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# Download and run [https://ci.appveyor.com/project/Orbmu2k/nvidiaprofileinspector/build/artifacts NVIDIA Profile Inspector].
 
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Revision as of 23:24, 22 November 2017

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Outlast
Outlast cover
Developers
Red Barrels
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows September 4, 2013
macOS (OS X) March 31, 2015
Linux March 31, 2015
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Outlast on Wikipedia
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Outlast
Outlast 2013
Outlast 2 2017
The Outlast Trials 2024

Key points

32-bit systems are not officially supported but a workaround exists (see 32-bit workaround).

General information

Guide for various tweaks
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Whistleblower
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename IntroLogo.bik[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>/OLGame/Movies/
  2. Delete or rename IntroLogo.bik

Game data

Configuration files location

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System Location
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

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System Location

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.
Video settings.
Video settings.

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Field of view (FOV)

Change FOV[1]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open OLGame.ini.
  3. Change the following values to your preference.
    • DefaultFOV=90.0 - Miles' actual FOV
    • RunningFOV=100.0 - slightly higher FOV during sprint, including 'run+look back'
    • CamcorderMinFOV=15.0 - camcorder FOV at maximum zoom, leave at default
    • CamcorderNVMaxFOV=83.0 - camcorder FOV, night vision on
    • CamcorderMaxFOV=83.0 - camcorder FOV, normal view

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Set borderless windowed[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>/OLGame/Movies/.
  2. Delete or rename IntroLogo.bik.
  3. Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide.
  4. Start the game in fullscreen mode and press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+← Backspace to toggle Special K's Control Panel.
  5. Open the Display menu and select "Windowed Mode" and "Force Override".
  6. Expand "Window Management" and "Style and Position".
  7. Enable "Borderless" and "Fullscreen (Borderless Upscale)".
  8. Restart game to apply the changes.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Enable SGSSAA using NVIDIA Profile Inspector[citation needed]
  1. Download and run NVIDIA Profile Inspector.
  2. Search for Outlast in the profiles list.
  3. Set Antialiasing compatibilty to 0x080010C1
  4. Set Antialiasing - Mode to Override any application setting
  5. Set Antialiasing - Setting to 2x, 4x or 8x Multisampling
  6. Set Antialiasing - Transparency supersampling to 2x, 4x or 8x Sparse Grid Supersampling (the level must match the previous setting).
  7. Set Texture filtering - LOD Bias to:
    • -0.500 (if using 2x MSAA + 2x SGSSAA).
    • -1.000 (if using 4x MSAA + 4x SGSSAA).
    • -1.500 (if using 8x MSAA + 8x SGSSAA).
  8. Click Apply to save the changes.

High frame rate

Change frame rate smoothing[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open OLEngine.ini.
  3. Change the second instance of bSmoothFrameRate=True to bSmoothFrameRate=False, or raise MaxSmoothedFrameRate=62.000000 value.
  4. Save the changes.

Notes

For more information, see the Unreal Engine 3 page.

Input settings

Key bindings.
Key bindings.

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Mouse smoothing

Edit OLInput.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open OLInput.ini.
  3. Change the first instance of bEnableMouseSmoothing=true to bEnableMouseSmoothing=false
  4. Save the changes.

Controller remapping

Edit DefaultInput.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>/OLGame/Config/
  2. Open DefaultInput.ini
  3. Scroll right to the bottom where you will find a paragraph of text starting with .GPBindingsC=
  4. Edit Command="X" for each line/button in this paragraph to customize the controls, using the above paragraph starting with .GPBindingsB= as reference to the available commands.
  5. Save the changes.
  6. Launch the game, go to Options >> General and change Controller Configuration to Type C to use the custom layout.

Notes

Changing the controller layout in this fashion will also edit the shown controller map under Options >> General >> Controller Configuration for ease of use.

Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Hungarian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: Outlast.
TriDef 3D

Issues fixed

Crash on launch

On some 64-bit systems the game will not launch, showing a brief black window possibly with a cryptic error 0xc000007b.[2]
This will instruct the game to run in 32-bit mode even on a 64-bit platform, which should work just the same but bypasses the issue with incompatible 64-bit system libraries.
Add -32 parameter[3]

Use the -32 command line argument.

Other information

32-bit workaround

4-gigabyte tuning[4][5]
  1. Open the Start menu, type cmd.exe, right click on it to open the context menu and click on "Run as administrator..."
  2. In the console window, type BCDEdit /set increaseuserva 3072 and press ↵ Enter.
  3. Reboot the system and start the game.

Notes

Bear in mind that this workaround can decrease the overall performance of the operating system after playing the game, so please revert the changes by opening an elevated command prompt, typing BCDEdit /deletevalue increaseuserva and rebooting the system.

Increase texture resolution

Edit OLEngine.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open OLEngine.ini.
  3. Find the lines:
    MaxProcBuildingLODColorTextureSize=1024
    MaxProcBuildingLODLightingTextureSize=256
  4. Change their values to 2048 and 1024, respectively.
  5. Save the changes.

Disable quick time events

Edit DefaultGame.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>/OLGame/Config/
  2. Open DefaultGame.ini.
  3. Change StruggleNoFail=False to StruggleNoFail=True
  4. Save the changes.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) 2.2 GHz Dual Core CPU 2.8 GHz Quad Core CPU
System memory (RAM) 2 GB 3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 9800GTX
ATI Radeon HD 3xxx series
512 MB of VRAM 		Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
ATI Radeon HD 6850
1 GB of VRAM
32-bit systems are not officially supported but a workaround exists (see 32-bit workaround).

References