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===Version differences=== | ===Version differences=== |
Revision as of 10:28, 25 January 2023
Developers | |
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MachineGames | |
Publishers | |
Bethesda Softworks | |
Engines | |
Id Tech 6.5[1][2] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 27, 2017 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 86 |
OpenCritic | 87 |
IGDB | 87 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | FPS, Shooter |
Series | Wolfenstein |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Castle Wolfenstein | 1981 |
Beyond Castle Wolfenstein | 1984 |
Wolfenstein 3D | 1992 |
Spear of Destiny | 1992 |
Return to Castle Wolfenstein | 2001 |
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory | 2003 |
Wolfenstein | 2009 |
Wolfram (unofficial game) | 2012 |
Wolfenstein: The New Order | 2014 |
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood | 2015 |
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | 2017 |
Wolfenstein: Youngblood | 2019 |
Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot | 2019 |
RealRTCW (unofficial mod) | 2020 |
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is a singleplayer first-person FPS and shooter game in the Wolfenstein series.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Community Discussions (German Edition)
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Some copies might only include the Steam installer. | |||
GamersGate | Digital Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Digital Deluxe Edition also available. | ||||
GOG.com | Digital Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Green Man Gaming | Digital Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Humble Store | Digital Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Microsoft Store | Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC. Digital Deluxe Edition also available. |
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Steam | Digital Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Bethesda.net (unavailable) |
- A demo is available from Steam.
- The Bethesda.net release is no longer available as the Bethesda.net Launcher has been retired. Users who owned games in their Bethesda.net Library are able to transfer their games to their Steam account for free, even now after the launcher has been officially retired.
Version differences
- The German Edition only includes the German language and has content differences (e.g. no swastikas).
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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The Freedom Chronicles - Season Pass | ||
The Freedom Chronicles - Episode 0 | Pre-order and Season Pass exclusive. | |
The Freedom Chronicles - Episode 1 | ||
The Freedom Chronicles - Episode 2 | ||
The Freedom Chronicles - Episode 3 |
Essential improvements
New Colossus Tweaker
- Adds support for tweaking head bobbing and forcing dot crosshair for all weapons.[3]
Skip intro videos
Use the +com_skipBootSequence 1 command line argument[citation needed]
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Remove intro files[4] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\MachineGames\Wolfenstein II The New Colossus\base\Wolfenstein II The New ColossusConfig.cfg |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/612880/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\MachineGames\Wolfenstein II The New Colossus\base\savegame.user |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/612880/pfx/[Note 1] |
- Unlike Wolfenstein: The New Order or Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, this game uses manual saves instead of having a chapter selection feature.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud | ||
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Use Flawless Widescreen. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | 70-120°. Default is 90°. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | TAA, FXAA, SMAA, TSSAA | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Includes an adaptive option. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate cap.[5] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | Initially announced as supported on Xbox One X,[6] the feature was never announced for PC and ultimately scrapped for the consoles as well.[7][8] | ||
Color blind mode | Deuteranopia, Protanopia, and Tritanopia |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | In-game option. Use the m_sensitivity console command to set a lower value. |
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Mouse input in menus | Implemented with a software cursor, which is susceptible to framerate changes and will feel different from the normal OS/hardware cursor.[citation needed] | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Can switch between Right-handed, Alt Right Handed and Left Handed Guzman controller layouts. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | Only available on XInput devices. | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Steam Input | ||
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Steam Input API support | ||
Hook input (legacy mode) | ||
Official controller preset(s) | ||
Steam Controller button prompts |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Up to 7.1 output confirmed.[9] | |
Subtitles | Off, Foreign, and All | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
- Lines spoken in the game utilize different languages with a subtitle available if a line is in foreign language.
Localizations
- The German Edition only has German language.
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | Fan translation, download. | |||
French | ||||
German | German Edition only. | |||
Hungarian | Fan translation, #1, #2, (DLC) #3. | |||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish | Only Available on Microsoft Store. For Steam Version and GOG See Latin American Spanish audio mod |
Latin American Spanish audio mod
- Taken translation from Microsoft Store Version. Steam and GOG versions have UI and subtitles, but doesn't have the voices implemented in the base game and episode 0. But it does have them in the three episodes of the DLC packs belonging to The Freedom Chronicles.
- Download audio files here.
- Go to
<path-to-game>\base\sound\soundbanks\pc
. - Paste the downloaded files.
- Add launch parameter: +sys_languages "latin_spanish"
VR support
Devices | State | Notes | |
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3RD Space Gaming Vest |
Issues unresolved
Invincible Super Soldiers
- Super Soldiers are sometimes impossible to kill, with bullets going through them (can be noticed by the crosshair not turning red)
Reload previous save game[10][11][12] |
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Issues fixed
Game crashes in the intro or when loading a save (Could not write crash dump)
Disable "Deferred Rendering" in the advanced graphics options[13][14][15] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Vulkan | 1.0 | [16] |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok | |
Audio | Wwise | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 2.7a |
Enable developer mode
Use +devMode_enable 1 command line argument[17][citation needed]
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Game not launching on dual core systems
Use the +jobs_numthreads 2 command line argument[18]
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Increase textures quality
Increase textures quality by editing the config file[19] |
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Notes
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | 8.1, 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i7-3770 AMD FX-8350 |
Intel Core i7-4770 AMD FX-9370 |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 55 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 AMD Radeon R9 290 4 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 470 6 GB of VRAM |
- 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.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/612880/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (612880) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus – E3 2017 Full Reveal Trailer - YouTube
- ↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-12-28
- Talked about in various interviews and Digital Foundry videos. It is thus an improved version of Id Tech 6 used in Doom 2016, like adding in volumetric effects. Shown in the in-game console to be be thus actually Id Tech 6.5: "Engine: idTech - 6.5.0"
- ↑ [NewColossusTweaker] -- v0.1 -- Adjust Head Bobbing, Force Dot Crosshair :: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus General Discussions
- ↑ Steam Community :: Guide :: Skip Intro Movies - Quick Guide
- ↑ MachineGames promises a great PC version for Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - DSOGaming
- ↑ NeoWin news - last accessed on 2021-01-23
- ↑ Bethesda does not currently plan to add Wolf 2 to this list - last accessed on 2021-01-23
- ↑ PLANNED XBOX ONE X ENHANCEMENTS on Bethesda.net - last accessed on 2021-01-23
- ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up
- ↑ Unkillable Super Soldat : Wolfenstein - last accessed on 2021-10-27
- ↑ Super Soldaten broke af (New Colossus) : Wolfenstein - last accessed on 2021-10-27
- ↑ Verified by User:Blackbird on 2021-10-27
- Happened to me in The Reunion chapter. No matter what weapon I used nothing would affect them.
- ↑ Could not write crash dump? :: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus General Discussions - last accessed on 2022-08-19
- ↑ Verified by User:Blackbird on 2021-10-27
- Can confirm this happens (W10 21H1, RTX 3070)
- ↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-08-19
- Seems to happen on NVidia hardware, where on AMD it is properly supported only, resulting in a crash for NVidia users
- ↑ Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus PC Performance Analysis – DSOGaming.com - last accessed on October 29, 2017
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Can't disable dev mode after update - last accessed on 2022-08-19
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Fix if your game won't start :: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus General Discussions - last accessed on 2022-08-19
- ↑ WHY TEXTURES IS BLURRY? - last accessed on 2022-08-19