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Consortium

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CONSORTIUM
CONSORTIUM cover
Developers
Interdimensional Games
Engines
Source
Release dates
Windows January 6, 2014
macOS (OS X) TBA
Linux TBA

General information

Official website
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Template:Availability Table

Essential improvements

Patches

On February 1st a patch has been released which fixes majority of issues.[1]
A beta patch is currently available on Steam.
Complete changelog of all patches can be found here.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/264240/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/264240/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.
Advanced video settings.

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Input settings

Keyboard/Mouse settings.
Controller settings.

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Audio settings

Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues unresolved

Crash to desktop

It has been reported that the game crashes to desktop at certain situations.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Diagonal white line

Apparently the game has rendering problems on some configurations. Some of the users reported having a diagonal white line on their screen during gameplay.[9][10]

Distorted audio

Some users reported having distorted, noisy audio during gameplay. A temporary solution is saving and reloading.[11][12]

Flickering lights

Apparently the game has rendering problems on Windows XP. Some XP users reported having flickering lights/screen issues which makes everything brighter.[13][14] 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.[15][16] Developers claimed that on lower spec machines the game can take a little bit longer to load.[17]

Low performance

Apparently the game has performance problems on some NVIDIA graphics cards. Developers stated they are aware of this issue and it will be fixed in an upcoming patch.[1] Temporary solutions are turning off V-sync, running the game at a smaller resolution or turning off SSAO by entering r_post_ssao 0 command to the developer console.[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.[23][24]

Issues fixed

Alt+Tab does not work

When Alt+Tab used the game crashes to desktop.[25] This issue has been fixed in patch 1.107.[26]

Player gets stuck

Some players reported getting stuck at certain situations.[27] This issue has been fixed in patch 1.07.

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.
mat_picmip -10 - 4 Adjusts texture quality. (Between -10 and 4)
r_post_ssao 0,1 Disables or enables SSAO.
r_signal_fx 0,1 Disables or enables signal effects on UI.

System requirements

Developers stated OS X and Linux support will be added in the future.[28][29]
Currently the game has memory optimization issues. Therefore 32bit is not recommended.[30]
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5 GHz
AMD Athlon X2 64 2.7 GHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 7 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GTX 260
AMD Radeon HD 4890
DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: CONSORTIUM
  2. Bug Reports :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  3. Crash at a certain story-point :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  4. Bug Reports :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  5. Game and Steam crash after intro movie :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  6. CRASHES :: CONSORTIUM V1.1 Patch Progress
  7. Continuous Crashing! :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  8. Patch Feedback :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  9. Graphical issue - Diagonal white line :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  10. Any tips to improve framerate? :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  11. Distorted audio. :: CONSORTIUM V1.1 Patch Progress
  12. is the constant static noise, normal? :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  13. Graphical issue - Flickering lights :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  14. Graphical issue - Flickering lights :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  15. Entering game Bug :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions:
  16. Game freezes in loading screen :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  17. CRASHES :: CONSORTIUM V1.1 Patch Progress
  18. Graphical Performance: Temp Fix :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  19. Bug Reports :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  20. What I Think We All Think About This Game :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  21. 1.1 subtitle bug :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  22. Just a few notions after the patch... :: CONSORTIUM V1.1 Patch Progress
  23. Bug Reports :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  24. Subtitles? :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  25. ALT-TAB crashes :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  26. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named p1107
  27. Bug Reports :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  28. CONSORTIUM by Interdimensional Games Inc — Kickstarter
  29. Linux support? :: CONSORTIUM General Discussions
  30. Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: CONSORTIUM