Difference between revisions of "Stray"

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Stray is a 2022 third-person adventure-game. The player controls a stray cat who falls into a world populated by robots and ventures to return to its family. Players must solve puzzles to progress the narrative, including moving obstacles and traversing platforms. The player is accompanied by a drone-companion named B12, who can assist by translating the language of the robots and storing items found throughout the world.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Green Man Gaming
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Hk_project\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1332010/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Hk_project\Saved\SaveGames\<user-id>\Slots\Slot_*\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1332010/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphic Settings (1).

Graphic Settings (2).

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Cutscenes are pre-rendered and pillarboxed.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Uncheck the Fullscreen box to play in Borderless Windowed mode.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Forces TAA. SSAA up to 200% through Render Resolution.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		30, 60, or Unlimited.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)		Can be enabled by running the game with `-dx12` and adding `r.RayTracing=1` to `GameUserSettings.ini`.^{[citation needed]}

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts		"Use DS4 Mod by Mr.Funky Right for button-prompts https://mrfunkyright.blogspot.com/2022/07/stray-dualshock-buttons-mod.html"
Light bar support		Blue light
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	v2 tested, only wired connection detected.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Can be disabled in settings.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Controller and Keyboard/Mouse button prompts rapidly flash based on the last input method used.

Audio

Volume Settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Volume-sliders for Master-Volume, Music, and SFX.
Surround sound		No Center Channel. Confirmed audio for other channels up to 7.1 with Special K.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Can be disabled by adding these two lines to `Engine.ini` file: `[Audio]`; `UnfocusedVolumeMultiplier=1.0`.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

You can change the UI and Subtitle language in-game.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic				Fan translation by Eternal Dream, Download.
Arabic				Fan translation by AR Team, download.
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Thai				Fan translation, download.
Turkish
Ukrainian				Fan translation, download

Issues fixed

DualShock 4 or DualSense Controller not being detected

Close DS4Windows
HidHide should also be disabled if in use

Cannot play in fullscreen if the resolution is different than native

Force fullscreen from .ini file^[2]

This makes it possible using AMD FSR integrated in Wine/Proton, for example.

Open %LOCALAPPDATA%\Hk_project\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\GameUserSettings.ini in a text editor.
Change the following lines like this:

FullscreenMode=0
LastConfirmedFullscreenMode=0
PreferredFullscreenMode=0

Save GameUserSettings.ini as read-only just to be sure.^{[dubious – discuss]}

Fix shader compilation stutter

This fixes the shader compilation stutter that most Unreal Engine 4/5 (Directx 12) games are notorious for by forcing the game to run in DirectX 11 while also enabling shader preloading on load.

Enable shader preloading (Directx 11 only)

Open %LOCALAPPDATA%\Hk_project\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\Engine.ini with a text editor.
Add the following lines:

[/Script/Engine.RendererSettings]
r.CreateShadersOnLoad=1

Save Engine.ini.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2300 AMD FX-6350	Intel Core i5-8400 AMD Ryzen 5 2600
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti AMD Radeon R7 360 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 AMD Radeon R9 290X 3 GB (Nvidia), 4 GB (AMD) of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.27.2^[1]
↑ ^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.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1332010/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1332010) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Aemony on 2022-08-09
↑ Fix for fullscreen - last accessed on 2022-07-22
↑ Stray uses DX11 by default - last accessed on 2022-08-23
↑ Stray PC Performance Analysis - DSOGaming - last accessed on 2022-10-15

[2] Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.27.2^[1]

[Proton_path_note-3] 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.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1332010/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (1332010) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1332010/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (1332010) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[engineversion-1] Verified by User:Aemony on 2022-08-09

[4] Fix for fullscreen - last accessed on 2022-07-22

[5] Stray uses DX11 by default - last accessed on 2022-08-23

[6] Stray PC Performance Analysis - DSOGaming - last accessed on 2022-10-15

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[2]

[1]

