State of Decay 2

State of Decay
State of Decay	2013
State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition	2015
State of Decay 2	2018
State of Decay 3	TBA

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Epic Games Store		Juggernaut Edition.
Microsoft Store		Juggernaut Edition. Part of Xbox Play Anywhere, Xbox Game Pass for PC
Steam		Juggernaut Edition.

The Microsoft Store version requires Arxan Anti-Tamper DRM.

Version differences

The Ultimate Edition contains the base game, the season pass, and a copy of State of Decay: YOSE.

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	The DLC includes new items.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service	Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Daybreak Pack	Included with the Season Pass and Juggernaut Edition.
Independence Pack	Included with the Season Pass and Juggernaut Edition.
Season Pass	Included with the Ultimate Edition and Juggernaut Edition.

Essential improvements

Configuration Tool

Allows for extensive settings changes not available ingame in a convenient GUI.

Skip intro videos

Edit Game.ini^[1]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Edit Game.ini.
Add the following lines:

[/Script/MoviePlayer.MoviePlayerSettings]
bWaitForMoviesToComplete=False
bMoviesAreSkippable=True
StartupMovies=

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.Dayton_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Local\StateOfDecay2\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam	%LOCALAPPDATA%\StateOfDecay2\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/495420/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\StateOfDecay2\Saved\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.Dayton_8wekyb3d8bbwe\SystemAppData\wgs
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/495420/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Microsoft Store and Steam versions use a different save file format which are incompatible with each other.

Save folder includes crash logs in the logs subfolder which can add up to several gigabytes (a normal save folder shouldn't be larger than a couple megabytes). These logs are nonessential and can be deleted.

Cloud saves take priority over local saves. Disable cloud saving if attempting to restore game state from a local backup.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud		^[2]

Video

In-game general settings.

In-game Video Settings.

In-game Graphics Settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See Ultrawide/Superwide Hor+ Fix
4K Ultra HD		^[3]
Field of view (FOV)		Limited to 40-100°. Can be set to any value by editing the configuration files. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Named 'Windowed Fullscreen'.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Scales with the textures option.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Forces TAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		HDR is only in the Xbox version.

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

Field of view (FOV)

Set the FOV to any value through a config file^[4]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Engine.ini.
Add the following lines:

[SystemSettings]
r.FieldOfView=150

Any other values are possible. An extremely high value may turn the game unplayable until reverted.

Run game at native resolution

Native resolution

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open GameUserSettings.ini.
Change the following lines to your native resolution and save the file.

[/Script/DaytonGame.DaytonGameUserSettings]
DesiredScreenWidth=1920
DesiredScreenHeight=1080

[ScalabilityGroups]
sg.ResolutionQuality=100.000000

Notes

Use this fix if the game looks blurry.

Supersampling

Enable SSAA

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Engine.ini.
Add the following and save the file.

[SystemSettings]
r.ScreenPercentage=150

Notes

Values between 100 and 200 are recommended. Requires high-end GPU.

Input

Input Settings Part 1

Input Settings Part 2

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Left and right arrow keys are permanently bound to panning the camera. Several hotkeys such as C are hardcoded and can't be bound to certain actions.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Zoom sensitivity is a fraction of aim sensitivity and can't be changed.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Invert by remapping the controls for the analog sticks

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

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				USA and Australia.
Simplified Chinese				Added in patch 15.1.^[5]
French
German
Italian
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Latin American Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play	4	Co-op Supports cross-platform play with Xbox One

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	AMD FX-6300 Intel Core i5-2500 2.7 GHz	AMD FX-8350 Intel Core i5 4570 3.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	30 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon HD 7870 DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon R9 380

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Steam version runs on Windows 7 and 8.1 despite minimum Operating System requirements.^{[citation needed]}

Steam version runs on LGA775 processors, despite minimum Processor requirements.^{[citation needed]}

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>/495420/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (495420) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ no intro fix - Page 2 - File topics - The Nexus Forums - last accessed on 2020-03-27
↑ Frequently Asked Questions (archived at April 4, 2018) - last accessed on March 7, 2018
↑ State of Decay 2: Standard Edition - Xbox One/Windows 10 Digital Code - last accessed on March 07, 2018
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2020-03-16
Found the command in the game code and tested it in the Game Pass version. Further confirmed as working on the WSGF Discord.
↑ Verified by User:DarkSonicPT on 2023-03-20
https://support.stateofdecay.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041486411-Update-15-1-Patch-Notes

[Proton_path_note-2] 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>/495420/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (495420) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] tro fix - Page 2 - File topics - The Nexus Forums - last accessed on 2020-03-27

[3] Frequently Asked Questions (archived at April 4, 2018) - last accessed on March 7, 2018

[4] State of Decay 2: Standard Edition - Xbox One/Windows 10 Digital Code - last accessed on March 07, 2018

[5] Verified by User:Rose on 2020-03-16
Found the command in the game code and tested it in the Game Pass version. Further confirmed as working on the WSGF Discord.

[6] Verified by User:DarkSonicPT on 2023-03-20
https://support.stateofdecay.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041486411-Update-15-1-Patch-Notes

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Developers

	Undead Labs
Publishers
	Xbox Game Studios
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	May 22, 2018
Reception
Metacritic	69
OpenCritic	68
IGDB	67
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC, Subscription gaming service
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Survival, TPS
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Post-apocalyptic, Zombies
Series	State of Decay