The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux

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

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux

Developers
	The Astronauts
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	September 14, 2015
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	First-person
Genres	Adventure, Exploration
Themes	Detective/mystery
Series	The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter	2014
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux	2015
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter VR	2016

Key points

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

Developer suggest playing original version if problems occur with Redux.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Epic Games Store
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Oculus Store		Includes both VR and non-VR versions.
Steam

Sold together with The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.

Even though VR version is listed as DLC on Steam, it is actually its own full game. It's listed as DLC to make it requirement to also buy Redux version of the game to have unified pricing with platforms. See The Vanishing of Ethan Carter VR.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\EthanCarter\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/400430/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux\SavedGames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/400430/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game graphics settings.

In-game advanced graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Vert- FoV scaling
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		70 - 120°.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, Temporal FXAA, 1x and T2x SMAA, TAA, SSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Unlimited Framerate setting.
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 controls settings.

In-game keyboard settings.

In-game controller settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Camera Smoothing setting.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
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

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Tracked motion controllers

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 sound settings.

Audio feature	State	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.
Royalty free audio

In-game language settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian				1) Fan translation by «Tolma4 Team» 2) Fan voice-over by «GamesVoice»
Spanish

VR support

Headsets	State	Notes
SteamVR		Steam version requires VR DLC.
Oculus VR (LibOVR)		Steam version requires VR DLC. Oculus Store version has native support.
Windows Mixed Reality		Steam version requires VR DLC.
OSVR		Steam version requires VR DLC.

Devices
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller		See Input for details.
Keyboard/Mouse

Play area
Seated
Standing
Room-scale

Issues fixed

Settings are not saved

Follow the procedure

Select your preferred settings. Change at least one graphics setting and click Apply before proceeding (otherwise the game will not generate the necessary configuration file). Start a new game - or - if you have played it before, exit and skip the next step. Following the intro, exit the game. Go to configuration file(s) location. Edit GameUserSettings.ini. Save the file without making any changes to it. The game should now keep the settings, and also apply them correctly if they are changed again.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
Shader Model support	5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX

Console commands

To access the in-game console, launch the game using the EthanCarter-Win64-Console.exe inside the <path-to-game>\EthanCarter\Binaries\Win64\ folder.

Open the console with ~.

For a list of available commands use the console command dumpconsolecommands

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo	Intel Quad-Core 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	6 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.