@@ Line 62: / Line 62: @@
 ===Save game data location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{P|localappdata}}\Hk_project\Saved\SaveGames\}}
+{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{P|localappdata}}\Hk_project\Saved\SaveGames\{{p|uid}}\Slots\Slot_*\}}
 }}
@@ Line 106: / Line 106: @@
 |borderless windowed        = true
 |borderless windowed notes  = Uncheck the Fullscreen box to play in Borderless Windowed mode.
-|anisotropic                = hackable
+|anisotropic                = false
-|anisotropic notes          = Could be forced by adding these two lines to <code>Engine.ini</code> file: <code>[SystemSettings]</code>; <code>r.MaxAnisotropy=X</code> (where X is amount of filtering samples, e.g. 16).
+|anisotropic notes          =
 |antialiasing               = always on
-|antialiasing notes         = Forces [[TAA]], which can be disabled by adding <code>r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=0</code> to <code>Engine.ini</code>. [[SSAA|SSAA]] up to 200% through '''Render Resolution'''.
+|antialiasing notes         = Forces [[TAA]]. [[SSAA|SSAA]] up to 200% through '''Render Resolution'''.
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = true
 |vsync notes                =
@@ Line 115: / Line 118: @@
 |60 fps notes               =
 |120 fps                    = true
-|120 fps notes              = 30, 60, or Unlimited. Can be manually capped in <code>GameUserSettings.ini</code>.
+|120 fps notes              = 30, 60, or Unlimited.
-|hdr                        = hackable
+|hdr                        = false
-|hdr notes                  = See [[#High dynamic range (HDR)|High dynamic range (HDR)]].
+|hdr notes                  =
 |ray tracing                = hackable
-|ray tracing notes          = Can be enabled by running the game with <code>-dx12</code> and adding <code>r.RayTracing=1</code> to <code>GameUserSettings.ini</code>.
+|ray tracing notes          = Can be enabled by running the game with <code>-dx12</code> and adding <code>r.RayTracing=1</code> to <code>GameUserSettings.ini</code>.{{cn|date=2022-10-23|reason=Need to know how well this works and what aspects of ray-tracing would be added through this option.}}
 |color blind                = unknown
 |color blind notes          =
-}}
-===Temporal Super Resolution (TSR)===
-[[Engine:Unreal_Engine_4#Temporal_Super_Resolution|How to use TSR]]
-===[[High dynamic range (HDR)]]===
-{{Fixbox|description=Enable native HDR output|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Aemony|date=2022-08-09|comment=}}</ref>|fix=
-# Open {{code|{{P|localappdata}}\Hk_project\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\Engine.ini}} in a text editor.
-# At the bottom of the file, add the following lines:
-<pre>[SystemSettings]
-r.AllowHDR=1
-r.HDR.EnableHDROutput=1
-r.HDR.Display.OutputDevice=5
-r.HDR.Display.ColorGamut=2
-</pre>
-# Optionally you can add these lines to boost the UI brightness. This makes the UI integrate better with HDR.
-<pre>r.HDR.UI.CompositeMode=1
-r.HDR.UI.Level=1.5
-</pre>
-{{ii}} See the [https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/RenderingAndGraphics/HDRDisplayOutput/#enablinghdroutput official UE4 documentation] for what these specific lines do.
 }}
@@ Line 222: / Line 205: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes = Can be disabled by adding these two lines to <code>Engine.ini</code> file: <code>[Audio]</code>; <code>UnfocusedVolumeMultiplier=1.0</code>.
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 |red book cd audio        =
 |red book cd audio notes  =
@@ Line 412: / Line 397: @@
 ==Issues fixed==
-===Image ghosting while objects are moving===
-{{Fixbox|description=Disable TAA|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://old.reddit.com/r/FuckTAA/comments/w2wics/stray_forced_taa_workaround/|title=Stray Forced TAA workaround|date=2022-07-21}}</ref>|fix=
-{{--}} Disabling TAA may result in shimmering and otherwise odd appearance of certain in-game elements, especially fur.
-{{ii}} Ghosting caused by TAA is circumstantial, and may not always be visible.
-# Open {{code|{{P|localappdata}}\Hk_project\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\Engine.ini}} in a text editor.
-# At the bottom of the file, add the following lines:
-<pre>
-[SystemSettings]
-r.PostProcessAAQuality=0
-</pre>
-# Save <code>Engine.ini</code>.
-}}
 ===DualShock 4 or DualSense Controller not being detected===
@@ Line 459: / Line 431: @@
 ===API===
 {{API
-|direct3d versions      = 11<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/w2vdq9/comment/igx9j63/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3|title=Stray uses DX11 by default|date=2022-08-23}}</ref>
+|direct3d versions      = 11<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/w2vdq9/comment/igx9j63/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3|title=Stray uses DX11 by default|date=2022-08-23}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/stray-pc-performance-analysis/|title=Stray PC Performance Analysis - DSOGaming|date=2022-10-15}}</ref>
-|direct3d notes         = D3D12 can be forced with <code>-dx12</code> command-line argument. Seems to be less performant than D3D11.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/w2vdq9/stray_has_released_on_steam/|title=Stray has released on Steam - Reddit|date=2022-08-23}}</ref>
+|direct3d notes         =
 |directdraw versions    =
 |directdraw notes       =
@@ Line 483: / Line 455: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = false
 |windows 64-bit exe     = true
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
 |mac os x powerpc app   =
 |macos intel 32-bit app = unknown
 |macos intel 64-bit app = unknown
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux powerpc app      =
 |linux 32-bit executable= unknown
 |linux 64-bit executable= unknown
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}

Developers

	BlueTwelve Studio
Publishers
	Annapurna Interactive
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	July 19, 2022
Reception
Metacritic	83
OpenCritic	84
IGDB	86