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NieR: Automata

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NieR: Automata
NieR: Automata cover
Developers
Platinum Games
Publishers
Square Enix
Engines
Platinum Engine
Release dates
Windows March 17, 2017
NieR: Automata on Wikipedia

Key points

Controller is recommended over keyboard and mouse.[1]
The High graphics preset defaults to 8x MSAA. The Ambient Occlusion setting on the other hand utilises SMAA.[2]
Fullscreen mode outputs to a lower resolution (unless fixed by using FAR).[2][3]

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Unofficial Tweak Guide

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Requires online activation
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
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For some regions: Steam key is obtained through Redeem on the game disc which checks the bundled key and DVD authenticity.[4][5]
Windows
Publisher website
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EU
Windows
Amazon.com
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.[6]

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Cardboard Pod Skin Part of the Day One Edition.
Windows
Grimoire Weiss Pod Part of the Day One Edition.
Windows
Machine Mask Accessory Part of the Day One Edition.
Windows
Retro Grey Pod Skin Part of the Day One Edition.
Windows
Retro Red Pod Skin Part of the Day One Edition.
Windows
Valve Character Accessory Granted to early purchasers. This promotion ended 16:00 GMT 24th March 2017.[7]
Windows
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Windows

Version differences

NieR: Automata Day One Edition

A timed limited edition that included additional bonus digital content (cosmetics only). This promotion ended 16:00 GMT 12 May 2017.

Essential improvements

FAR

Adds performance and visual enhancements (e.g. fixed bloom scaling), and other PC-specific features
Other third-party injection/overlay tools might interfere with this mod.[8]
Changelog
Source code
Source code (Special K)
Instructions
Instructions
Instructions

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/524220/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/524220/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Syncs settings across PCs as well, including video settings.

Video settings

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.
Camera settings.
Camera settings.

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Borderless fullscreen windowed

Instructions

Anti-aliasing (AA)

The High graphics preset defaults to 8x MSAA. The Ambient Occlusion setting on the other hand utilizes SMAA.[2][9]
Having the Anti-aliasing (AA) option enabled in conjunction with Ambient Occlusion (AO) causes visual issues and the transition effect between LoD levels to be abrupt.[9][10]

High frame rate

Cutscenes and menus will still be limited to 30 or 60 FPS.
Breaks some parts of the game and can make it impossible to progress without disabling the framerate unlocker.[11]
May cause other physics bugs and/or unexpected behavior.
Instructions

Input settings

Controller rebinding.
Controller rebinding.
Keyboard rebinding.
Keyboard rebinding.
General settings.
General settings.
Language settings.
Language settings.

Template:Input settings

DualShock 4 button prompts

Instructions

Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
English subtitles are transcribed from the English audio. Expect differences if used in conjunction with Japanese audio.
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish

VR support

Issues unresolved

Display driver crash (white/frozen screen)

Occasionally the game causes a display driver crash/reset which it can not recover properly from.[2][12]
Official fix for affected users is to update their display drivers; AMD users should at least use v17.5.2[13] and Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 and 780 Ti users v384.94[14], although some users might still experience the issue.[15]
The game continues playing in the background so if you're in a save zone you can quick save your progress by clicking on Esc+ Enter+ Enter. You should hear a chime sound effect when the game have been saved successfully.
Terminate the game using either Alt+F4 or Alt+Tab followed by terminating it through the Task Manager in Windows.
Users can mitigate the issue in various ways. An aggregated list of what works can be found in the chapter What is the White Screen Issue? of this guide.

Debug Mode: Menu cannot be opened using keyboard and mouse

The debug menu requires a controller to be opened and navigated. This is because it is opened by using the keybinding for Evade + Shortcuts. But Evade don't have a keybinding on keyboards.[16]

Game crashes during ending E on the 21st death

The game crashes once you die for the 21st time during the Shoot 'em Up level of ending E.[17]
The issue was introduced in the PC patch released on 2017-04-28.

Issues fixed

Game does not launch properly

Certain things can cause the game to not launch properly, or only idle in the background without any activity.

