Wolfenstein: The Old Blood


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Castle Wolfenstein	1981
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Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory	2003
Wolfenstein	2009
Wolfram (unofficial game)	2012
Wolfenstein: The New Order	2014
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood	2015
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus	2017
Wolfenstein: Youngblood	2019
Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot	2019
RealRTCW (unofficial mod)	2020

Key points

Use id5 Tweaker to change advanced settings and optimize performance.

General information

Official Wolfenstein series site

Wolfenstein Wiki - A detailed wiki for every Wolfenstein game made.

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Community Discussions (German Edition)

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

Version differences

The German Edition only includes the German language and has content differences (e.g. no swastikas).

Essential improvements

Enable the console

Instructions

Disable camera sway

Instructions

Completely disable post process effects

Simply use a negative value such as -1 in order to turn the effects back to their default values again.

Instructions

Instructions

Disable In Game Fog

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/350080/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/350080/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Graphic settings.

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

id5 Tweaker increases the upper limit of the FOV to 200 and allows changing the FOV of the hands and weapons.

Instructions

High frame rate

Instructions

Input settings

Control settings.

Controller settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

The German Edition only includes the German language.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German				German Edition only.
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		Use 3D Surround Gaming fix.

Issues fixed

Texture cache not being stored

The texture cache folder is not made by the game so the cache is regenerated for each session.

This can fix stuttering in the game.

Instructions

Virtualtexture compression showing artifacts on textures

Artifacts on textures appear when you move

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	3.2

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

32-bit systems are not supported.

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2500 3.3 GHz AMD FX-8320 3.5 GHz	Intel Core i7 AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	38 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Radeon HD 6870 1 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon R9 280 3 GB of VRAM

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.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/350080/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (350080) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 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.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/350080/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (350080) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/350080/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (350080) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[Note 1]

Developers

	MachineGames
Publishers
	Bethesda Softworks
Engines
	Id Tech 5
Release dates
Windows	May 5, 2015