The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing	2013
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II	2014
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III	2015
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut	2015

Key points

Owners of the full Van Helsing trilogy can get this game for free.^[1]

Wide variety of options including selecting between different DirectX versions and OpenGL for rendering.

High-resolution texture pack is available as a free DLC on Steam.

Excessive initial loading time.^{[citation needed]}

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Official website

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com		Complete series bundle.
Green Man Gaming
Steam		Disables DLCs, achievement completion, and internet-hosted multiplayer servers when run outside of Steam (listings of player-hosted games are still available through Neocore servers).^[2] Online functionality, including cloud saves, requires a Neocore account.^[3]

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Rename/delete intro videos^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\Videos\ENG
Delete or rename the following files:
- neocore_logo.ogg, neocore_logo.wmv, neocore_logo.webm, nvidia.ogg, nvidia.webm, nvidia.wmv

Reduce Start Up Load Time[edit]

Delete unused language files^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\Strings
Delete the folders for languages you don't plan on using:
- e.g. If you use English, delete all folders except for eng
- Be sure not to delete the file Languages.xml

Game data[edit]

Gameplay settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\NeoCore Games\Van Helsing Final Cut\
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/400170/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\NeocoreGames\Van Helsing Final Cut\SaveGame\
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/400170/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Video settings.

Advanced video settings.

Graphics option	Option	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		On/Off. Method not specified.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Can set a hard frame rate cap up to 60 FPS or none at all.

Input settings[edit]

Input settings with controller enabled.

Input settings with controller disabled.

When removing controller with controller support enabled, the game requires one to be connected (top). If a controller is plugged in with controller support disabled or a new controller is detected a popup details that it won't be usable without restarting the game (bottom).

By default controller support is enabled if detected, and if enabled requires a connected controller, and won't support a different type of controller without a restart. When controller support enabled the mouse, cursor included, is disabled past the initial loading screen. Toggling controller support on/off in settings requires a restart.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping		Only available when controller is disabled.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Only available when controller is disabled.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput only.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging		Fails to properly detect controller changes if done in the initial loading process.^[4]
Haptic feedback		Adjustable (%).
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Finishes playing current audio buffer before muting.

Localizations

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

Issues fixed[edit]

Game crashes on Windows 10[edit]

Disable 'Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service'^[5]

Press ↵ Enter+R and type in services.msc and click OK.
Find Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service, right click it and click Properties.
Set Startup type to Manual, click the Stop button and click Apply.

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Blocking with Registry Edit (e.g. Parameter/TCIP) will crash the game. So allow registry edit and but block with Firewall.

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play

VR support[edit]

3D modes	Native	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut.
TriDef 3D
iZ3D

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9, 11
OpenGL	3.3
64-bit executable		Can run in 32-bit mode through settings.

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3, 7, 9	7 (64 bit), 8 (64 bit)
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core 2.0 GHz	Quad Core 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	40 GB	40 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 AMD Radeon HD4000 Intel HD4000 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible	Nvidia GeForce 560 AMD Radeon HD5800 DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible	DirectX 9.0c compatible

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>/400170/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (400170) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Redeem your Free Final Cut here! - Steam Community Discussions
↑ Ran without Steam warning
↑ Ran offline warning
↑ Verified by User:MetalPlateMage on 14 November 2015
↑ Fix random crashing in Windows 10 - Steam Guides

[Proton_path_note-4] 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>/400170/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (400170) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Redeem your Free Final Cut here! - Steam Community Discussions

[2] Ran without Steam warning

[3] Ran offline warning

[5] Verified by User:MetalPlateMage on 14 November 2015

[6] Fix random crashing in Windows 10 - Steam Guides

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Developers

	NeocoreGames
Release dates
Windows	November 6, 2015