SOMA
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Developers | |
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Frictional Games | |
macOS (OS X) | Aaron Melcher |
Linux | Aaron Melcher |
Engines | |
HPL Engine 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 22, 2015 |
macOS (OS X) | September 22, 2015 |
Linux | September 22, 2015 |
Key points
- Vsync may cause performance issues due to a lack of triple buffering.[1] Force triple buffering externally to fix this.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Frictional Games SOMA Forum
- Frictional Games SOMA Support Forum
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Epic Games Store | DRM-free when launched directly from executable.[2] | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Mac App Store | ||||
Steam | Also includes DRM-free version | |||
Discord |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Soma\Main\ |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/Frictional Games/Soma/ |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/frictionalgames/Soma/Main/ |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Soma\Main\<user-id>\ |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/Frictional Games/Soma/<user-id>/ |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/frictionalgames/Soma/Main/<user-id>/ |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Discord | ||
Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
High frame rate
- The game limits frame rate to 60 FPS by default.
Remove FPS cap[citation needed] |
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Set a higher FPS cap (vsync needs to be on) |
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Input settings
DualShock 4 Button Mod
Use DualShock 4 Button Mod[citation needed] |
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Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Fan translation, download. | |||
Portuguese | ||||
Russian | Fan voice-over by «GamesVoice». | |||
Spanish |
VR support
Devices | State | Notes | |
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Tobii Eye Tracking |
Issues fixed
- Frictional Games has put together a troubleshooting guide for SOMA
Low frame rate or fluctuation with Vsync enabled
- Frame rate may fluctuate between full and half refresh rate values.
Set triple buffering[1] |
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Super Sampling
Mouse Viewport is smaller than the DSR/VSR resolution
Check "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings"[citation needed] |
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Restart the game after setting the desired DSR/VSR resolution[citation needed] |
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SLI not working
Set 'MULTICHIP_OGL_OPTIONS (0x209746C1)' to '0x00000002'[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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OpenGL | 3.3 | [3] |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Remove the crosshair
Remove the crosshair[6] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 SP1 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3 AMD A6 2.4 GHz |
Intel Core i5 AMD FX |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 25 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GT 240 AMD Radeon HD 5570 1 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce 480 AMD Radeon HD 5970 2 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3 2.4 GHz | Intel Core i5 |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 25 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GT 240 AMD Radeon HD 5570 1 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce 480 AMD Radeon HD 5970 2 GB of VRAM |
- 32-bit systems are not supported.
Linux | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Major Linux distribution from 2014 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3 AMD A6 2.4 GHz |
Intel Core i5 AMD FX |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 25 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GT 240 AMD Radeon HD 5570 1 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce 480 AMD Radeon HD 5970 2 GB of VRAM |
- 32-bit systems are not supported.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vsync/FPS issues :: SOMA General Discussions
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-10-31
- ↑ jens (Frictional Games): SOMA Troubleshooting Guide - last accessed on December 10, 2017
- ↑ Games using Newton - last accessed on March 3, 2018
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ PC Version - A couple helpful tweaks : soma