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Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered

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This page is for the 2019 remaster. For the 2016 game, see Ghostbusters (2016). For the 2009 original, see Ghostbusters: The Video Game.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered
Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered cover
Developers
Original Terminal Reality
Remaster Saber Interactive
Publishers
Mad Dog Games
Engines
Infernal Engine
Release dates
Windows October 4, 2019
Reception
Metacritic 67
OpenCritic 69
IGDB 60
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary, North America, Supernatural, Sci-fi
Series Ghostbusters
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Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters 1986
Ghostbusters II 1989
Ghostbusters: The Video Game 2009
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime 2011
Ghostbusters (2016) 2016
Ghostbusters VR: Now Hiring 2017
Ghostbusters VR: Showdown 2018
Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered 2019
Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed 2022

Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered is a singleplayer third-person action game in the Ghostbusters series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
[1]
Windows
Humble Store
Epic Games Launcher
Windows
Steam
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Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\video\
  2. Delete or rename logo.ogv and logo.mp4
Photosensitive warning and copyright screen will still be displayed.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\GHOSTBUSTERS\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1449280/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\GHOSTBUSTERS\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1449280/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

Display Settings
Display Settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Hor+ gameplay, windowboxed FMVs, Vert- cutscenes and gameplay UI, causing out-of-view button prompts and objectives.[2] Use Flawless Widescreen as a workaround.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
The game is always borderless.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA only, can be improved by following the steps in Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Always on due to lack of exclusive fullscreen.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
FMVs, menus and some animations are at 30 FPS, game is hard capped to 120 FPS, regardless of monitor refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
settings.ini also contains an option for SSAO

Windowed

Set windowed mode[3]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open settings.ini.
  3. Change runWindowed=0 to runWindowed=1.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Set higher AA[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open settings.ini.
  3. Change antiAliasMultipleX=1 to antiAliasMultipleX=2.
  4. Change antiAliasMultipleY=1 to antiAliasMultipleY=2.

Input

Controls Settings
Controls Settings
Keyboard Key Bindings
Keyboard Key Bindings
Controller Key Bindings
Controller Key Bindings

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Negative mouse acceleration by default.[citation needed]
Mouse sensitivity
Under Horizontal and Vertical Sensitivity.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Under Invert Y-Axis (Camera Look)
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Under Horizontal and Vertical Sensitivity.
Controller Y-axis inversion
Under Invert Y-Axis (Camera Look)
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
[4]
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
[5]
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
[6]
Haptic feedback
Can be turned ON and OFF
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Automatically switches input type, but only one can be active at once

Audio

Sound Settings
Sound Settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Effects, Dialog and Movie
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Sounds keep playing when minimized
Royalty free audio
Setting the sound quality in Windows above 44100 kHz could crash the game after the warning screen or result in audio desync when the game is playing prerendered cutscenes or other video files

Localizations

All non-English audio languages from the original game (French, German, Italian, Spanish) have been removed in the Remastered version. However they can be restored with this mod
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
Added in a September 2020 update.[7]
Dutch
French
Restored with this mod
German
Restored with this mod
Italian
Restored with this mod
Korean
Added in a September 2020 update.[8]
Brazilian Portuguese
Fan translations were made by Alvanista, GGames and Tribo Gamer.
Russian
Fan translation, download.
Spanish
Restored with this mod
Japanese
Added in a September 2020 update.[9]

Issues fixed

Game settings do not save

The game may not have created the configuration file(s) location
Create the configuration file(s) location
  1. Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%
  2. Create a new folder named GHOSTBUSTERS

Audio/Video desync in cinematics

The built-in video player has a bug on some PC systems where the cutscene video files might play with slowdown, however the audio track plays properly, causing desynchronization between video and audio. You can either change the output sample rate of the default audio device to 48000 Hz, or you can download an archive with re-encoded video cutscenes and extract it <path-to-game>\video\ replacing the original files.
Download 1080p replacement videos

Mono Audio in cinematics

Unlike the original 2009 game that had 5.1 surround sound, the remastered version seems to be limited to stereo output while in-game. Additionally, while the prerendered cutscenes (such as the intro, gb01) are in "stereo", the cutscenes generated with the game engine (such as CS_FH1_01a) are in "mono". Nevertheless, stereo sound can be achieved for all cutscenes with this mod.

Other information

API

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

Licensed content restoration

Restores licensed brands and items from the original version of the game: the 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor that the Ecto-1 is built out of, several retro advertisements such as the 1991 Doritos ads, and New York license plates.
Use Licensed Content mod.

Extract music from game files

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The game's music is stored as Ogg Vorbis files, but these files are contained within proprietary containers and archives.
Use scripts to isolate music files[10]

Prerequisite programs:

Directions:

  1. Download and run the ghostbusters_pod.bms QuickBMS script (direct link) to extract <path-to-game>\W64MUSND.POD to a new folder.
  2. Download StripSmp.sh and run the .sh file in the .\sound\music subdirectory of the folder where the .POD file was extracted.
  3. There should now be a new folder at .\sound\music\vorbis containing the music and ambience files. If desired, use zzz_FixExtensions.bat to rename the files from .smp.ogg to just .ogg.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 SP2
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 24 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GT 630
Windows 7 SP2 does not exist, the game will run on SP1.
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>/1449280/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1449280) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Pedrovay2003 on 2019-12-27
    With the launcher closed and all folders renamed, Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered runs perfectly.
  2. Ghostbusters The Videogame Remastered - PC Ultra Quality (3440x1440) - last accessed on 2019-10-05
  3. Verified by User:Keith on 2019-10-06
  4. Verified by User:AlRayes BRN on 2019-10-05
    Verified by testing the game with a Microsoft Xbox One Controller with a USB cable
  5. Verified by User:AlRayes BRN on 2019-10-05
    Verified by testing the game with a Sony PlayStation DualShock 4 V2 Controller with a USB cable
  6. Verified by User:AlRayes BRN on 2019-10-05
    Verified by hot-plugging 2 different controllers
  7. Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered is now localized in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean - strap on your proton pack and #JoinTheGhostbusters! - last accessed on November 2023
  8. Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered is now localized in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean - strap on your proton pack and #JoinTheGhostbusters! - last accessed on November 2023
  9. Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered is now localized in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean - strap on your proton pack and #JoinTheGhostbusters! - last accessed on November 2023
  10. Verified by User:SirYodaJedi on 2021-09-17
    I "wrote" the shell script (using StackOverflow code, of course). QuickBMS script tested with QuickBMS 0.9.0.