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Revision as of 11:08, 31 July 2019
Developers | |
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Frogwares | |
Publishers | |
Bigben Interactive | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 4 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 27, 2019 |
General information
- Official website
- Official wiki
- The Sinking City subreddit
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Official website | Necronomicon Edition is also available. | |||
Epic Games Store | Necronomicon Edition is also available. | |||
Humble Store | Necronomicon Edition is also available. |
- Exclusive to the Epic Games launcher for at least 1 year after release.[1]
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Worshipers of the Necronomicon | Extra side quests - Breaking News, Blood from A Stone, Mystic Tomes.[2] Completing the latter grants the Cultist outfit. | |
Investigator Pack | Daywear outfit, 21 crafting materials, first aid kit and antipsychotics always available at the Devil's Reef hotel.[2] | |
Chicago Organ Grinder | A golden submachine gun available in the inventory from the start of the game.[2] | |
Extra Skill Point | An extra knowledge point and 500 XP available from the start of the game.[2] |
Version differences
- Digital pre-orders included Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter, the Chicago Organ Grinder, Extra Skill Point DLC, and 2 days of early access.
- The Day One physical edition includes a printed map of Oakmont, the Investigator Pack and Chicago Organ Grinder DLC.
- The Necronomicon Edition includes the Worshipers of the Necronomicon and Investigator Pack DLC.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Remove the video files[3] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\TSCGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/750130/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\TSCGame\Saved\SaveGames\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/750130/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Field of view (FOV)
Use an external tool to fine-tune FOV[3] |
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Increase FOV by changing the way it's calculated[4] |
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[/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer] AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV
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High frame rate
Edit the config file[5] |
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Anti-aliasing (AA)
Enable TAA sharpening through the config file[6] |
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[SystemSettings] r.TemporalAACurrentFrameWeight=0.2 r.TemporalAASharpness=0.8 r.Tonemapper.Sharpen=1 |
Enable super-sampling through the config file[4] |
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[SystemSettings] r.ScreenPercentage=150
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Bloom
Disable bloom through the config file[6] |
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[SystemSettings] r.BloomQuality=0 |
Depth of field
Disable depth of field through the config file[7] |
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[SystemSettings] r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0 |
Film grain
Disable film grain through the config file[6] |
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[SystemSettings] r.Tonemapper.Quality=0 |
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Language selection is only available from the main menu Gameplay settings. | |||
Arabic | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Turkish | ||||
Ukrainian |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: The Sinking City - 3D-Vision Fix - Losti - V1.20. |
Issues unresolved
Game stuttering
Multiple high-end hardware users have reported stuttering unrelated to FPS drops.[8][9][10][11] The developers acknowledged the issue.[12]
Issues fixed
Crashing at gun pickup
AMD users have reported crashing upon picking up the pistol at the starting location.
Set Post process to Low in the Video settings until after the pistol is picked up.[13] |
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Crashing at boat interaction
Pressing A on an Xbox 360 controller to get on the protagonist's small boat may cause the game to crash.[14]
Press X to get on and off the boat.[15] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3 3 GHz AMD Phenom X6 3 GHz |
Intel Core i7-3770 3.5 GHz AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 1400 |
System memory (RAM) | 6 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 35 GB | 40 GB |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 ATI Radeon R9 380X 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 290 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible Shader model 5.0 support |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 (750130) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ The Sinking City and Epic Games store - last accessed on March 20, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 FAQ - last accessed on 2019-06-27
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-25
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-26
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-25
- Set to 120.000000 and saw it reflected in the game.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-26
- Screenshots taken and compared.
- ↑ [1], Steam Discussion: Disable depth of field in dialogues?
- ↑ The Sinking City - PC Stuttering Issues + Benchmark Scene - last accessed on 2019-06-26
- ↑ (PC) Stuttering/hitching, any fix? - last accessed on 2019-06-26
- ↑ No longer get 60FPS? - last accessed on 2019-06-26
- ↑ Frame rate is not stable - last accessed on 2019-06-27
- ↑ The Sinking City - Official feedback thread - last accessed on 2019-06-28
- ↑ The Sinking City - Official feedback thread - user comments - last accessed on 2019-06-28
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-07-03
- Tried and crashed to "Fatal error" 5 times with different boats, with an Xbox 360 Razer Onza controller.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-07-05
- This helps, although pressing A by mistake will still lead to a crash.