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Control

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Control
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Developers
Remedy Entertainment
Publishers
505 Games
Engines
Northlight
Release dates
Windows August 27, 2019
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Control on Wikipedia

General information

Official website
Official forums
Official Discord server
Official support page
Control subreddit
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
 [1]
Windows
Humble Store
Epic Games Launcher
Windows
Exclusive to the Epic Games launcher for 1 year after release.[2]

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Tactical Response Gear Pre-order bonus outfit.
Windows
Crafting Resources Pack Pre-order bonus resources.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\renderer.ini[Note 1]
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Remedy\Control\Default-Epic-User\preferences\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/870780/pfx/[Note 2]
Only renderer.ini is in plain text.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Remedy\Control\Default-Epic-User\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/870780/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Display settings.
Display settings.

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Multi-monitor

Modify game files for multi-monitor support[3]
By default, the game does not allow to select resolutions wider than 21:9.
  1. Download the Control & Quantum Break multimonitor patcher.
  2. Use it to patch <path-to-game>\coregame_rmdwin10_f.dll (for DirectX 12) or <path-to-game>\coregame_rmdwin7_f.dll (DirectX 11).
  3. Open <path-to-game>\renderer.ini in a text editor.
  4. Set the width and height values of m_iOutputResolutionX, m_iOutputResolutionY, m_iRenderResolutionX and m_iRenderResolutionY as desired (e.g. "m_iOutputResolutionX": 5760,)
  5. Save the changes and launch the game.
Changing back to a narrower resolution in the game will require editing the .ini file again.

Motion blur

Disable motion blur with a DLL injection[4]
Only works in the DirectX 11 mode.
  1. Download this file.
  2. Unpack the archive and copy its contents to <path-to-game>\
  • Toggle motion blur by pressing F4 in the game.
  • Alternatively, open d3dx.ini in a text editor.
    Look for w2=1 under ;Motion blur. 0=disabled. 1=enabled. and change it to w2=0

Input settings

Gameplay settings.
Gameplay settings.
Controls settings.
Controls settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Interface settings.
Interface settings.

Localizations

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

Issues unresolved

Crashes with ray tracing enabled on GTX cards

Having any of the Ray Tracing options enabled in the game may result in crashing on Nvidia GTX graphics cards. Unchecking each related box in the settings solves the issue.[5][6]

Performance issues on high-end hardware

There have been multiple reports of FPS drops below 60 and stuttering on hardware exceeding the recommended system requirements.[7][8][9]

Issues fixed

No choice of DirectX 12 on AMD cards

Launch the game directly from <path-to-game>\Control_DX12.exe[7]

SSE 4.2 instruction set

Game will refuse to start if your CPU doesn't support SSE 4.2 instruction set, in reality this is not true, at least for the DX11 version.
If you have your CPU doesn't support the SSE 4.2 instruction set, then your CPU is below the system requirements of this game. Expect the game to run poorly on your PC.
Remove SSE 4.2 check in rl_rmdwin7_f.dll[10]
  1. Get hex editor. HxD is free, portable and easy to use.
  2. Open rl_rmdwin7_f.dll in hex editor.
  3. Search for 0FBAE114730A hex string.
  4. Replace it with 0FBAE1149090 hex string.

Screenshot showing the steps to perform in HxD

Remove SSE 4.2 check

Other information

API

Launcher options.
Launcher options.
Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11, 12 Selectable through the launcher. DirectX Raytracing (DXR) is also supported.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio Wwise
Interface Coherent Labs
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-4690
AMD FX-4350		 Intel Core i5-7600K
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
System memory (RAM) 8 GB 16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 38 GB [12]
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 780
AMD Radeon R9 280X
DirectX 11 compatible 		Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
AMD Radeon RX 580
DirectX 12 compatible
Other Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 for ray tracing.[11]
A 64-bit system is required.

Notes

  1. ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-08-23
    Closed the launcher, renamed its main and AppData folders, ran the game through Control.exe without issues.
  2. ↑ Control – Pre-order FAQ - last accessed on August 21, 2019
  3. ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-08-23
    Tested at custom resolutions of 3840x1080 and 5760x1080
  4. ↑ how to disable motion blur ? - last accessed on 2019-08-28
  5. ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-08-23
    Encountered and consistently reproduced on a GTX 1070 card.
  6. ↑ Control system requirements, settings, benchmarks, and performance analysis - last accessed on 2019-08-27
    "DXR mode caused frequent crashes on our GTX 1070, 1080, and 1080 Ti, to the point where we couldn't complete our benchmark sequence. Just leave if off, basically."
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Control system requirements, settings, benchmarks, and performance analysis - last accessed on 2019-08-27
  8. ↑ Am I the only one who gets constant stutters? Pc version - last accessed on 2019-08-28
  9. ↑ CONTROL PC Performance Explored – All In On RTX - last accessed on 2019-08-28
  10. ↑ Twitter | beatcracker
  11. ↑ Control – PC requirements - last accessed on 2019-08-19
  12. ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-08-23
    The official system requirements contain no HDD information. On my hard drive, the game took up 37.5 GB.