Wolfenstein: The New Order
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MachineGames | |
Publishers | |
Bethesda Softworks | |
Engines | |
id Tech 5 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 20, 2014 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 81 |
OpenCritic | 81 |
IGDB | 77 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | FPS, Shooter |
Series | Wolfenstein |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Castle Wolfenstein | 1981 |
Beyond Castle Wolfenstein | 1984 |
Wolfenstein 3D | 1992 |
Spear of Destiny | 1992 |
Return to Castle Wolfenstein | 2001 |
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory | 2003 |
Wolfenstein | 2009 |
Wolfram (unofficial game) | 2012 |
Wolfenstein: The New Order | 2014 |
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood | 2015 |
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | 2017 |
Wolfenstein: Youngblood | 2019 |
Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot | 2019 |
RealRTCW (unofficial mod) | 2020 |
Wolfenstein: The New Order is a singleplayer first-person FPS and shooter game in the Wolfenstein series.
General information
- PC Report
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Community Discussions (German Edition)
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | 4 DVDs. Also released in a two-pack along with a digital code for The Old Blood. | |||
Epic Games Store | [1] | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | Users reported crashes shortly after release, which seem to have been patched a few weeks after launch.[2] | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Microsoft Store | Xbox Game Pass for PC | |||
Steam | ||||
Amazon.com (unavailable) | ||||
Bethesda.net (unavailable) |
Version differences
- The German Edition (aka LV Release) only includes the German language and has content differences (e.g. no swastikas).
- The Panzerhund Edition does not include the game or any in-game extras.[3]
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Subscription gaming service | Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC. |
Essential improvements
Restore cache files
- The texture cache folder is not created by the game, so you need to create it manually to make the cache functional.
- This can fix some stuttering in the game.
Manually create texture cache folder[4] |
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Notes
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Skip intro videos
Use +com_skipIntroVideo 1 command line argument[5]
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Rename the video files |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\MachineGames\Wolfenstein The New Order\base\wolfConfig.cfg |
Microsoft Store | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/201810/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\MachineGames\Wolfenstein The New Order\base\savegame\ |
Microsoft Store | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/201810/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud | [6] | |
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Use Flawless Widescreen.[7] | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Some U.I. elements (i.e. tutorial boxes) will improperly linger at the edges of the screen after being closed. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | From 80° to 100° horizontal. 4:3 base. See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Listed as Fullscreen Windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Always at 4x.[8] | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See Anti-aliasing (AA). | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See Vertical sync (Vsync). | ||
60 FPS | Cutscenes are capped at 30 FPS. | ||
120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS. See High frame rate. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Field of view (FOV)
- id5 Tweaker increases the upper limit of the FOV to 200 and allows changing viewmodel FOV as well.
- It is recommended to keep g_fov at a maximum of 120 for a wide field of view without fish-eye effect at 16:9 resolutions and hands_fovscale at 1.0 to avoid making the character hands and weapons disproportinate to the screen or broken in certain situations.
Adjust FOV values[9] |
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Anti-aliasing (AA)
- Tested up to 16x MSAA. Can drastically reduce performance and could cause some graphical issues with depth of field, shadows and screen-space reflections[10]
- This has no effect on many edges in the game but will help reduce jaggies on geometry edges.[11]
Enable MSAA Anti-aliasing |
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
- The in-game Vsync option may not work correctly if used in conjunction with G-sync, and/or if using the unofficial high frame rate mod.
Alternative Vsync[citation needed] |
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Notes
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High frame rate
Increase FPS cap[9] | |
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Notes
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Post-processing
Disable depth of field[5][9] |
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Disable all post process effects[9] |
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Input
- Some useful console commands would be
listBinds
,unbind
in order to force certain keys to be unbound andunbindAll
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Certain keys such as E and J cannot be completely rebound (see Remapping to fix). | |
Mouse acceleration | Disabled by default. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Can be changed by editing .cfg.[citation needed] | |
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 | Rapidly changes button prompts |
Remapping
Binding keys through the console[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Binding keys by editing configuration files[13] |
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Alternatively, and in case the above doesn't work, open the console (ctrl+`) and type: bindset 4 <enter> bind e "_moveforward" <enter> Notes
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master and dialogue.[5][14] | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0. | |
Subtitles | None, foreign languages only, or always on. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
- Lines spoken in the game utilize different languages with a subtitle available if a line is in foreign language.
