NightCry
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| Developers | |
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| Nude Maker | |
| Publishers | |
| AGM PLAYISM | |
| Engines | |
| Unity | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | March 29, 2016 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 46 |
| OpenCritic | 48 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Survival horror |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Horror |
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Key points
- Some players report different framerate caps. It may be 60 FPS for some immediately, while it will be 30 FPS for others. If it is locked at 30 FPS, try the solutions below.
- Some poor optimization and heavy on performance.
- No controller support.
- The game is running with D3D11 renderer which causes slow down and poor performance.
- Switching from D3D11 renderer to D3D9 renderer with this command line arguments
-force-d3d9caps the framerate at 60 FPS with no known issues.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Steam | |
Can be run without the Steam client. | |
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| Publisher website (unavailable) | |
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DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| Artbook | |
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| Soundtrack | |
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| Storyboards | |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\nudemaker\NightCry |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/427660/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\nudemaker\NightCry\storage\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/427660/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | Set a custom resolution with the command line arguments -screen-width 1920 -screen-height 1080 |
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| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Resolutions above 1600x900 are not available without command line arguments. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Enable windowed mode and use the -popupwindow parameter (or see the glossary page). |
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| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS | Use the -force-d3d9 command line argument |
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| 120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Spanish | Fan translation. |
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
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| Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: NightCry. | ||
Issues fixed
Frame rate capped at 30 FPS
Use the -force-d3d9 command line argument[citation needed]
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| Use SweetFX[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Restore default input configuration
- There is no button for this in the launcher.
| Instructions[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 7, 8, 10 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Dual-Core 2.4 GHz AMD Dual-Core Athlon 2.5 GHz |
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| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 10 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8800GT AMD Radeon HD 3830 Intel HD Graphics 4000 512 MB of VRAM |
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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.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (427660) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.