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Revision as of 09:58, 6 January 2021
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Developers | |
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Frogwares | |
Publishers | |
Frogwares | |
Former | Bigben Interactive|Nacon|Bigben Interactive |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 4 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 27, 2019 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 71 |
OpenCritic | 69 |
IGDB | 69 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | DLC |
Microtransactions | Cosmetic, Finite spend |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Adventure, Open world |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Detective/mystery, Interwar |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Day One Edition.[1] | |||
Amazon.co.uk | Day One Edition. | |||
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Deluxe Edition is also available. | |||
Origin | Included with EA Play Pro. Deluxe Edition is also available. |
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Developer website (unavailable) | Redirects to Gamesplanet as of December 2020. Deluxe Edition was also available.[Note 1] |
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Epic Games Store (unavailable) | Necronomicon Edition was also available. | |||
Steam (unavailable) | Deluxe Edition was also available. |
Version differences
- Digital pre-orders included Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter, Chicago Organ Grinder, Extra Skill Point DLC, and two days of early access.
- Day One physical edition includes a printed map of Oakmont, the Investigator Pack and Chicago Organ Grinder DLC.
- Necronomicon Edition includes Worshipers of the Necronomicon and Investigator Pack DLC.
- Deluxe Edition includes Worshipers of the Necronomicon and Merciful Madness DLC.
- Deluxe Edition on Steam includes all DLC.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Worshipers of the Necronomicon | Extra side quests - Breaking News, Blood from A Stone, Mystic Tomes.[3] Completing the latter grants the Cultist outfit. | |
Merciful Madness | Extra side quests, including Fool's Gold and Defunct Brain Cylinders. Previously exclusive to the Nintendo Switch version.[4] | |
Investigator Pack | Daywear outfit, 21 crafting materials, first aid kit and antipsychotics always available at the Devil's Reef hotel.[3] | |
Chicago Organ Grinder | A golden submachine gun available in the inventory from the start of the game.[3] | |
Extra Skill Point Experience Boost |
An extra knowledge point and 500 XP available from the start of the game.[3] |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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Cosmetic | A character outfit sold as inexpensive DLC. |
Finite spend | A limited amount of experience available as inexpensive DLC. |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Remove the video files[5] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\TSCGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1151760/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\TSCGame\Saved\SaveGames\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1151760/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Vert- gameplay. Pillarboxed cutscenes and dialogue scenes.[6] Use the related mod for Hor+ scaling. |
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Ultra-widescreen | Vert- gameplay. Pillarboxed cutscenes and dialogue scenes.[7] Use the related mod for Hor+ scaling. |
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4K Ultra HD | [8] | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Scales with the Textures setting.[9] | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | TAA with multiple quality options.[10] See Anti-aliasing (AA) for sharpening or SSAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Limited to 62 by default. See High frame rate for more. | ||
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.
Field of view (FOV)
Use an external tool to fine-tune FOV[5] |
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Increase FOV by making it vertical through a config file[11] |
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[/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer] AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV
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High frame rate
Edit the config file[12] |
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Anti-aliasing (AA)
Enable TAA sharpening through the config file[13] |
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[SystemSettings] r.TemporalAACurrentFrameWeight=0.2 r.Tonemapper.Sharpen=1 |
Enable super-sampling through the config file[11] |
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[SystemSettings] r.ScreenPercentage=150
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Bloom
Disable bloom through the config file[13] |
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[SystemSettings] r.BloomQuality=0 |
Chromatic aberration
Disable chromatic aberration through the config file[14] |
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[SystemSettings] r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0 |
Depth of field
Disable depth of field through the config file[15] |
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[SystemSettings] r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0 |
Film grain
Disable film grain through the config file[13] |
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[SystemSettings] r.Tonemapper.Quality=0 |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | [16] | |
Mouse sensitivity | Labeled Camera sensitivity. | |
Mouse input in menus | Backing out of settings menus is not possible with a mouse click.[17] | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Invert X and Y axis options. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | [18] | |
Controller sensitivity | Labeled Camera sensitivity.[18] | |
Controller Y-axis inversion | Invert X and Y axis options.[18] |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | [18] | |
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Xbox button prompts | [18] | |
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | [18] | |
Haptic feedback | Vibration toggle. | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M | [18] |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, SFX, music, voices, ambient, interface. | |
Surround sound | [19] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
- Language selection is only available from the main menu Gameplay settings.
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Arabic | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Turkish | ||||
Ukrainian |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: The Sinking City - 3D-Vision Fix - Losti - V1.20. |
Issues unresolved
Game stuttering
Multiple high-end hardware users have reported stuttering unrelated to FPS drops.[20][21][22][23] The developers acknowledged the issue.[24]
Issues fixed
Crashing at gun pickup
AMD users have reported crashing upon picking up the pistol at the starting location.
Set Post process to Low in the Video settings until after the pistol is picked up.[25] |
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Crashing at boat interaction
Pressing A on an Xbox 360 controller to get on the protagonist's small boat may cause the game to crash.[26]
Press X to get on and off the boat.[27] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3 3 GHz AMD Phenom X6 3 GHz |
Intel Core i7-3770 3.5 GHz AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 1400 |
System memory (RAM) | 6 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 35 GB | 40 GB |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 ATI Radeon R9 380X 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 290 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible Shader model 5.0 support |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Despite being listed as DRM-free on the storefront, the game uses an account-based DRM and requires installation and launching through the Frogwares Launcher.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1151760) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ [1] - last accessed on 2021-01-05
- ↑ Verified by User:Aemony on 2020-07-01
- Verified myself by purchasing the game through the official website. The Frogwares Launcher looks to be a variant of the Xsolla Launcher, and is seemingly only used to launch and update The Sinking City. Launching the game outside of the launcher is not possible as the executables throws the error message: "Please use Frogwares Launcher to launch the game."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 FAQ - last accessed on 2019-06-27
- ↑ [2] - last accessed on 2020-07-02
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-25
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-25
- Tested at the custom resolutions of 3840x1080 and 5160x1080, screenshots compared to 16:9.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-25
- Tested at the native resolution of 2560x1080, screenshots compared to 16:9.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-25
- Tested at the custom resolution of 3840x2160.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-11-22
- r.MaxAnisotropy gets set from 0 to 8 depending on the quality setting, as seen in the console.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-26
- TAA is commonly used in Unreal Engine 4 games. The other things pointing at it are the blurriness of the image, config-forced TAA quality options affecting it, and config-forced FXAA removing the blur.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-26
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-25
- Set to 120.000000 and saw it reflected in the game.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-26
- Screenshots taken and compared.
- ↑ Verified by User:Darktalon on 2019-12-17
- ↑ [3], Steam Discussion: Disable depth of field in dialogues?
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-25
- No dedicated option and no acceleration in my testing at the lowest sensitivity.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-29
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-25
- Tested with an Xbox 360 Razer Onza controller.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-25
- The rear speakers were properly used.
- ↑ The Sinking City - PC Stuttering Issues + Benchmark Scene - last accessed on 2019-06-26
- ↑ (PC) Stuttering/hitching, any fix? - last accessed on 2019-06-26
- ↑ No longer get 60FPS? - last accessed on 2019-06-26
- ↑ Frame rate is not stable - last accessed on 2019-06-27
- ↑ The Sinking City - Official feedback thread - last accessed on 2019-06-28
- ↑ The Sinking City - Official feedback thread - user comments - last accessed on 2019-06-28
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-07-03
- Tried and crashed to "Fatal error" 5 times with different boats, with an Xbox 360 Razer Onza controller.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-07-05
- This helps, although pressing A by mistake will still lead to a crash.