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Horizon Zero Dawn is an open world action role-playing game developed by Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. This game is a port of the 2017 PlayStation 4 console exclusive of the same name. It is the first title that Guerrilla Games have developed for PC following their acquisition by SIE Worldwide Studios, and also marks the fourth game Sony Interactive Entertainment have directly published on the platform under the PlayStation Mobile brand. It is also the second release on PC to make use of the Decima engine, following the previous release of Death Stranding.
The game was initially announced for PC during March 2020 with a placeholder release date for later that year.[2] The final release date, August 7, 2020, was announced in June alongside the release of a trailer showcasing the features of the PC version of the game.[3]
The PC version of the game is available for Windows and distributed through Epic Games Store and Steam as the Complete Edition, which includes The Frozen Wilds expansion, along with a digital art book and additional in-game items, weapons and outfits. It features ultra-widescreen support, high frame rates, adjustable field of view, and remapping for keyboard and mouse controls and controllers.[3]
Reviews published shortly before the global release suggested that the game suffers from a number of technical issues, including stuttering introduced from a variety of different game elements, non-functional graphical settings and major performance issues.[4][5]
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
- Save files can be imported from a jailbroken Playstation 4.
Video
General settings
[Note 2]
FOV of 100 at 48:9
HUD To The Edges is Off
Native cutscenes at 32:9 resolutions
Cutscenes after modification
Modify the game executable to remove the real-time cutscenes' pillarboxing[9]
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- This fix is available as patchers for a number of 21:9 and 32:9 resolutions.
- Open
<path-to-game>\HorizonZeroDawn.exe in a hex editor (e.g. HxD).
- Search for
39 8E E3 3F as hex.
- Replace it with
26 B4 17 40 (for 2560x1080) or any other aspect ratio in hex.
- Save the changes.
- Launch the game and make sure the Display Aspect ratio option is set to Auto.
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- The in-game frame rate limiter introduces additional stutter, using an external tool such as Special K can work around this issue.
Use Special K to reduce some of the stuttering issues[10]
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- Follow the instructions to install Special K.
- Download the configuration file and latest hotfix of Special K
- Overwrite the current Special K installation with the files from the archive
- If using a global install, replace
SpecialK64.dll in the Special K install folder and %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\Horizon Zero Dawn\SpecialK.ini with the contents of the archive's Global folder.
- If using a local install, extract the Local folder to <path-to-game> and overwrite any conflicts.
- Open the configuration file in a text editor (e.g. Notepad) and adjust
TargetFPS as desired.
- Launch the game.
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Remapping for a
DualShock 4 controller
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Tips for getting the best performance
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- Disable internal VSync and enable external VSync through driver software instead.[12]
- Use exclusive fullscreen to get 10% better performance.[12]
- Use a completely up to date driver.[12]
- Put the graphics card into the 16x PCIe slot.[12]
Issues unresolved
Stuttering on some systems
- Some systems might experience stuttering during gameplay in areas such as quest or interface updates, camera swaps in cutscenes and general world traversal.[7]
High memory usage
- Some users have reported unexpectedly high system and video memory usage, potentially leading to additional stuttering or crashes on some systems.[13][14][15]
Issues fixed
Seldom crashes due to game trying to write to nonexistent memory address
- Game is trying to write to memory address 0.
- This fix is believed to reduce the number of crashes due to memory write errors.
- Some users report that this fix does not work, and may make crashes even more frequent.
Modify the game executable[16]
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- Open
<path-to-game>\HorizonZeroDawn.exe in a hex editor (e.g. HxD).
- Search for
C7 04 25 00 00 00 00 A7 DC EA 0D as hex and replace all instances with
90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 .
- Save the changes.
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In-game anisotropic filtering setting does not work
- The Anisotropic Filtering setting present in-game does not function with the release version of the game.[7]
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- Force anisotropic filtering in the graphics driver settings.
- It is recommended to recompile shaders after changing this setting with NVIDIA GPUs, or else this might cause texture flickering.
- Open
<path-to-game>\LocalCacheDX12\ in Windows Explorer.
- Delete
PSOCache.bin .
- Launch the game and allow shaders to re-compile.
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Game crashes during initial shader compilation
- Restart the game after the shader compilation have finished to allow it to free up remaining memory that might otherwise still be occupied.
Free up additional space on the storage device the game is installed on.[7]
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Increase page file size.[18]
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- Shader compilation is reported to require a lot of memory[19], increasing the page file size could potentially improve or solve any related issues.
- On Windows 10, use the search functionality within the taskbar to locate and select View advanced system settings.
- Select the first Settings option under the Performance heading.
- Select the Advanced tab on the window that appears.
- Select the Change option under the Virtual Memory heading.
- Check the Automatically manage paging file size for all drives option or set the C: drive to System managed size.
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Game crashes on launch
Save game failed
- Some players have reported that the following error will be displayed when trying to write profile or save data:
"Save game failed. Please make sure you have enough free space on system drive, and the game have access to Documents folder."
Run the game as Administrator.[21]
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Run the game on a user profile that does not contain any non-Latin characters.[21]
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Disable Windows Defender ransomware protection.[22]
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- On Windows 10, use the search functionality within the taskbar to locate and select Virus & threat protection.
- Scroll down to select Manage ransomware protection.
- Toggle Controlled folder access to off if enabled.
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Texture flickering and corruption on NVIDIA GPUs
Recompile shaders if you have recently changed anisotropic filtering in the graphics driver settings.[23]
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- Open
<path-to-game>\LocalCacheDX12\ in Windows Explorer.
- Delete
PSOCache.bin .
- Launch the game and allow shaders to re-compile.
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Restore the profile for Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition to the default settings in the NVIDIA Control Panel.[24]
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Save files gone after update 1.01
Restore save files from the OneDrive folder[25]
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- Open
%USERPROFILE%\OneDrive\¤å¥ó\ in Windows Explorer.
- Copy the
Horizon Zero Dawn folder.
- Navigate to
%USERPROFILE%\Documents and paste the folder.
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VR support
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
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Direct3D |
12 |
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Physics |
Havok[26] |
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Cutscenes |
Bink Video[26] |
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System requirements
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Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
10 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3 GHz AMD FX-6300 3.5 GHz |
Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
8 GB |
16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
100 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 AMD Radeon R9 290 3 GB (Nvidia), 4 GB (AMD) of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580 6 GB (Nvidia), 8 GB (AMD) of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- ↑ The HUD settings do not appear in the main menu.
- ↑ For example, the main character's hair does not move correctly when the game is running at higher than 30 FPS.[6]
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