Wolfenstein: The New Order
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MachineGames | |
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Bethesda Softworks | |
Engines | |
id Tech 5 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 20, 2014 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 81 |
OpenCritic | 81 |
IGDB | 82 |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Castle Wolfenstein | 1981 |
Beyond Castle Wolfenstein | 1984 |
Wolfenstein 3D | 1992 |
Spear of Destiny | 1992 |
Return to Castle Wolfenstein | 2001 |
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory | 2003 |
Wolfenstein | 2009 |
Wolfram (unofficial game) | 2012 |
Wolfenstein: The New Order | 2014 |
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood | 2015 |
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | 2017 |
Wolfenstein: Youngblood | 2019 |
Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot | 2019 |
RealRTCW (unofficial mod) | 2020 |
Key points
- Use id5 Tweaker to change advanced settings and optimize performance.
General information
- PC Report
- Official Wolfenstein series site
- Wolfenstein Wiki - A detailed wiki for every Wolfenstein game made.
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Community Discussions (German Edition)
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Released along with The Old Blood in a two-pack. | |||
Amazon.com | ||||
Bethesda.net | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Version differences
- The German Edition (aka LV Release) only includes the German language and has content differences (e.g. no swastikas).
- The Panzerhund Edition does not include the game or any in-game extras.[1]
Essential improvements
Restore cache files
- The texture cache folder is not made by the game so the cache is regenerated for each session.
- This can fix stuttering in the game.
- Or in smaller areas may slightly decrease FPS with Core 0 disabled (and e.g. with SSD and/or low details).
Make texture cache folder[2] |
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Notes
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Skip intro videos
Use +com_skipIntroVideo 1 command line argument[3]
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Rename the video files |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\MachineGames\Wolfenstein The New Order\base\wolfConfig.cfg |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/201810/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\MachineGames\Wolfenstein The New Order\base\savegame\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/201810/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Field of view (FOV)
- id5 Tweaker increases the upper limit of the FOV to 200 and allows changing viewmodel FOV as well.
- It is recommended to keep g_fov at 120 for a wide field of view without fish-eye effect at 16:9 resolutions and hands_fovscale at 1.0 to avoid making the character hands and weapons disproportinate to the screen or broken in certain situations.
Adjust FOV values[4] |
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Anti-aliasing (AA)
- Tested up to 16x MSAA. Can drastically reduce performance.
- This has no effect on many edges in the game but will help reduce jaggies on geometry edges.[5]
Enable MSAA Anti-aliasing |
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
- The in-game Vsync option may not work correctly if used in conjunction with G-sync, and/or if using the unofficial high frame rate mod.
Alternative Vsync[citation needed] |
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Notes
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High frame rate
Increase FPS cap[4] |
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Notes
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Post-processing
Disable depth of field[3][4] |
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Disable all post process effects[4] |
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Input settings
- Some useful console commands would be
listBinds
,unbind
in order to force certain keys to be unbound andunbindAll
Remapping
Binding keys through the console[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Binding keys by editing configuration files[6] |
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Alternatively, and in case the above doesn't work, open the console (ctrl+`) and type: bindset 4 <enter> bind e "_moveforward" <enter> Notes
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Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | Fan translation. | |||
French | ||||
German | German Edition only. | |||
Hungarian | Fan translation. | |||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Native 3D | |||
Nvidia 3D Vision | Use 3D Surround Gaming fix. | ||
TriDef 3D | |||
iZ3D |
Devices | |||
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3RD Space Gaming Vest |
Issues fixed
Vertical sync disables itself intermittently
Force Vsync and triple buffering[4] |
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Notes
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"Wolfenstein is not responding" crash
- The game may crash soon after starting when using outdated graphics card drivers.
Install recommended graphics card drivers[7][8] |
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Low frame rate
Change binary name and create text file[9] |
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Solution presumably for AMD GPUs
Notes
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Set specific level of certain details[10] |
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Force the game to use copied AMD OpenGL driver (atioglxx.dll)[14] |
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Search for atioglxx.dll inside Windows folder, or use this one. Then copy the file inside the game folder.
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Endless loading screen
Verify the cache integrity on Steam[citation needed] |
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Game crashes to desktop on random intervals on AMD graphics cards
- There is an issue where Catalyst AI causes the crashes. In older drivers this could be turned off in the software, but now it must be done manually.
Disable Catalyst AI[15] |
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Notes
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Displayed game exceeds range of visibility on the screen
Disable DPI scalling in Windows |
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Game runs slow in multithreaded mode
Change amount of threads in game renderer |
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Stutter, textures pop-in, freezes on 3GB VRAM cards
Increase texture buffer[16] |
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Notes
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Minifreezes[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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OpenGL | 3.2 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video |
Disable camera sway
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Notes
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 7, 8 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i7 AMD equivalent |
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System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 50 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ATI Radeon HD 6850 |
- Requires a 64-bit system.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (201810) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Kotaku - $100 Wolfenstein Panzerhound Edition Comes With A Sweet Dog, No Game
- ↑ Texture Cache Directory: Needs to be created :: Wolfenstein: The New Order General Discussions
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Verified by User:Rose on 2018-07-19
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Verified by User:Keith on 2017-11-30
- ↑ Enable built-in Antialiasing (MSAA) - last accessed on July 19, 2018
- ↑ ESDF Key Bindings and Chapter 10 Tunnel Glider - Steam Community
- ↑ Wolfenstein: The New Order PC Support - PC - Bethesda Softworks Forums
- ↑ "Wolfenstein is not responding" :: Wolfenstein: The New Order General Discussions
- ↑ How to fix Wolfenstein: The Old blood game launch
- ↑ Performance fixes for 60 FPS gameplay game launch
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/201810/discussions/0/490121928356626281/
- ↑ https://rage.fandom.com/wiki/Tweaks#A_few_useful_examples
- ↑ https://rage.fandom.com/wiki/Tweaks#A_few_useful_examples
- ↑ Fix borrowed from RAGE (same engine)
- ↑ Wolfenstein: The New Order keeps Crashing to Desktop : Reddit Gamesupport
- ↑ RAGE Wiki - Tweaks