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Revision as of 12:12, 3 June 2019

Close to the Sun
Close to the Sun cover
Developers
Storm in a Teacup
Publishers
Wired Productions
Engines
Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows May 2, 2019
Close to the Sun on Wikipedia

Key points

Frame rate issues reported by multiple critics and user reviews.

General information

Official website

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
Can be run DRM-free when launched directly from the executable.
Windows
All versions require Epic Games Launcher DRM.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Remove the video files[1]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\WindowsNoEditor\ctts\Content\Movies\
  2. Delete or rename every file with Logo in its name.
A game update may cause the files to be re-downloaded.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\ctts\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\ctts\Saved\SaveGames\

Video settings

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

Template:Video settings

Ultra-widescreen

Use a modified game executable[2]
  1. Download the mod.
  2. Unpack the archive and replace the game .exe in <path-to-game>\WindowsNoEditor\ctts\Binaries\Win64\
Game updates may require a new version of the mod.

Field of view (FOV)

Increase FOV by changing the way it's calculated[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following lines:
[/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer]
AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV
A significant increase from the default 16:9 value.
Adjust FOV with precision with a tool[2]
  1. Download the Close to the Sun FOV changer.
  2. Launch the game and wait for it to load.
  3. Run the tool and use the buttons to increase and decrease FOV as instructed.
Game updates will likely require updates to the tool.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Disable Vsync[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following:
[SystemSettings]
r.VSync=0

Bloom

Disable bloom through the config file[3]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following and save the file.
[SystemSettings]
r.BloomQuality=0

Depth of field

Disable depth of field through the config file[4]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following and save the file.
[SystemSettings]
r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0

Input settings

General settings.
General settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Russian
Spanish

VR support

Issues unresolved

Antialiasing settings reverted

Each chapter causes the user-selected antialiasing setting to be reverted to its default value of 6x.[5]

Frame rate drops

Multiple reviews mention FPS drops on high-end hardware exceeding the recommended system requirements.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5
AMD FX 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 50 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX series 7
AMD Radeon R9
3 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible

References

  1. Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-03
    It works and causes no delay.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Rose53
  3. Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-03
    Two screenshots of the same spot taken and compared.
  4. Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-03
    Two screenshots of a cutscene taken and compared.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Close to the Sun Review - last accessed on May 8, 2019
  6. Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-04
    With everything set to Very High, AA to 4x, resolution at 100%, there are FPS drops below 60 when looking at the sources of light and during the running scenes on the GTX 1070, i5 6600K and 16 GB of DDR4 RAM
  7. Close to the Sun Review - last accessed on May 4, 2019
  8. Close to the Sun review - last accessed on May 4, 2019
  9. Troppo vicini al sole - last accessed on May 4, 2019
  10. PC Review - 'Close to the Sun' - last accessed on May 5, 2019
  11. Close to the Sun Review – Bio-shockingly Close to the Sun - last accessed on May 6, 2019