The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter	2014
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux	2015

This page is for the original version of the game. For the Redux version of the game running on Unreal Engine 4, see The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.

Key points

When buying the game, Redux version is automatically added to game library where game was purchased or activated.

Game runs and scales very well on most hardware configurations.

Stuttering in some areas due to texture loading.

General information

Official site

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate
GOG.com		Additional step required to unlock Redux edition. See below.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name	Notes
Collector's Edition	Includes soundtrack (FLAC), "Making of" digital album, game map, printable poster and 1600p wallpapers

Unlock Redux edition (GOG.com)^[1]

Refresh your account by visiting this link while logged in.
Right click the game in your library and choose "SERIAL KEYS."
Go here and enter the serial key from step 2 (not the whole link, just the key).

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip launcher[edit]

Create a shortcut to <path-to-game>\Binaries\Win64\AstronautsGame-Win64-Shipping.exe to run the game executable^{[citation needed]}

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Vanishing of Ethan Carter\AstronautsGame\Config\
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/258520/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Vanishing of Ethan Carter\AstronautsGame\SaveData\SaveGame_0.sav
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/258520/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Launcher graphics settings.

Launcher advanced graphics settings.

In-game graphics settings.

In-game advanced graphics settings.

Graphics option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		16:9 letterboxing.
Multi-monitor		Use Flawless Widescreen.
Ultra-widescreen		Use Flawless Widescreen.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	Vert-, from 70° to 120°. Use Flawless Widescreen for Hor+.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	FXAA, up to 8x MSAA, 8x CSAA, 8x QCSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Unlimited Framerate setting.

Input settings[edit]

In-game input settings.

In-game keyboard rebinding.

In-game controller settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Camera Smoothing setting.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput
Full controller support		Launcher requires mouse or keyboard.
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts		For DualShock, use the PlayStation button icons Mod.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio settings[edit]

In-game audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, Voice, SFX, Ambience.
Surround sound		7.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		Use X3DAudio HRTF.

Localizations

In-game language settings.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Spanish
Slovak				Use the unofficial Slovak language file, also contains localized textures.

VR support[edit]

3D modes	Native	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.
Headsets	Native	Notes
HTC Vive		Requires VR DLC.
Oculus Rift		Requires VR DLC.
OSVR		Requires VR DLC.
Windows Mixed Reality		Requires VR DLC.
Devices	Native	Notes
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller		See Input settings for details.
Keyboard/Mouse		^[2]
Play area	Native	Notes
Seated
Standing

Issues fixed[edit]

Game crashes with CSAA enabled[edit]

Select another type of anti-aliasing^{[citation needed]}

CSAA has been removed from Nvidia Maxwell architecture GPUs.

CLR20r3 Error[edit]

Download the config files^[3]

Download the config files and extract them.
Place them in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Vanishing of Ethan Carter\.

Notes

Do not click Restore to Defaults in the game's launcher as it may remove configuration files.

Nothing happens after clicking Play / 0xc000007b error[edit]

Reinstall d3dx9_43.dll^[4]

Remove d3dx9_43.dll from both %WINDIR%\System32 and %WINDIR%\SysWOW64.
Download DirectX End-User Runtime and install it.