Difference between revisions of "The Sinking City"

Revision as of 22:07, 26 June 2019

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
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]

Version differences

Digital pre-orders include Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter, the Chicago Organ Grinder DLC, an extra skill point and 2 days of early access.

The Day One edition includes a map of Oakmont, the Investigator Pack and Chicago Organ Grinder DLC.

The Necronomicon Edition includes the Worshipers of the Necronomicon and the Investigator Pack DLC.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Remove the video files^[2]

Go to <path-to-game>\TSCGame\Content\Movies\
Remove Start_video_Frog.mp4, UE4_Logo.mp4 and UE4_Logo_BB.mp4.

A game update may restore the files.

The Epic Games Store logo and the warnings will remain, although easily skippable with button presses.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\TSCGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/750130/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\TSCGame\Saved\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/750130/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

Use an external tool to fine-tune FOV^[2]

Download the FOV changer.
Launch the game and wait for it to load.
Run the tool and press the buttons to increase and decrease FOV as instructed.

Game updates will likely require updates to the tool.

Increase FOV by changing the way it's calculated^[3]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Engine.ini in a text editor.
Add the following lines:

[/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer]
AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV

A significant increase from the default 16:9 value.

High frame rate

Edit the config file^[4]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `GameUserSettings.ini` in a text editor. Locate `FrameRateLimit=0.000000` and set the value to the desired FPS cap.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Enable TAA sharpening through the config file^[5]

This makes the game appear less blurry when anti-aliasing is on.

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Engine.ini in a text editor.
Add the following lines:

[SystemSettings]
r.TemporalAACurrentFrameWeight=0.2
r.TemporalAASharpness=0.8
r.Tonemapper.Sharpen=1

Enable super-sampling through the config file^[3]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Engine.ini in a text editor.
Add the following lines:

[SystemSettings]
r.ScreenPercentage=150

The 150 stands for percentage of the base resolution, equal to 1.5x. Any other value above 100 can be used.

Bloom

Disable bloom through the config file^[5]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Engine.ini in a text editor.
Add the following lines:

[SystemSettings]
r.BloomQuality=0

Film grain

Disable film grain through the config file^[5]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Engine.ini in a text editor.
Add the following lines:

[SystemSettings]
r.Tonemapper.Quality=0

Input settings

Controls settings.

Gameplay settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Language selection is only available from the main menu Gameplay settings.
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish
Ukrainian

Issues unresolved

Game stuttering

Noticeable stuttering has been reported by high-end hardware users.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2500 3.3 GHz AMD FX-8300 3.3 GHz	Intel Core i7-3770 3.5 GHz AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 1400 3.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	40 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 ATI Radeon R9 380X 4 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

[Proton_path_note-3] 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.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (750130) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] The Sinking City and Epic Games store - last accessed on March 20, 2019

[rose25-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-25

[rose26-4] 3.0 ^3.1 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-26

[5] Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-25
Set to 120.000000 and saw it reflected in the game.

[screenshots-6] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-26
Screenshots taken and compared.

[7] The Sinking City - PC Stuttering Issues + Benchmark Scene - last accessed on 2019-06-26

[8] (PC) Stuttering/hitching, any fix? - last accessed on 2019-06-26

[9] No longer get 60FPS? - last accessed on 2019-06-26

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@@ Line 94: / Line 94: @@
 |anisotropic notes          =
 |antialiasing               = true
-|antialiasing notes         = Off, Medium, High, Epic, Ultra. See [[#Anti-aliasing (AA)|Anti-aliasing (AA)]] for [[SSAA]].
+|antialiasing notes         = [[TAA]] with multiple quality options.<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Rose|date=2019-06-26|comment=TAA is commonly used in Unreal Engine 4 games. The other things pointing at it are the blurriness of the image, config-forced TAA quality options affecting it, and config-forced FXAA removing the blur.}}</ref> See [[#Anti-aliasing (AA)|Anti-aliasing (AA)]] for sharpening, or [[SSAA]].
 |vsync                      = true
 |vsync notes                =
@@ Line 132: / Line 132: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Anti-aliasing (AA)|Anti-aliasing (AA)]]===
-{{Fixbox|description=Edit the config file to enable [[SSAA|super-sampling]]|ref=<ref name="rose26"/>|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Enable [[TAA]] sharpening through the config file|ref=<ref name="screenshots"/>|fix=
+{{ii}} This makes the game appear less blurry when anti-aliasing is on.
+# Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file(s) location]].
+# Open <code>Engine.ini</code> in a text editor.
+# Add the following lines:
+<pre>
+[SystemSettings]
+r.TemporalAACurrentFrameWeight=0.2
+r.TemporalAASharpness=0.8
+r.Tonemapper.Sharpen=1
+</pre>
+}}
+{{Fixbox|description=Enable [[SSAA|super-sampling]] through the config file|ref=<ref name="rose26"/>|fix=
 # Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file(s) location]].
 # Open <code>Engine.ini</code> in a text editor.
@@ Line 144: / Line 157: @@
 ===Bloom===
-{{Fixbox|description=Edit the config file to disable bloom|ref=<ref name="rose26"/>|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Disable bloom through the config file|ref=<ref name="screenshots"/>|fix=
 # Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file(s) location]].
 # Open <code>Engine.ini</code> in a text editor.
@@ Line 155: / Line 168: @@
 ===Film grain===
-{{Fixbox|description=Edit the config file to disable film grain|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Rose|date=2019-06-26|comment=Screenshots taken and compared.}}</ref>|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Disable film grain through the config file|ref=<ref name="screenshots">{{Refcheck|user=Rose|date=2019-06-26|comment=Screenshots taken and compared.}}</ref>|fix=
 # Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file(s) location]].
 # Open <code>Engine.ini</code> in a text editor.

Developers

	Frogwares
Publishers
	Bigben Interactive
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	June 27, 2019