World War Z
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Developers | |
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Saber Interactive | |
Publishers | |
Mad Dog Games | |
Focus Home Interactive | |
Engines | |
Swarm Engine[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | April 16, 2019 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 70 |
OpenCritic | 70 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Expansion pack |
Key points
- Multiple free content and technical updates since release.[2]
- Optional online cross-play between PC and Xbox One.[3]
General information
- Official forums
- Official Discord server
- Community subreddit
- Technical FAQ - includes solutions to common issues
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Epic Games Store | GOTY Edition. Online modes require Epic Games Launcher.[4] |
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Humble Store |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Lobo Bundle | Pre-order bonus also included in GOTY Edition.[5] | |
GOTY Edition Upgrade | Includes new missions, weapon packs, and all previously available skins and weapons DLC. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Saber\WWZ\client\storage\ |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Saber\WWZ\client\storage\ |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
Russian | ||||
Italian | ||||
German | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Polish | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Simplified Chinese |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | [6] | |||
LAN play | ||||
Online play | 8 | Co-op, Versus Up to 4 players in the campaign co-op mode, up to 8 in the PvP modes. Optional co-op cross-play with Xbox One users enabled by default. |
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Asynchronous multiplayer |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | The game resorts to P2P when the dedicated servers are unavailable. Manual P2P hosting is not possible.[7][8] |
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Dedicated | Limited to locations in the US, Europe and Korea at launch.[7] | |
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s)[9] |
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TCP | 11700-11710 |
UDP | 48800–49000 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues unresolved
Crashes to desktop at game launch
- Multiple users have reported crashes to desktop. The game has received updates attempting to fix the issue.[10][11][12][13][14]
- Potentially working solutions are available for Nvidia users.
Force the game to use the dedicated GPU[15] |
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Remove AMD components[16] |
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Downgrade the Nvidia display drivers to 391.35[17][18] |
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Issues fixed
Visual stuttering
Switch from Vulkan to DirectX 11[19] |
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- The main menu background including character models may stretch at 21:9 and wider resolutions.[20]
Disable FidelityFX sharpening[20] |
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Use the World War Z ultrawide & multimonitor patcher.[20] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 | |
Vulkan |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok | [21] |
Audio | FMOD | [21] |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | [21] |
Multiplayer | Epic Online Services |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-3220 AMD A10-5700 |
Intel Core i7-3970 3.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 35 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Intel HD Graphics 630 ATI Radeon HD 5870 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon R9 280 DirectX 11 compatible |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
References
- ↑ World War Z - Launch Trailer (video description) - last accessed on April 16, 2019
- ↑ World War Z Season 2 Roadmap Revealed, Includes Crossplay Support, New Missions, More - last accessed on 2019-09-19
- ↑ The Crossplay Update is LIVE! - last accessed on 2020-03-23
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-05
- Closed the Epic Games launcher and renamed its Binaries folder. The game tried to connect to its servers but failed, still allowing to play through the Offline mode.
- ↑ [1] - last accessed on April 15, 2019
- ↑ World War Z - FAQ - last accessed on April 16, 2019
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 There will be both dedicated *and* P2P servers. - last accessed on April 16, 2019
- ↑ Official dev responses regarding some of the current issues - last accessed on April 16, 2019
- ↑ Server Addresses and Ports? - last accessed on April 30, 2019
- ↑ Game Crashes upon launch - last accessed on April 16, 2019
- ↑ World War Z - PC Hotfix April 20th - last accessed on April 20, 2019
- ↑ World War Z - First Bug Fix Update - last accessed on April 30, 2019
- ↑ My PC crashed while launching the game, now my progress is gone - last accessed on 2019-06-05
- ↑ [2] - last accessed on 2019-07-29
- ↑ [3] - last accessed on April 17, 2019
- ↑ FIXED start up crash in amdvlk64.dll on NVIDIA system - last accessed on April 20, 2019
- ↑ My solution to fix the crash at launch on PC. - last accessed on April 16, 2019
- ↑ Game does not start and crahsed immediately - last accessed on April 16, 2019
- ↑ Official dev responses regarding some of the current issues (primarily on PC) - last accessed on April 16, 2019
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-10-29
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-04-16