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Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

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Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown cover
Developers
Project Aces
Publishers
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Engines
Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows January 31, 2019
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Key points

Using a controller is recommended over keyboard and mouse controls.
Well optimized for PC.
HOTAS support is limited to the T.Flight Hotas 4 and T.Flight Hotas One. Other HOTAS peripherals are not supported.[1]

General information

Official site
Acepedia - A huge wiki for the Ace Combat series
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

All versions require Steam and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.[2][3]

Version differences

The Launch Edition contains the base game and the F-4E Phantom II + 3 Skins DLC.
The Deluxe Edition contains the base game, the Season Pass, and the 8 Popular Squadron Emblems DLC.
The Deluxe Launch Edition contains the contents of the Launch Edition and the Deluxe Edition.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
8 Popular Squadron Emblems Not available for standalone purchase in all regions.
Windows
F-4E Phantom II + 3 Skins
Windows
Season Pass
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment\ACE COMBAT 7\Config
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/502500/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment\ACE COMBAT 7\SaveGames
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/502500/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Anti-aliasing (AA)

TAA provides much better image stability and quality than FXAA and is cheap to use.
Replace FXAA with TAA[4]
  1. Enable the in-game setting for FXAA.
  2. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  3. Open Engine.ini.
  4. Add this at the bottom.
[SystemSettings]
r.PostProcessAAQuality=6
r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=2
r.TemporalAACurrentFrameWeight=0.2
r.TemporalACCatmullRom=1
r.TemporalAAPauseCorrect=1
r.TemporalAASamples=4
r.TemporalAASharpen=0.6
r.TemporalAADynamicSharpen=0.1

Chromatic aberration

Disable chromatic aberration[5]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add this at the bottom.
[/Script/Engine.RendererSettings]
r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0
r.SceneColorFringe.Max=0

Draw distance

Draw distance can be tweaked by adjusting the values of the r.ViewDistanceScale parameter.
Increase draw distance[6]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add this at the bottom.
[/Script/Engine.RendererSettings]
r.ViewDistanceScale=5
r.SkeletalMeshLODBias=-2
r.StaticMeshLODDistanceScale=0.25

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

There is no native voice chat support.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Italian
German
Spanish
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Korean
Traditional Chinese

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
8 Versus

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Online lobby browser with no indication of player skill.
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Lag in menus

Menus exhibit extreme slowdowns when going from one menu to another.
Unplug USB audio devices[7]

Unplugging USB audio devices such as DACs, headsets and microphones resolves the issue. Disabling them in the Sound control panel works too. Disabling the device's respective HID-compliant device in Device Manager may also solve the issue.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Shader Model support 5.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Wwise
Cutscenes Criware

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8, 8.1, 10 (64-bit)
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-7100
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 60 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX 11 compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/502500/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (502500) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References