Localizations
- The German Edition only has German language.
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | Fan translation. | |||
French | ||||
German | German Edition only. Censored version, can be made uncut with this patch (alternate download: [1]), but that changes the game language to English. | |||
Hungarian | Fan translation. | |||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation, download. | |||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
VR support
3D modes | State | GG3D | Notes | |
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Native 3D | ||||
Nvidia 3D Vision | Use 3D Surround Gaming fix. | |||
TriDef 3D | ||||
iZ3D |
Devices | |||
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3RD Space Gaming Vest |
Issues fixed
Vertical sync disables itself intermittently
Force Vsync and triple buffering[9] |
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"Wolfenstein is not responding" crash
- The game may crash soon after starting when using outdated graphics card drivers.
Install recommended graphics card drivers[15][16] |
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Game crashes to desktop on random intervals on AMD graphics cards
- There is an issue where Catalyst AI causes the crashes. In older drivers this could be turned off in the software, but now it must be done manually.
- Unknown if this issue has been fixed by AMD graphics driver updates.
Disable Catalyst AI[17] |
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Notes
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Displayed game exceeds range of visibility on the screen
Disable DPI scaling in Windows |
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Major FPS issues on AMD cards
- The AMD's OpenGL driver is notorious for low performance.
Since 22.7.1 driver on Polaris and newer architectures, the Old Blood received a major FPS increase, while New Order still works poorly.
Use these id5Tweaker config settings:[18] |
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jobs_numthreads 1 vt_maxPPF 144 vt_uncompressedPhysicalImages 0 vt_useCudaTranscode 0 image_useCompression 1 r_useHardwareTextures 1 vt_pageimagesizevmtr 8192 vt_pageimagesizeUnique 8192 vt_pageImageSizeUniqueDiffuseonly 512 vt_pageimagesizeUniqueDiffuseonly2 16384
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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OpenGL | 3.2 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video |
Disable camera sway
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Enable the console
Open the console with Ctrl+~ or Ctrl+\. |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 7, 8 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i7 AMD equivalent |
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System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 50 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 6850 |
- 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 (201810) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Mmachinecodev on 2022-07-01
- ↑ New Order Crashes Constantly - last accessed on 2022-08-22
- ↑ Kotaku - $100 Wolfenstein Panzerhound Edition Comes With A Sweet Dog, No Game - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Texture Cache Directory: Needs to be created :: Wolfenstein: The New Order General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Verified by User:Rose on 2018-07-19
- ↑ Verified by User:Aywee26 on 2022-12-03
- ↑ WSGF - Eyefinity/Nvidia Surround Support - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2018-07-19
- As seen in the console, the value is always set to 4 by default regardless of the quality settings.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Verified by User:Keith on 2017-11-30
- ↑ Advanced Graphical Settings and Fixes, Revised - last accessed on 2022-08-22
- ↑ Enable built-in Antialiasing (MSAA) - last accessed on July 19, 2018
- ↑ Steam Community - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ ESDF Key Bindings and Chapter 10 Tunnel Glider - Steam Community - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ PC v. 1.0.0.2 - last accessed on July 19, 2018
- ↑ Wolfenstein: The New Order PC Support - PC - Bethesda Softworks Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ "Wolfenstein is not responding" :: Wolfenstein: The New Order General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Wolfenstein: The New Order keeps Crashing to Desktop : Reddit Gamesupport - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/wrappers-fix-low-fps.441913/page-5#post-6134120