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Revision as of 23:03, 29 August 2023

Under The Waves
Under The Waves cover
Developers
Parallel Studio
Publishers
Quantic Dream
Engines
Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows August 28, 2023
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Adventure
Vehicles Naval/watercraft
Art styles Realistic
Themes Sci-fi,

Under The Waves is a narrative-driven adventure game about the engulfing power of grief. Set in the depths of the North Sea in a techno-futuristic 1970s, professional diver Stan is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss and embrace a new future. The isolation of the deep sea is a fitting manifestation of his state of mind, and as Stan retreads further into his self-imposed solitude, he starts to experience strange events far beneath the waves. He will eventually have to make a difficult choice...

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows
Epic Games Store
Epic Games Launcher
Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\UnderTheWaves\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1975440/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\UnderTheWaves\Saved\SaveGames
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1975440/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphic settings
Graphic settings
Accessibility settings
Accessibility settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See Anisotropic filtering.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See Anti-aliasing.
High-fidelity upscaling
FSR 2.0
As shown on AMD's official website and the game's splash screens.[1]
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Can be set to 30, 60, 120 or Unlimited.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Motion blur

Disable motion blur[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Create a file named Engine.ini and open it.
  3. Add the following and save the file.
[SystemSettings]
r.MotionBlurQuality=0

Anisotropic filtering

Adjust anisotropic filtering[3]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Create a file named Engine.ini and open it.
  3. Add the following and save the file.
[SystemSettings]
r.MaxAnisotropy=16
Anisotropic filtering quality can be adjusted by changing the value between 0 and 16.

Anti-aliasing

Disable anti-aliasing[4]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following and save the file.
[SystemSettings]
r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=0
r.PostProcessAAQuality=0
Turning off chromatic aberration or film grain is not possible using the same methods.[5]

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Voice, Effect
Surround sound
Subtitles
Size and Background can be adjusted
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Thai
Turkish

Other information

API

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

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) AMD Ryzen 3 4100
Intel Core i5 4th Gen
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) AMD R9 290 HD
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
4 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:DarkSonicPT on 2023-08-29
    https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/fidelityfx-super-resolution
  2. Verified by User:DarkSonicPT on 2023-08-29
  3. Verified by User:DarkSonicPT on 2023-08-29
  4. Verified by User:DarkSonicPT on 2023-08-29
  5. Verified by User:DarkSonicPT on 2023-08-29
    Tried r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0 and r.Tonemapper.GrainQuantization=0/3 to no avail.