Chernobylite

Chernobylite

Developers
	The Farm 51
Publishers
October 2020 onward	All in! Games
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	July 28, 2021
Reception
Metacritic	74
OpenCritic	76
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Eastern Europe

Chernobylite is a singleplayer first-person action and shooter game.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store
GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
White Rose Pack
Deadly Frost Pack
Autumn Dread Pack

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos
Go to <path-to-game>\ChernobylGame\Content\Movies\ Delete or rename the following files: splashallinn.mp4, splashmataboo.mp4, splashpartnerlogos.mp4, splashreality51.mp4, splashscreen.mp4, splashthefarm51.mp4 and splashunrealengine.mp4

Deleting or removing Title_logo.mp4 will make the game screen appear white until a button is pressed.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\ChernobylGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1016800/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\ChernobylGame\Saved\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1016800/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings

Advanced video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Vert- scaling of the view, cutscenes and first-person model.
Ultra-widescreen		Vert- scaling of the view, cutscenes and first-person model. See Field of view (FOV) for a workaround.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Between 60 and 120. Default is 81. See also Chernobylite FOV Changer.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		8x by default, see Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Low, Medium, High, and Ultra options, super scaling up to 200%, Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR 2.0.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Results in image drastically different from the original.[dubious – discuss]
Ray tracing (RT)		Added as a part of "Enhanced Edition" update on April 21, 2022.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Low FPS - Low GPU usage fix when Raytracing is on

Disable Raytracing[citation needed]
For some users, if Raytracing is on, in some areas, FPS can drop to as low as 4 FPS. If this happens frequently, there's no choice but to disable Raytracing.

Issues fixed

Alleviate or eliminate shader compilation stutter

Force enable shader preloading[citation needed]

Massively improves framepacing during gameplay and alleviates most stutters caused by shader compilation. Doesn´t work with the DirectX 12 version of the game. Can exacerbate level loading and section loading stutters, as the CPU is utilized on all cores to 100%. Other stutters caused by assetloading will still occur. The Shader Cache has to be compiled again once a display driver has been uninstalled or updated due to the display driver´s shader cache being deleted/reset in the update/uninstall process. Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\ChernobylGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ Open Engine.ini. Add the following text as a new paragraph at the bottom and then save the file. [/Script/Engine.RendererSettings] r.CreateShadersOnLoad=1

Input

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		1, 2, 3 etc. may not be accessible for rebinding on AZERTY keyboards.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		From 0.10 to 2.00. Shared with controller setting.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Shared with controller setting.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity		Shared with mouse setting. Deadzone may need adjusting to avoid stick drift.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Shared with mouse setting.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

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  Player mappings

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  Shorcuts mappings

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  Gamepad mappings

Adjust controller deadzone

Increase deadzone via config file

Navigate to Configuration file(s) location. Edit Input.ini with a text editor. Find lines: AxisConfig=(AxisKeyName="Gamepad_LeftX",AxisProperties=(DeadZone=0.100000,Sensitivity=1.000000,Exponent=1.000000,bInvert=False)) AxisConfig=(AxisKeyName="Gamepad_LeftY",AxisProperties=(DeadZone=0.100000,Sensitivity=1.000000,Exponent=1.000000,bInvert=False)) Increase the deadzone to 0.15 to eliminate left stick drift. AxisConfig=(AxisKeyName="Gamepad_RightX",AxisProperties=(DeadZone=0.100000,Sensitivity=1.000000,Exponent=1.000000,bInvert=False)) AxisConfig=(AxisKeyName="Gamepad_RightY",AxisProperties=(DeadZone=0.100000,Sensitivity=1.000000,Exponent=1.000000,bInvert=False)) Increase the deadzone to 0.15 to eliminate right stick drift.

Audio

Audio settings

Game settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Volume, Music, Dialogue, Effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		No option to enable it.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Hungarian
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Turkish
Ukrainian

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12	DirectX 12 was added in an update and then removed as a start option on April 14, 2021. It ultimately returned as an option as part of "Enhanced Edition" on April 21, 2022, which introduced raytracing.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 SP1	8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2500K	Intel Core i7-4790K
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	40 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 / GTX 1050 Nvidia GeForce GTX 770M AMD Radeon R7 260 AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 / GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 480 / RX 570

A 64-bit operating system is required.