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Consortium

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CONSORTIUM
CONSORTIUM cover
Developers
Interdimensional Games
Engines
Source
Release dates
Windows January 6, 2014

Key points

Lots of game breaking bugs, glitches and performance issues which will be fixed in upcoming patches.[1] It is recommended by developers to wait until the game becomes more stable.

General information

Official website
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Template:Availability Table

Essential improvements

Patches

On 18th January a patch has been released which fixes majority of issues.[2] Another patch will be released on the 31st.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/264240/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/264240/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.
Advanced video settings.

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Input settings

Keyboard/Mouse settings.
Controller settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Issues unresolved

Alt+Tab does not work

When Alt+Tab used the game crashes to desktop. Temporary possible solution is running the game in windowed mode.[3]

Crash to desktop

It has been reported that the game crashes to desktop at certain situations.[4][5][6][7][8]

Diagonal white line

Apparently the game has rendering problems on laptop hardware. Some laptop users reported having a diagonal white line on their screen during gameplay.[9][10]

Flickering lights

Apparently the game has rendering problems on Windows XP. Some XP users reported having flickering lights/screen issues which makes everything brighter.[11][12]

Freezing at loading screen

Some users reported the game freezes at the loading screen.[13][14] Developers claimed that on lower spec machines the game can take a little bit longer to load.[15]

Low performance

It has been reported that on some configurations game has a low performance.[16][17][18] Temporary solutions are turning off V-sync, running the game at a smaller resolution or turning off SSAO by entering r_post_ssao 0 command to the developer console.[19]

Player gets stuck

Some players reported getting stuck at certain situations.[20]

Issues fixed

Subtitles display multiple times

Some users reported subtitles display multiple times.[21][22] It has also been reported that restarting the game solved the problem for some users.[23][24]


Other information

Useful console commands

Command Option Description
cl_fov Adjusts field of view.
cl_showfps 0,1,2 Draws a Frames Per Second (FPS) counter at the top of the screen.
cvarlist Shows the list of convars/concommands.
mat_picmip -10 - 4 Adjusts texture quality. (Between -10 and 4)
r_post_ssao 0,1 Disables or enables SSAO.
r_signal_fx 0,1 Disables or enables signal effects on UI.

System requirements

Developers stated Mac and Linux support will be added in the future.[25][26]
Currently the game has memory optimization issues. Therefore 32bit is not recommended.[27]
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5GHz
AMD Athlon X2 64 2.7GHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 7 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GTX 260
AMD Radeon HD 4890
DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: CONSORTIUM
  2. Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: CONSORTIUM
  3. ALT-TAB crashes :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  4. Bug Reports :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  5. Crash at a certain story-point :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  6. Bug Reports :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  7. Game and Steam crash after intro movie :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  8. CRASHES :: CONSORTIUM V1.1 Patch Progress
  9. Graphical issue - Diagonal white line :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  10. Any tips to improve framerate? :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  11. Graphical issue - Flickering lights :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  12. Graphical issue - Flickering lights :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  13. Entering game Bug :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions:
  14. Game freezes in loading screen :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  15. CRASHES :: CONSORTIUM V1.1 Patch Progress
  16. Performance issues :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  17. Bad performance with above rec specs? :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  18. Graphical Lag :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  19. Graphical Performance: Temp Fix :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  20. Bug Reports :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  21. Bug Reports :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  22. What I Think We All Think About This Game :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  23. Bug Reports :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  24. Subtitles? :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  25. CONSORTIUM by Interdimensional Games Inc — Kickstarter
  26. Linux support? :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  27. Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: CONSORTIUM