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Rust

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Revision as of 09:48, 13 July 2018 by Kenji Kusanagi (talk | contribs) (→‎Issues fixed: added a new issue and a fix)
Rust
Rust cover
Developers
Facepunch Studios
Engines
Unity 2017[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows February 8, 2018[2]
macOS (OS X) February 8, 2018[2]
Linux February 8, 2018[2]
Rust on Wikipedia

General information

Official forum
Unofficial wiki
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
All versions require Steam DRM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\cfg\client.cfg[Note 2]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game>/cfg/client.cfg
Linux <path-to-game>/cfg/client.cfg
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Unity configuration window.
Unity configuration window.
Graphical options.
Graphical options.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Control options.
Control options.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Sound options.
Sound options.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Russian
Spanish
An up-to date page of all supported languages can be found here

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
300

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Via console command client.connect ip:port

Issues fixed

Trouble entering the game

Add launch option[3]
  1. Right-click on the game in your Steam library and select Properties.
  2. Select Set Launch Options and enter: -force-d3d11.

Notes

This applies to those using Windows 8.1.

Artifacts on textures

Execute console command[4]
  1. Open the console (F1 by default)
  2. Enter gfx.all false and press Enter

Server browser and crafting menus are invisible (Linux)

Run the game in windowed mode[5]
  1. Start the game from Steam and choose Play Rust to bring up the configuration window
  2. In the Graphics tab activate the Windowed tickbox

Game crashes when joining a server on NVIDIA 396 driver (Linux)

Disable OpenGL's Collapsed Arrays for Rust[6]

Open PreferencesSet Launch Options... and add the following line

__GL_GlslUseCollapsedArrays=0 %command%

Other information

Disable censorship

Remove censorship (genitals will no longer be pixelated)[citation needed]
  1. Open the console (F1 by default).
  2. Enter censor.nudity false and press Enter.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 670
AMD Radeon HD 7870
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.7 Lion
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 670
AMD Radeon HD 7870
2 GB of VRAM
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 670
AMD Radeon HD 7870
2 GB of VRAM

Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 2017.1.3f1[1]
  2. 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).

References