Difference between revisions of "The Sinking City"
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Revision as of 06:58, 27 June 2019
Developers | |
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Frogwares | |
Publishers | |
Bigben Interactive | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 4 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 27, 2019 |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Official website | Day One physical edition. | |||
Epic Games Store | Necronomicon Edition is also available. | |||
Humble Store | Necronomicon Edition is also available. |
- Exclusive to the Epic Games launcher for at least 1 year after release.[1]
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Worshipers of the Necronomicon | Three extra side quests. | |
Investigator Pack | An outfit, a first aid kid, antipsychotics and crafting materials. | |
Chicago Organ Grinder | A golden submachine gun available in the inventory from the start of the game. | |
Extra Skill Point | An extra knowledge point available from the start of the game. |
Version differences
- Digital pre-orders include Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter, the Chicago Organ Grinder and Extra Skill Point DLC, and 2 days of early access.
- The Day One physical edition includes a map of Oakmont, the Investigator Pack and Chicago Organ Grinder DLC.
- The Necronomicon Edition includes the Worshipers of the Necronomicon and Investigator Pack DLC.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Remove the video files[2] |
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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/750130/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\TSCGame\Saved\SaveGames\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/750130/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Field of view (FOV)
Use an external tool to fine-tune FOV[2] |
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Increase FOV by changing the way it's calculated[3] |
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[/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer] AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV
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High frame rate
Edit the config file[4] |
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Anti-aliasing (AA)
Enable TAA sharpening through the config file[5] |
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[SystemSettings] r.TemporalAACurrentFrameWeight=0.2 r.TemporalAASharpness=0.8 r.Tonemapper.Sharpen=1 |
Enable super-sampling through the config file[3] |
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[SystemSettings] r.ScreenPercentage=150
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Bloom
Disable bloom through the config file[5] |
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[SystemSettings] r.BloomQuality=0 |
Film grain
Disable film grain through the config file[5] |
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[SystemSettings] r.Tonemapper.Quality=0 |
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Language selection is only available from the main menu Gameplay settings. | |||
Arabic | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Turkish | ||||
Ukrainian |
Issues unresolved
Game stuttering
Multiple users have reported stuttering affecting high-end hardware.[6][7][8][9]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 (750130) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ The Sinking City and Epic Games store - last accessed on March 20, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-25
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-26
- Screenshots taken and compared.
- ↑ 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