Key points
- Frame rate issues reported in multiple critics and user reviews.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Remove the video files[2]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\WindowsNoEditor\ctts\Content\Movies\
- Delete or rename every file with Logo in its name.
- A game update may cause the files to be re-downloaded.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Graphics feature |
State |
Notes |
Widescreen resolution |
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Multi-monitor |
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Vert- gameplay, pillarboxed menu, stretched and letterboxed intro cutscene.[3] See Field of view (FOV) for extra gameplay FOV. |
Ultra-widescreen |
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Vert- gameplay, pillarboxed menu, stretched and letterboxed intro cutscene.[4] For a workaround, see Ultra-widescreen. |
4K Ultra HD |
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[5] |
Field of view (FOV) |
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See Field of view (FOV). |
Windowed |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed |
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Enabled by matching the desktop and in-game resolutions and setting Full Screen off. |
Anisotropic filtering (AF) |
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Scales with Texture Quality.[6] |
Anti-aliasing (AA) |
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None, 2x, 4x, 6x, and up to 200% through Resolution Scale. |
Vertical sync (Vsync) |
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Enabled irrespective of the setting state. See Vertical sync (Vsync) to disable. |
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
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High dynamic range display (HDR) |
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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.
Use a patcher to modify the game executable[4]
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- Download the mod.
- Unpack the archive and target the game executable in
<path-to-game>\WindowsNoEditor\ctts\Binaries\Win64\
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Increase FOV by setting it to vertical in a config file[4]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
Engine.ini .
- Add the following lines:
[/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer]
AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV
- A significant increase from the default 16:9 value.
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Adjust FOV in real time with a tool[4]
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- Download the Close to the Sun FOV changer.
- Launch the game and wait for it to load.
- Run the tool and press the shown keys to enable FOV adjustment, then increase or decrease FOV.
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Bloom
Disable bloom through the config file[7]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
Engine.ini .
- Add the following and save the file.
[SystemSettings]
r.BloomQuality=0
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Depth of field
Disable depth of field through the config file[8]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
Engine.ini .
- Add the following and save the file.
[SystemSettings]
r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Effects, music, voices. |
Surround sound |
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[10] |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Arabic |
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Fan translation by AR Team, download. |
Simplified Chinese |
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French |
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German |
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Hungarian |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Korean |
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Polish |
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Russian |
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Fan voice-over by GamesVoice. |
Spanish |
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VR support
Issues unresolved
Antialiasing settings reverted
Each chapter causes the user-selected antialiasing setting to be reverted to its default value of 6x.[11]
Frame rate drops
Multiple reviews mention FPS drops on high-end hardware exceeding the recommended system requirements.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Issues fixed
Game crashes during gameplay or cutscenes
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
11 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Physics |
PhysX |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
10 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core i5 AMD FX 2.4 GHz |
Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen 7 |
System memory (RAM) |
8 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
50 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce GTX series 7 AMD Radeon R9 3 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 470 |
Sound (audio device) |
DirectX compatible | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-12-06
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-03
- It works and causes no delay.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-03
- Tested by creating a custom desktop resolution of 3840x1080
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-03
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-03
- Tested by creating a custom desktop resolution of 3840x2160
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2020-04-11
- r.maxanisotropy gets set from 0 to 8 depending on the setting, as seen in the console.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-03
- Two screenshots of the same spot taken and compared.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-03
- Two screenshots of a cutscene taken and compared.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-03
- Tested with a Razer Onza Xbox 360 controller.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-03
- Sound was coming from the rear speakers during the cutscenes and in the rain.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Close to the Sun Review - last accessed on May 8, 2019
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-04
- With everything set to Very High, AA to 4x, resolution at 100%, there are FPS drops below 60 when looking at the sources of light and during the running scenes on the GTX 1070, i5 6600K and 16 GB of DDR4 RAM
- ↑ Close to the Sun Review - last accessed on May 4, 2019
- ↑ Close to the Sun review - last accessed on May 4, 2019
- ↑ Troppo vicini al sole - last accessed on May 4, 2019
- ↑ PC Review - 'Close to the Sun' - last accessed on May 5, 2019
- ↑ Close to the Sun Review – Bio-shockingly Close to the Sun - last accessed on May 6, 2019
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-04-03