Transformers: Devastation

Transformers
Beast Wars: Transformers	1998
Transformers: The Game	2007
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	2009
Transformers: War for Cybertron	2010
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron	2012
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark	2014
Transformers: Devastation	2015
Transformers: Battlegrounds	2020
Transformers: Tactical Arena	2021
Transformers: EarthSpark - Expedition	2023

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

This game is no longer available digitally, due to Activision losing the license for the IP.

All versions require Steam DRM.

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Activision\TRANSFORMERS - Devastation^{[Note 1]} %USERPROFILE%\Documents\TRANSFORMERS_Devastation\SystemData.dat
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/338930/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\TRANSFORMERS_Devastation\GameData.dat
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/338930/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Native	Notes
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

Video settings.

Display settings.

Controller and keyboard settings.

Camera settings.

Audio settings.

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: TRANSFORMERS: Devastation.

Game defaults monitor refresh rate to 60 Hz. This can result in screen tearing on high refresh rate monitors using G-Sync or FreeSync.

Set screen refresh rate^{[citation needed]}

Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide.
Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
Open <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\TransformersDevastation.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used.
Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate].

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	9 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 3870 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

↑ Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
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 (338930) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.