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Multiple reviews mention FPS drops on high-end hardware exceeding the recommended system requirements.<ref name="NGN"/><ref>{{Refcheck|user=Rose|date=2019-05-04|comment=With everything set to Very High, AA to 4x, resolution at 100%, there are FPS drops below 60 when looking at the sources of light and during the running scenes on the GTX 1070, i5 6600K and 16 GB of DDR4 RAM}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gamespew.com/2019/05/close-to-the-sun-review/|title=Close to the Sun Review|date=May 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.godisageek.com/reviews/close-sun-review/|title=Close to the Sun review |date=May 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=https://it.ign.com/close-to-the-sun-pc/154000/review/close-to-the-sun-la-recensione|title=Troppo vicini al sole|date=May 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=https://worthplaying.com/article/2019/5/2/reviews/114106/|title=PC Review - 'Close to the Sun'|date=May 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=https://wccftech.com/review/close-to-the-sun-review/|title=Close to the Sun Review – Bio-shockingly Close to the Sun|date=May 6, 2019}}</ref> | Multiple reviews mention FPS drops on high-end hardware exceeding the recommended system requirements.<ref name="NGN"/><ref>{{Refcheck|user=Rose|date=2019-05-04|comment=With everything set to Very High, AA to 4x, resolution at 100%, there are FPS drops below 60 when looking at the sources of light and during the running scenes on the GTX 1070, i5 6600K and 16 GB of DDR4 RAM}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gamespew.com/2019/05/close-to-the-sun-review/|title=Close to the Sun Review|date=May 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.godisageek.com/reviews/close-sun-review/|title=Close to the Sun review |date=May 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=https://it.ign.com/close-to-the-sun-pc/154000/review/close-to-the-sun-la-recensione|title=Troppo vicini al sole|date=May 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=https://worthplaying.com/article/2019/5/2/reviews/114106/|title=PC Review - 'Close to the Sun'|date=May 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=https://wccftech.com/review/close-to-the-sun-review/|title=Close to the Sun Review – Bio-shockingly Close to the Sun|date=May 6, 2019}}</ref> | ||
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==Other information== | ==Other information== |
Revision as of 19:10, 3 April 2022
Developers | |
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Storm in a Teacup | |
Publishers | |
Wired Productions | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 4[Note 1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 2, 2019 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 65 |
OpenCritic | 64 |
IGDB | 61 |
Taxonomy | |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Adventure |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Detective/mystery, Steampunk |
Key points
- Frame rate issues reported in multiple critics and user reviews.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Epic Games Store | Can be run DRM-free when launched directly from the executable. | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
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%\ctts\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/968870/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\ctts\Saved\SaveGames\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/968870/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Vert- gameplay, pillarboxed menu, stretched and letterboxed intro cutscene.[3] See Field of view (FOV) for extra gameplay FOV. |
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Ultra-widescreen | Vert- gameplay, pillarboxed menu, stretched and letterboxed intro cutscene.[4] For a workaround, see Ultra-widescreen. |
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4K Ultra HD | [5] | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Enabled by matching the desktop and in-game resolutions and setting Full Screen off. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Scales with Texture Quality.[6] | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | None, 2x, 4x, 6x, and up to 200% through Resolution Scale. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Enabled irrespective of the setting state. See Vertical sync (Vsync) to disable. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
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.
Ultra-widescreen
Use a patcher to modify the game executable[4] |
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Field of view (FOV)
Increase FOV by setting it to vertical in a config file[4] |
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[/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer] AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV
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Adjust FOV in real time with a tool[4] |
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
Disable Vsync[4] |
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[SystemSettings] r.VSync=0 |
Bloom
Disable bloom through the config file[7] |
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[SystemSettings] r.BloomQuality=0 |
Depth of field
Disable depth of field through the config file[8] |
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[SystemSettings] r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0 |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | The game utilizes WSAD, Esc, ⇧ Shift, Space ␣, Tab ↹, LMB and RMB. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | 0.7 to 1.4 in increments of 0.1 | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Labeled Invert Up Axis. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | 4 presets are available. | |
Controller sensitivity | 0.7 to 1.4 in increments of 0.1 | |
Controller Y-axis inversion | Labeled Invert Up Axis. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | [9] | |
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | Controller vibration toggle. | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Effects, music, voices. | |
Surround sound | [10] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Arabic | Fan translation by AR Team, download. | |||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Close to the Sun (DX11). |
Issues unresolved
Antialiasing settings reverted
Each chapter causes the user-selected antialiasing setting to be reverted to its default value of 6x.[11]
Frame rate drops
Multiple reviews mention FPS drops on high-end hardware exceeding the recommended system requirements.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Issues fixed
Game crashes during startup
See Bypass OpenSSL SHA bug on Intel 10th gen and later CPUs.[18] |
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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) | 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5 AMD FX 2.4 GHz |
Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen 7 |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 50 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX series 7 AMD Radeon R9 3 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 470 |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible |
Notes
- ↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.18.0.0[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>/968870/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (968870) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-12-06
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-03
- It works and causes no delay.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-03
- Tested by creating a custom desktop resolution of 3840x1080
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-03
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-03
- Tested by creating a custom desktop resolution of 3840x2160
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2020-04-11
- r.maxanisotropy gets set from 0 to 8 depending on the setting, as seen in the console.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-03
- Two screenshots of the same spot taken and compared.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-03
- Two screenshots of a cutscene taken and compared.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-03
- Tested with a Razer Onza Xbox 360 controller.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-03
- Sound was coming from the rear speakers during the cutscenes and in the rain.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Close to the Sun Review - last accessed on May 8, 2019
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-04
- With everything set to Very High, AA to 4x, resolution at 100%, there are FPS drops below 60 when looking at the sources of light and during the running scenes on the GTX 1070, i5 6600K and 16 GB of DDR4 RAM
- ↑ Close to the Sun Review - last accessed on May 4, 2019
- ↑ Close to the Sun review - last accessed on May 4, 2019
- ↑ Troppo vicini al sole - last accessed on May 4, 2019
- ↑ PC Review - 'Close to the Sun' - last accessed on May 5, 2019
- ↑ Close to the Sun Review – Bio-shockingly Close to the Sun - last accessed on May 6, 2019
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-04-03