General information
- Official website
- The Sinking City subreddit
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- 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]
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- 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.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Use an external tool to fine-tune FOV[2]
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- 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.
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Increase FOV by changing the way it's calculated[3]
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- 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.
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Edit the config file[4]
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- 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.
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Edit the config file to enable super-sampling[3]
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- 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.
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Bloom
Edit the config file to disable bloom[3]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
Engine.ini in a text editor.
- Add the following lines:
[SystemSettings]
r.BloomQuality=0
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Film grain
Edit the config file to disable film grain[5]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
Engine.ini in a text editor.
- Add the following lines:
[SystemSettings]
r.Tonemapper.Quality=0
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Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
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Traditional Chinese |
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Czech |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Korean |
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Polish |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Portuguese |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Turkish |
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Ukrainian |
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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 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Physics |
PhysX |
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System requirements
Windows |
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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:
References