This page is for the game released in 2017. For the game released in 2006, see Prey.
Key points
- Steam owners of the Deluxe Edition or Mooncrash DLC automatically receive Prey: Typhon Hunter, which contains the multiplayer mode and TranStar VR.
General information
- Official Bethesda Forums
- Bethesda Support Website
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Version differences
- Steam owners of the Deluxe Edition or Mooncrash DLC automatically receive Prey: Typhon Hunter, which contains the multiplayer mode and TranStar VR.
- Cosmonaut Shotgun Pack DLC is integrated part of base game on GOG.
DLC and expansion packs
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Cosmonaut Shotgun Pack |
Preorder bonus on Steam. Integrated into base game on GOG. |
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Mooncrash |
Steam version includes Prey: Typhon Hunter for free. |
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Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Use the -skipArkIntro command line argument
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- This method only skips the Arkane and Bethesda logo sequences.
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Manually remove/rename the intro videos[3]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\GameSDK\Videos\ .
- Delete or rename
ArkaneLogoAnim_Redux_1080p2997_ST-16LUFS.bk2 , Bethesda_logo_anim_white.bk2 , LegalScreens.bk2 , and Ryzen_Bumper.bk2 .
Notes
- Be careful; the names of other video files may contain spoilers.
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Prey Interface Customizer
- Makes it easy to adjust various elements of the user interface, input, and graphics otherwise, as well as includes new features and quality of life changes.
Add missing lighting, shadows and reflections
- Adds missing shadows, volumetric lights and fog, reflections, particle effects, sun flares, improved view distance (editable in-game via an advanced settings menu), parallax occlusion mapping, and persistent decals, among others.
- This mod is only for the main game, not the Mooncrash DLC.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
In-game basic video settings
In-game advanced video settings
In-game gameplay settings
In-game interactive screens settings
Custom FPS cap[4]
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- Open the game and make a change to any video setting.
- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
game.cfg .
- Change
sys_MaxFPS = 144 to the desired FPS cap.
- Save the changes.
Notes
- Changing the value to
0 caps the frame rate at 60 FPS.
- Alternatively, higher frame rates can also be achieved by turning on V-sync. This introduces some input lag, but the amount is very small at frame rates over 144.
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Post-processing
Disable motion blur[5]
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- Go to
<path-to-game> .
- Create a file called
autoexec.cfg and open it with a text editor like Notepad.
- Add the line
r_MotionBlur = 0 and save the file.
Notes
- Alternatively as a solution for the Xbox Game Pass version:
- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
game.cfg .
- Add the line
r_MotionBlur = 0 and save the file.
- Save the changes.
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Input
Rebind weapon wheel manually in config file[6]
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- Go to
%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Arkane Studios\Prey\Profiles\default\ .
- Open
actionmaps.xml with Notepad.
- Look for the line
<actionmap name="player"> and paste the following code below it.
<action name="enter_focusmode">
<rebind device="keyboard" input="b" defaultInput="mouse3"/>
</action>
<action name="mouse_enter_focusmode">
<rebind device="keyboard" input="b" defaultInput="mwheel_up"/>
</action>
<action name="mouse_enter_focusmode">
<rebind device="keyboard" input="b" defaultInput="mwheel_down"/>
</action>
- In this example the weapon wheel is now remapped to B on your keyboard. This can be changed to your liking.
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In-game keybindings settings
In-game controller settings
In-game controller layout menu
Audio
Audio feature |
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Separate volume controls |
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No master volume. |
Surround sound |
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Up to 7.1.[7] |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
Language |
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Audio |
Sub |
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English |
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Traditional Chinese |
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Czech |
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Fan translation. Download. |
French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Polish |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Latin American Spanish |
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VR support
Issues fixed
Controller not detected or other problems
- Fixed in Blood Moon update.
Force XInput API using either of the below methods[8]
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- Use Prey Interface Customizer to force the game to use XInput.
- Alternatively, if you do not want to use Interface Customizer and just want a lightweight fix for Xbox/DualShock controllers, use PreyXInputFix.
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Kirk Remmer not spawning
Edit the save files
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- Make a back up of your current saves and disable Steam Cloud.
- Go to the Cargo Bay and make a new manual save, then quit the game.
- Go to you save game location and to the
manual# folder for the save you made in step 2.
- Move the
lifesupport.level file to another folder.
- Start the game and load the manual save from step 2.
- Enter Life Support (you'll know it worked when there's enemies and the level has reset) and make your way down to the Escape Pods.
- If you go into the Escape Pods and don't find a phantom named kirk Remmer, quit the game and delete the
lifesupport.level file from the manual# folder and try again.
- If you go into the Escape Pods and find him, kill him and loot him, the objective should update.
- Go back to the Cargo Bay and once inside save over the manual save you made in step 2 and quit the game.
- Move the original
lifesupport.level file (the one moved to another folder in step 4) into the manual# folder overwriting the one you just used to find Kirk Remmer.
- Continue as normal from the save in step 9.
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Get rid of aliasing/jaggies
Edit config file[9]
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- Go to the configuration file.
- Add these lines:
r_AntialiasingMode = 4
r_AntialiasingTAAPattern = 11
r_motionblur = 0
- Save and close.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
11 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
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Windows |
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
7 |
8, 10 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core i5-2400 AMD FX-8320 |
Intel Core i7-2600K AMD FX-8350 |
System memory (RAM) |
8 GB |
16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
20 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7850 2 GB of VRAM
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 290 4 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References