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Developers | |
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High Moon Studios | |
Publishers | |
Activision | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 22, 2010 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 75 |
IGDB | 71 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Shooter |
Vehicles | Automobile, Truck |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Series | Transformers |
Key points
- Capped at 30 FPS; see High frame rate to fix.
- Official Master server for multiplayer was shut down on April 17, 2020. Can be restored with a mod, see Multiplayer types
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | SecuROM v7.42.0001 DRM.[1] | |||
Amazon.com (unavailable) | ||||
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable) | [2] | |||
Steam (unavailable) |
- No longer available digitally, due to Activision losing the license for the IP.
Downloadable content (DLC)
- The Map and Character Pack DLC was never officially released for the PC version. modders have ported both packs with this mod being the most sucessful attempt: https://github.com/DarkElementPL/WFCDLC
- People who don't have the mod installed will cause the game to crash when trying to connect to a game.
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files[citation needed] |
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FMV_intro_PC.bik Logo_Activision.bik Logo_Activision_PC.bik Logo_Hasbro_PC.bik Logo_HighMoon_PC.bik TF_InitialStartup.bik |
Game data
Configuration file location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\TransGame\Config\PC\Cooked[Note 1] <path-to-game>\TransGame\Localization\PC\Cooked[Note 1] HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Activision\TransformersWFC |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/42650/pfx/[Note 2] |
-
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
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Transformers\TransGame\SaveData |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/42650/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer. | ||
4K Ultra HD | The game runs fine on 1440p and 1620p, but on 2160p the textures get bugged and load only low-res textures. Subtitles also scales poorly with resolutions larger than 1280 pixels wide, making them too small in very high resolutions. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Borderless fullscreen windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See Anisotropic filtering (AF). | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | High Quality graphics setting uses unknown form of post process AA. See Anti-aliasing (AA) for sampling-based AA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | 30 FPS default cap; see High frame rate. | ||
120+ FPS | 30 FPS default cap; see High frame rate. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Field of view (FOV)
Use FOV & FPS Tool[citation needed] |
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Use TWFC FOV & FPS Tool. Notes
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Use Flawless Widescreen[citation needed] |
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Use Flawless Widescreen. Notes
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Borderless fullscreen windowed
Use external programs[citation needed] |
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Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Change AF[citation needed] |
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Anti-aliasing (AA)
Nvidia Inspector[4] |
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Sampling-based AA can be forced through Nvidia Inspector with |
Change MaxMultiSamples[citation needed] |
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High frame rate
- The game is capped at 30 FPS by default.
Use FOV & FPS Tool[citation needed] |
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Use TWFC FOV & FPS Tool. Notes
|
Use FPS unlocker[5] |
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Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | 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 | Only keyboard button prompts are displayed. | |
Controller remapping | By editing Coalesced.ini (encrypted). | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M | Mouse conflicts with right stick. |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Effects, Voice, Music. Change in-game Audio Settings. | |
Surround sound | 5.1 | |
Subtitles | Enable in-game Display Settings. Combat chatter not subtitled. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Game will automatically pause in Campaign. Multiplayer and Escalation will open the pause menu but game will still be running and sound will still be heard. | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Local retail release only. | |||
Russian | Official localization by "1C". Local retail release only. | |||
Spanish | Spain localization |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local play | ||||
LAN play | Internet required to play any multiplayer game mode. | |||
Online play | 10 | 10 per lobby (5 per team), 4 players in Escalation co-op, 3 players in Campaign co-op. See this website for restoring the Multiplayer: https://wiki.aiwarehouse.xyz/en/tfc-wfc-pc-guide |
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 | 3074 (outbound to master server) |
UDP | 7777 (inbound, outbound) |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Issues fixed
Game not launching (without an error or a message)
There are three main ways to fix this issue, which is a symptom of three different unrelated problems.
OS compatibility[citation needed] |
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Incomplete PhysX installation[citation needed] |
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Fix configuration file[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9 | A D3D10 setting exacts in the config file but nothing happens. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz Dual Core | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 9 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 7900 GT ATI Radeon X1900 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 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.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (42650) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Any word on DRM yet? - Transformers: War for Cybertron Message Board for PC - GameFAQs - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Transformers WFC for GFWL - last accessed on 31 March 2023
- ↑ XeNTaX • View topic - Transformers: War for Cybertron coalesced.int unpack - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ NVIDIA Anti-Aliasing guide - NVIDIA GeForce Drivers - VideoCardz Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ FPS UNLOCKER by Psych - keep stickied and rep - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)