Life Is Strange: True Colors

Life Is Strange
Life Is Strange	2015
Life Is Strange: Before the Storm	2017
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit	2018
Life Is Strange 2	2018
Life Is Strange: True Colors	2021
Life Is Strange Remastered	2022
Life Is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered	2022

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Publisher website		Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
Humble Store		Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere. Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
Steam		Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Alex Outfit Pack	Pre-order bonus
Deluxe Upgrade	Bonus Story: Wavelengths, Hero Outfit Pack

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Siren\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/936790/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\LifeIsStrange3\Steam\<user-id>
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\39C668CD.ProjectSiren_r7bfsmp40f67j\SystemAppData\wgs
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/936790/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

Video settings.

Advanced graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Pillarboxed by default. For Steam version, see this guide for a workaround. For Xbox Game Pass version, see Ultra-widescreen for a workaround.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Forces TAA. See Anti-aliasing (AA) for a workaround.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Options for 30, 60, Unlimited.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		DirectX11 Only, fixed with Patch #3^[1]
Ray tracing (RT)		Requires DirectX 12 to be used.^[2] Shadows, virtually no visual or performance difference. See Ray-traced reflections to also enable reflections.
Color blind mode		Deuteranopia, Protanopia, Tritanopia

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Disable TAA by editing a config file

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open the Engine.ini with a notepad.
Add the following lines to the bottom of the file and save the changes:

[SystemSettings]
r.PostProcessAAQuality=0

Depth Of field

Disable Depth Of Field by editing a config file

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open the Engine.ini file with a notepad.
Add the following lines to the bottom of the file and save the changes:

[SystemSettings]
r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0

Sharpening

Disable Sharpening by editing a config file

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open the Engine.ini file with a notepad.
Add the following lines to the bottom of the file and save the changes:

[SystemSettings]
r.Tonemapper.Sharpen=0

Disables the Sharpening filter that's used alongside TAA. Recommended to use with the TAA workaround, as the game may appear oversharpened after removing TAA.

Ray-traced reflections

Enable ray-traced reflections

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open the Engine.ini file with a notepad.
Add the following lines to the bottom of the file and save the changes:

[SystemSettings]
r.RayTracing.Reflections=1

This does not apply to transparent surfaces eg. windows. Ray-tracing must be set to 'on' in video settings menu.

Ultra-widescreen

Use SUWSF to enable Ultrawide support.^[3]

This fix is intended for the Xbox Game Pass/Windows Store version of the game. For the Steam version, See this guide.

Somewhat Universal Widescreen Fix (SUWSF) is intended to enable widescreen aspect ratios (e.g. 21:9, 32:9, 48:9) in games where it is natively unsupported.

Download the latest SUWSF release from here.
Navigate to <path-to-game>\Content\Siren\Binaries\WinGDK\.
Place the SUWSF files in <path-to-game>\Content\Siren\Binaries\WinGDK\.
Open <path-to-game>\Content\Siren\Binaries\WinGDK\SUWSF.ini in a text editor.
Under [Patch:AspectRatio], change the value of Pattern to "3B 8E E3 3F".
Add the following lines to the bottom of the file and save the changes:

[Patch:FOV]
Pattern="35 FA 0E 3C"
Value="(pi / 360) * (aspectratio / (16/9))"
Match="5"

Input

Gameplay settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Vertical and horizontal camera movement inversion toggles.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Vertical and horizontal camera inversion toggles.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	, Wired

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Keyboard bindings
Controller bindings

Audio

Audio settings

Language and Subtitles settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, Voice Over, Sound Effects, Licensed Music.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Adjustable in-game text/subtitle sizes and font styles, subtitle backgrounds, speaker names.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		Royalty-free audio setting simply disables licensed music without a replacement.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation. Available to download.
Italian
Indonesian				Fan translation by IGTC Team, Download MOD
Japanese
Polish				Fan translation. Available to download.
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	Ogg Vorbis, Wwise

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2300 AMD Phenom II X4 965	Intel Core i5-3470 AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM)	6 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	30 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 750Ti AMD Radeon HD 7790 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 590 6 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ ^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>/936790/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (936790) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLORS - LAUNCH UPDATE 4 - last accessed on 2021-10-04
↑ FAQ & PC SPECS - LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLORS - last accessed on 2021-09-08
↑ WSGF Discord Server SUWSF instructions by PhantomGamers - last accessed on 2022-04-12

[Proton_path_note-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>/936790/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (936790) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[2] LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLORS - LAUNCH UPDATE 4 - last accessed on 2021-10-04

[3] FAQ & PC SPECS - LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLORS - last accessed on 2021-09-08

[4] WSGF Discord Server SUWSF instructions by PhantomGamers - last accessed on 2022-04-12

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Developers

	Deck Nine
Publishers
	Square Enix
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	September 9, 2021
Reception
Metacritic	81
OpenCritic	81
IGDB	84
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	Cinematic camera
Genres	Adventure, Puzzle
Themes	Contemporary, Supernatural, North America
Series	Life Is Strange