The Culling

The Culling

Developers
	Xaviant
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	October 5, 2017
Linux	October 5, 2017
Taxonomy
Modes	Multiplayer
Series	The Culling

The Culling
The Culling	2017
The Culling 2	2018

Key points

Online servers shut down permanently on May 15, 2019.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam (unavailable)

This game is no longer available.

All versions require Steam DRM.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename movie files
Go to <path-to-game>\Victory\Content\Movies\. Delete or rename LoadingScreen.mp4.

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\TheCulling\Saved\Config\WindowsClient\
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/Epic/TheCulling/Saved/Config/LinuxClient/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\TheCulling\Saved\SaveGames\
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/Epic/TheCulling/Saved/SaveGames/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Listed as Post-Processing
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.

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

Input

In-game controller settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Labeled as Smooth Mouse
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Can only use 1 of 3 layouts.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

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

Audio

In-game audio settings.

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		16	Solo Play, Duo Play

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer		Host must give the player the Lobby Code to join.
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL, Wwise	OpenAL is Linux only
Interface	SDL2	SDL2 is Linux only
Multiplayer	Steamworks
Anti-cheat	Easy Anti-Cheat

Issues fixed

Entire game besides the HUD and menu elements are white on Linux

This bug may occur when using a Vulkan beta driver from Nvidia.

Disable Use Collapsed Arrays option for the game
Run the game with this Launch Parameter on Steam: __GL_GlslUseCollapsedArrays=0 %command%

System requirements

Windows

Linux

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7 SP1, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-560 AMD Phenom II X4 945
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ATI Radeon HD 5850 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible

A 64-bit system is required.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Linux Kernel 2.7	SteamOS
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 (4th generation)
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ATI Radeon HD 5850 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible