The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
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Developers | |
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2K Marin | |
2K Australia | |
macOS (OS X) | TransGaming Inc. |
Publishers | |
2K Games | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 20, 2013 |
macOS (OS X) (Cider) | December 3, 2013 |
X-COM | |
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X-COM: UFO Defense | 1994 |
X-COM: Terror from the Deep | 1995 |
X-COM: Apocalypse | 1997 |
X-COM: Interceptor | 1998 |
X-COM: Email games | 1999 |
X-COM: Enforcer | 2001 |
XCOM: Enemy Unknown | 2012 |
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified | 2013 |
XCOM 2 | 2016 |
XCOM: Chimera Squad | 2020 |
General information
- Port Report
- No option to disable (slight) mouse acceleration.
- Has PhysX effects enabled by default, heavily impacting performance. In order to get playable framerates, either disable PhysX Particles under the advanced graphics options, or dedicate a separate Nvidia GPU to Physx.[1]
- Official game site
- Official forums
- UFOpaedia - A huge wiki for the XCOM series
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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GOG.com | comes with all DLC's | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Mac App Store | ||||
Steam |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Use the -nostartupmovies parameter[2]
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\XGame\Config\[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/65930/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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macOS (OS X) | |
Steam | <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/65930/ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/65930/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Graphics settings. Tesselation only shows with DX11 enabled, HUD size adjust and brightness available as separate menus.
Field of view (FOV)
Custom FOV values[citation needed] |
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High frame rate
Change frame rate smoothing[3] |
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation. | |||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Native 3D | |||
Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: The Bureau: XCOM Declassified. | ||
vorpX | G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Issues fixed
Low frame rate
Disable PhysX Particles, see Middleware below |
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Disable "Screen space reflections" |
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Run in DX9 mode |
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Set Ambient Occlusion to Medium instead of High |
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Game won't start in DX11 mode
Run in DirectX 9 mode |
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Blacklist EXE from Rivatuner Statistics Server |
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Optionally, you can just close Rivatuner while playing. |
Large frame rate drop when aiming
Disable VSync |
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Crashing during the first mission in the room with the plane suspended from the ceiling
Replace the game's version of PhysXCore.dll with a newer version |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9, 11 | Selectable when launching the game. Tessellation exclusive to DX11. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | Has Nvidia's proprietary PhysX effects enabled by default. In order to get playable framerates, either disable PhysX Particles under the advanced graphics options, or dedicate a separate Nvidia GPU to Physx.[4]. The PhysX Cloth simulation effect does not decrease performance to the same extent. |
Audio | Wwise | |
Interface | Autodesk | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Vista SP2 32-bit | 7 SP1 64-bit |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz |
Quad Core |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 12 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon HD 3870 Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT DirectX 9 compatible | AMD Radeon HD 6950 Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 DirectX 11 compatible |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX Compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Mountain Lion 10.7.5 or higher | Lion 10.9 or higher |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i series | |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 15 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | AMD Radeon HD 4870 Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT Intel Iris Graphics | AMD Radeon HD 5870 Nvidia GeForce GT 650M |
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 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>/65930/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (65930) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/65930/discussions/0/1759104257602043683/
- ↑ Verified by User:Marioysikax on July 29, 2016
- Launh parameter works absolutely fine, removed file renaming and config editing methods.
- ↑ Verified by User:Marioysikax on July 29, 2016
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/65930/discussions/0/1759104257602043683/