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A Way Out

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Not to be confused with Way Out or WayOut.

A Way Out
A Way Out cover
Developers
Hazelight
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows March 23, 2018
Reception
Metacritic 78
OpenCritic 79
IGDB 75
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Modes Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control, Multiple select
Genres Action, Adventure, Shooter, Quick time events, Stealth, Survival
Sports Baseball
Vehicles Automobile, Naval/watercraft
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary, North America, Detective/mystery
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A Way Out on Wikipedia

General information

Official forums for EA Originals
Developer Discord server
A Way Out wiki
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
Origin
Windows
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Origin
Included exclusively with Xbox Game Pass for PC as part of its version of EA Play.
Windows
Origin
Origin
Included with EA Play.
Manual link for EA App purchase.
Windows
Steam
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Origin
Included with EA Play (Steam).
Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg (unavailable)
Origin
Windows
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
Origin
Windows
Humble Store (unavailable)
Origin
Windows
All versions require Origin DRM.
Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed on January 11, 2024.[1]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\A Way Out\
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Haze1\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1222700/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\A Way Out\Saves\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1222700/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Hor+ gameplay, primarily windowboxed and occasionally letterboxed cutscenes.[2]
The Windows Magnifier tool can be used to zoom in during the cutscenes.[3]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Controlled by post-processing quality. See the workaround below in order to disable all AA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See High dynamic range (HDR).
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

High dynamic range (HDR)

Enable HDR output[4]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following lines:
[SystemSettings]
r.HDR.EnableHDROutput=1
r.HDR.Display.OutputDevice=5
The game must be running in DirectX 11 mode as well as in Fullscreen mode.
See the official UE4 documentation for what these specific lines do. Note that Dolby PQ is more commonly known as Dolby Vision, and a Dolby Vision capable monitor is required for those modes.
As obvious as this might seem: don't enable this if your display does not support HDR, otherwise the colors and textures will get messy.

Anti-Aliasing (AA)

Disable Anti-Aliasing
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini with a notepad.
  3. Add [SystemSettings] and r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=0 to the bottom of the file.
  4. Save the changes made to the Engine.ini file.

Input

In-game input settings.
In-game input settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
Splitscreen
LAN play
2
Online play
2 Co-op
Splitscreen. Joining a friend is possible without owning the game.[7]

Connection types

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: A Way Out (DX11).

Other information

API

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

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-2100T 2.5 GHz
AMD FX-6100
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 25 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti
AMD Radeon HD 7750
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1222700/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1222700) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/13095794/
  2. A Way Out 21:9 Info - last accessed on March 18, 2019
  3. Verified by User:Rose on 2019-03-19
    Playing borderless, centering the mouse cursor in the menu, then zooming in with the hotkeys with increments of 5% produces good results.
  4. Verified by User:Fpsrad on 2020-04-04
  5. Verified by User:Rct3guy on 2021-10-30
    Tested V2 DualShock 4 and DualSense 5 via USB and Bluetooth
  6. Verified by User:Rct3guy on 2021-10-30
    Tested V2 DualShock 4 and DualSense 5 via USB and Bluetooth
  7. Play A Way Out with a Friend, Even if They Don’t Own the Game - last accessed on 2019-07-24