The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
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This page is for the original version of the game. For the Redux version of the game running on Unreal Engine 4, see The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
Developers | |
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The Astronauts | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 25, 2014 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 82 |
OpenCritic | 80 |
IGDB | 82 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Perspectives | First-person |
Genres | Adventure, Exploration |
Themes | Detective/mystery |
Series | The Vanishing of Ethan Carter |
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter | |
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter | 2014 |
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux | 2015 |
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter VR | 2016 |
Key points
- When buying the game, Redux version is automatically added to game library where game was purchased or activated.
- Game runs and scales very well on most hardware configurations.
- Stuttering in some areas due to texture loading.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Epic Games Store | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | Additional step required to unlock Redux edition. See below. | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Unlock Redux edition (GOG.com)[1] |
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Essential improvements
Skip launcher
Create a shortcut to <path-to-game>\Binaries\Win64\AstronautsGame-Win64-Shipping.exe to run the game executable[citation needed]
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Vanishing of Ethan Carter\AstronautsGame\Config\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/258520/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Vanishing of Ethan Carter\AstronautsGame\SaveData\SaveGame_0.sav |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/258520/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | 16:9 letterboxing. | ||
Multi-monitor | Use Flawless Widescreen. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Use Flawless Widescreen. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Vert-, from 70° to 120°. Use Flawless Widescreen for Hor+. [EDIT 11-30-19: Can someone who has played the game fix this entry? It makes no sense, as the terms 'VERT-' and 'HOR+' are meaningless in the context of altering FOV. They refer only to how the FOV changes compensatorily when *altering the aspect ratio*. For a given aspect ratio, if one is increasing the horizontal field of view, the vertical FOV is going to increase as well, and vice versa.] |
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Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA, up to 8x MSAA, 8x CSAA, 8x QCSAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Unlimited Framerate setting. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Camera Smoothing setting. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | XInput | |
Full controller support | Launcher requires mouse or keyboard. | |
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
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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Tracked motion controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | For DualShock, use the PlayStation button icons Mod. | |
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, Music, Voice, SFX, Ambience. | |
Surround sound | 7.1 | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | Use X3DAudio HRTF. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | fan translation | |||
Polish | ||||
Russian | 1) Fan translation by «Tolma4 Team» 2) Fan voice-over by GamesVoice |
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Slovak | Use the unofficial Slovak language file, also contains localized textures. | |||
Spanish |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter. | ||
vorpX | G3D, DirectVR Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Headsets | |||
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SteamVR | Requires VR DLC. | ||
Oculus VR (LibOVR) | Requires VR DLC. | ||
Windows Mixed Reality | Requires VR DLC. | ||
OSVR | Requires VR DLC. |
Devices | |||
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Tracked motion controllers | |||
Traditional controller | See Input for details. | ||
Keyboard/Mouse | [2] |
Play area | |||
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Seated | |||
Standing | |||
Room-scale |
Issues fixed
Game crashes with CSAA enabled
Select another type of anti-aliasing[citation needed] |
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CLR20r3 Error
Download the config files[3] |
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Notes
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Nothing happens after clicking Play / 0xc000007b error
Reinstall d3dx9_43.dll[4] |
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Notes
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Use older Visual C++ runtime libraries[3] |
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Black screen when using Steam In-Home Streaming
Select fullscreen windowed in the launcher instead of fullscreen[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9, 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | 64-bit used by default if 64-bit OS is detected. |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP3 | 7, 8 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo | |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 9 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | DirectX 10 compatible |
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.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/258520/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (258520) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ GOG Forum :: how to redeem the vanishing of ethan carter redux if you own the standard version
- ↑ Can i use Keyboard and Mouse for the VR version? :: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter General Discussions
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2016-11-10
- ↑ Game Issues mini-FAQ | Steam Community Forum