This can be caused by various stuff, so be sure to test all methods:

An incompatible input device is installed on the system

Certain input devices can cause the game to not launch properly on some systems (e.g. the Kensington Trackball and Nvidia Controller and related software).
Instructions

Denuvo is having connection problems

Occasionally Denuvo needs to phone home to retrieve a new valid hardware key for the game. If it fails the connection then NieRAutomata.exe will remain in the background of Windows and keep retrying for 5–15 minutes before Denuvo times out.[18]
Instructions

The installation of FAR is corrupt

FAR have seen a major change in how it injects itself into the game. Having remnants of the old injection method side by side with the new injection method will cause issues.
Instructions

White/black screen on launch

Instructions

Crash on touch-capable systems

Instructions

Crash when loading a savegame

Instructions

Saves do not show up in the game

Instructions

Saving does not work

Instructions

Fullscreen is stretched from a lower resolution or have black borders

The game requests a stretched resolution to output the rendered framebuffer to. This means that native resolutions will output to the closest stretched resolution, downscaling the image in the process. The GPU/monitor will then either show the outputted image with black borders around it (scaling disabled) or upscale the downscaled image back to the native resolution (scaling enabled) causing noticeable scaling artifacts in the image from the process.

Instructions

Cutscenes stutter

Instructions

LOD popping

Instructions

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Instructions

Mouse cursor is visible when playing with a controller

Instructions

Button prompts rapidly switch between KB/M and Gamepad

The game can get into a state where it believes a key is being held down endlessly when using a keyboard shortcut that makes the game lose focus. The most common cause is when using Alt+Tab to switch between the game and other applications, but it can also happen with other keyboard shortcuts.

Instructions

SLI is not working

Not officially supported by Platinum Games nor NVIDIA.
This is only required once, unless you perform a clean driver installation in the future.
Does not work in windowed mode (including borderless windowed mode).
Instructions
Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Wwise
Cutscenes Criware/Scaleform/Autodesk Does not include cutscene audio.
Vidsquish can be used to customize the cutscenes in various ways.

Modifications

NieR:Automata Free Camera

A simple tool that enables the free camera debug mode.

NieR:AutoModSave

Enables users to share save files.
Can be used to fix some corrupt save files that doesn't show up in-game any longer.
Source code

Nier-Automata-editor

Simple save game editor.

Vidsquish (prev. NieRepack)

Tool used for customization of the pre-rendered cutscenes of the game. Previously known as NieRepack.
Can be used to save space or improve aspect ratio or performance of the cutscenes.

System requirements

64-bit OS required.
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-2100
AMD A8-6500
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 50 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 770
AMD Radeon R9 270X
2 GB of VRAM
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>/524220/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (524220) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. NieR Automata - Port Report :: TotalBiscuit
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Tweak Guide :: Guide :: Steam Community - last accessed on 2017-07-04
  3. Game in 900pi, or something? :: NieR:Automata™ General Discussions :: Steam Discussions
  4. Product verification FAQ - NierGame.com
  5. Reply #1272 :: Denuvo has literally no purpose in NieR anymore, remove it :: NieR:Automata™ General Discussions :: Steam Discussions - last accessed on 2017-06-08
  6. NieR: Automata EULA
  7. Valve Character Accessory Update :: NieR:Automata™ :: Group Announcements :: Steam Community - last accessed on 2017-06-08
  8. FAR (Fix Automata Resolution) :: Special K - "Kaldaien's Mod" :: Steam Community Group - last accessed on 2017-05-10
    "RivaTuner Statistics Server, Discord and Razer software are known to interfere with this mod."
  9. 9.0 9.1 What's up with Nier: Automata on PC? • Eurogamer.net
  10. Reply 1414 :: Nier: Automata PC performance thread :: NeoGAF - last accessed on 2017-04-01
  11. Bug at the beginning of second playthrough :: NieR:Automata™ General Discussions :: Steam Discussions - last accessed on 2017-04-03
  12. nvidia graphics cards are having freezing/white screen problems :: NieR:Automata™ General Discussions :: Steam Discussions - last accessed on 2017-06-24
  13. Steam Community - AMD Radeon Graphics Card Update - last accessed on 2017-09-24
  14. Steam Community - Nvidia Graphics Card Update - last accessed on 2017-09-24
  15. White Screen still? :: NieR:Automata™ General Discussions :: Steam Discussions - last accessed on 2017-09-24
  16. Debug mode Pc :: NieR:Automata™ General Discussions :: Steam Discussions - last accessed on 2017-08-07
  17. Tweak Guide :: Guide :: Steam Community - last accessed on 2017-08-08
    "Regarding the ending E crash. The game crashes once you die for the 21st time. Every time. It's 21 deaths then poof: "NieR:Automata has stopped working""
  18. Nier Automata wont start :: NieR:Automata™ General Discussions :: Steam Discussions - last accessed on 2017-07-04