\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/874260/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\ModernStoryteller01\Saved\SaveGames\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\PlugInDigital.TheForgottenCity_9e3ank8rmgj0t\SystemAppData\wgs\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/874260/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud		Enabled with patch 1.1^[6]
Xbox Cloud

For the Windows Store version of the game, screenshots are stored in

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\PlugInDigital.TheForgottenCity_9e3ank8rmgj0t\LocalCache\Local\ModernStoryteller01\Saved\Screenshots\WinGDK

.

Video

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+ scaling added in patch.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		70-110°. Default is 90°. See Extended FOV for greater increase.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Tied to the "Textures" option.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		"Epic" and "High" use TAA, "Medium" uses FXAA, and "Low" turns anti-aliasing off.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Extended FOV

Change the way FOV is calculated^[7]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Engine.ini in a text editor.
Add the following lines:

[/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer]
AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV

Chromatic Aberration

Modify Engine.ini

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open the Engine.ini file with a text editor.
At the end of the file, paste the following code to disable chromatic aberration:

[SystemSettings]
r.SceneColorFringe.Max=0
r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0

Input

Control settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Some keys, such as `↵ Enter` and the symbols keys, cannot be mapped to.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Separate Horizontal and Vertical sensitivity control.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity		Separate Horizontal and Vertical sensitivity control.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers		Logitech Rumblepad tested (DirectInput device)

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

Key bindings
Controller bindings

Audio

Audio settings

Interface settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Separate Master Volume, Effects, Ambience, Voice, UI, and Music sliders.
Surround sound		Up to 7.1.
Subtitles		Options for subtitle size ("Small", "Normal", "Large", "Very Large") and subtitle background.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Japanese
Korean
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Alleviate shader compilation stutter

Force enable shader preloading^{[citation needed]}

Massively improves framepacing during gameplay and alleviates most stutters caused by shader compilation.

Can exacerbate level loading, checkpoint autosaving and section loading stutters, as the CPU is utilized on all cores to 100%. The Shader Cache has to be compiled again once a display driver has been uninstalled or updated due to the display driver´s shader cache being deleted/reset in the update/uninstall process.

Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\ModernStoryteller01\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Open Engine.ini.
Add the following text as a new paragraph at the bottom and then save the file.

[/Script/Engine.RendererSettings]
r.CreateShadersOnLoad=1

Issues unresolved

Dialogue audio may be changed

Dialogue audio may become muted or lowered despite the set audio volume.^[8]

Quests may not be completable

The "Secret Admirer" quest may not be marked as completed in the quest log.^[9]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12	Microsoft Store version is DX12 only.^[10]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	XAudio

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 SP1	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2500 2.7 GHz AMD FX-6300	Intel Core i5-4570 3.2 GHz AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB	15 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 AMD Radeon HD 6950 DirectX 10 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon R9 380 DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.26.2.0^[1]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/874260/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (874260) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-09-25
↑ The Forgotten City, Once An Award-Winning Skyrim Mod, Is Out As A Standalone Game Today - last accessed on 2021-08-01
↑ Metacritic - The Forgotten City - last accessed on 2021-07-31
↑ Steam Community - HOW TO REPORT BUGS + KNOWN BUGS & FIXES - last accessed on 2021-07-31
↑ Steam Community - Secret Admirer isn't clearing once completed - last accessed on 2021-07-31
↑ Steam News: The Forgotten City: Version 1.1 of The Forgotten City is now live! - last accessed on 2021-09-18
↑ Verified by User:Aaronth07 on 2021-07-30
↑ Please Help The Forgotten City - last accessed on 2021-07-29
↑ Secret Admirer isn't clearing once completed - last accessed on 2021-07-29
↑ Verified by User:KainXVIII on 2022-04-27

[2] Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.26.2.0^[1]

[Proton_path_note-7] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/874260/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (874260) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/874260/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (874260) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[engineversion-1] Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-09-25

[3] The Forgotten City, Once An Award-Winning Skyrim Mod, Is Out As A Standalone Game Today - last accessed on 2021-08-01

[4] Metacritic - The Forgotten City - last accessed on 2021-07-31

[5] Steam Community - HOW TO REPORT BUGS + KNOWN BUGS & FIXES - last accessed on 2021-07-31

[6] Steam Community - Secret Admirer isn't clearing once completed - last accessed on 2021-07-31

[8] Steam News: The Forgotten City: Version 1.1 of The Forgotten City is now live! - last accessed on 2021-09-18

[9] Verified by User:Aaronth07 on 2021-07-30

[10] Please Help The Forgotten City - last accessed on 2021-07-29

[11] Secret Admirer isn't clearing once completed - last accessed on 2021-07-29

[12] Verified by User:KainXVIII on 2022-04-27

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Developers

	Modern Storyteller
Publishers
	Dear Villagers
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	July 28, 2021
Reception
Metacritic	84
OpenCritic	84
IGDB	90
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Classical, Detective/mystery