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Consortium
Consortium	2014
Consortium: The Tower	EA
Consortium Remastered	EA

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Official Forums

Manual

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com (unavailable)		Delisted on April 21st, 2023.^[2]
Humble Store (unavailable)
Steam (unavailable)

The current build of the game was delisted from Steam, since a Remaster is being worked on. The beta for the remaster is available here.^[3]

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use `-novid` command line argument^{[citation needed]}

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\consortium\cfg^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/264240/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\consortium\SAVE^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/264240/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

The "quicksave" button creates a new save each time, they don't overwrite each other.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		HUD elements are stretched.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		75-90°. See also Useful console commands.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA only with Low, Medium, High and Very High options.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Double and triple buffering only.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		No frame rate or refresh rate cap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard/Mouse settings.

Controller settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Added in patch 1.107.^[4]
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master and music only.
Surround sound		5.1 and 4 speakers.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Russian
Latin American Spanish

Issues unresolved

Crash to desktop

It has been reported that the game crashes to desktop at certain situations.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

Distorted audio

Some users reported having distorted, noisy audio during gameplay. A temporary solution is saving and reloading.^[12]^[13]

Flickering lights

Apparently the game has rendering problems on Windows XP. Some XP users reported having flickering lights/screen issues which makes everything brighter.^[14]^[15] Also it should be noted that the game does not officially support Windows XP.

Freezing at loading screen

Some users reported the game freezes at the loading screen.^[16]^[17] Developers claimed that on lower spec machines the game can take a little bit longer to load.^[18]

Subtitles display multiple times

Some users reported subtitles display multiple times.^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22] It has also been reported that restarting the game solved the problem for some users.^[5]^[23]

Issues fixed

Complete changelog of all patches can be found here.

Other information

Useful console commands

Command	Option	Description
`cl_fov`	`#`	Adjusts field of view.
`cl_showfps`	`0,1,2`	Draws a Frames Per Second (FPS) counter at the top of the screen.
`cvarlist`		Shows the list of convars/concommands.
`r_post_ssao`	`0,1`	Disables or enables SSAO.
`r_signal_fx`	`0,1`	Disables or enables signal effects on UI.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5 GHz AMD Athlon X2 64 2.7 GHz	Intel Core i3 2100T AMD Phenom II x4
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	7 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 AMD Radeon HD 4890 DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 5830

Notes

↑ A remaster in Unreal Engine 4 is planned.^[1]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/264240/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (264240) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Note-2] A remaster in Unreal Engine 4 is planned.^[1]

[gamedir-5] 2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-6] 3.0 ^3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/264240/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (264240) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[4] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[5] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/264240/.

[6] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[7] The app ID (264240) may differ in some cases.

[8] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[9] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] ttps://store.steampowered.com/news/app/264240/view/2890704230765054493

[3] DELISTING: Consortium 2019 REBALANCE, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 2023-04-20

[4] ttps://store.steampowered.com/news/app/264240/view/3719452816815570124

[p1107-7] CONSORTIUM Updates and Fixes :: CONSORTIUM Updates and Fixes

[steamcommunity.com-8] 5.0 ^5.1 Bug Reports :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions

[9] Crash at a certain story-point :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions

[10] Bug Reports :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions

[11] Game and Steam crash after intro movie :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions

[12] CRASHES :: CONSORTIUM V1.1 Patch Progress

[13] Continuous Crashing! :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions

[14] Patch Feedback :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions

[15] Distorted audio. :: CONSORTIUM V1.1 Patch Progress

[16] s the constant static noise, normal? :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions

[17] Graphical issue - Flickering lights :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions

[18] Graphical issue - Flickering lights :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions

[19] Entering game Bug :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions:

[20] Game freezes in loading screen :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions

[21] CRASHES :: CONSORTIUM V1.1 Patch Progress

[22] Bug Reports :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions

[23] What I Think We All Think About This Game :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions

[24] 1.1 subtitle bug :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions

[25] Just a few notions after the patch... :: CONSORTIUM V1.1 Patch Progress

[26] Subtitles? :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions

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+The current build of the game was delisted from Steam, since a [https://store.steampowered.com/app/2380550/CONSORTIUM_Remastered/ Remaster] is being worked on. The beta for the remaster is available [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/264240/view/3719452816815562817 here].<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/264240/view/3719452816815570124</ref>
 ==Essential improvements==

Developers

	Interdimensional Games
Engines
Current version^{[Note 1]}	Source
Release dates
Windows	January 6, 2014
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Immersive sim
Themes	Detective/mystery, Sci-fi
Series	Consortium