Control

Control

Developers
	Remedy Entertainment
Publishers
	505 Games
Engines
	Northlight
Release dates
Windows	August 27, 2019

General information

Official website

Official forums

Official Discord server

Official support page

Control subreddit

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store
Humble Store

Exclusive to the Epic Games launcher for 1 year after release.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Tactical Response Gear	Pre-order bonus outfit.
Crafting Resources Pack	Pre-order bonus resources.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\renderer.ini %LOCALAPPDATA%\Remedy\Control\Default-Epic-User\preferences\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/870780/pfx/

Only renderer.ini is in plain text.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Remedy\Control\Default-Epic-User\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/870780/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Display settings.

Multi-monitor

Modify game files for multi-monitor support

By default, the game does not allow to select resolutions wider than 21:9. Download the Control & Quantum Break multimonitor patcher. Use it to patch <path-to-game>\coregame_rmdwin10_f.dll (for DirectX 12) or <path-to-game>\coregame_rmdwin7_f.dll (DirectX 11). Open <path-to-game>\renderer.ini in a text editor. Set the width and height values of m_iOutputResolutionX, m_iOutputResolutionY, m_iRenderResolutionX and m_iRenderResolutionY as desired (e.g. "m_iOutputResolutionX": 5760,) Save the changes and launch the game. Changing back to a narrower resolution in the game will require editing the .ini file again.

Motion blur

Disable motion blur with a DLL injection
Only works in the DirectX 11 mode. Download this file. Unpack the archive and copy its contents to <path-to-game>\ Toggle motion blur by pressing F4 in the game. Alternatively, open d3dx.ini in a text editor. Look for w2=1 under ;Motion blur. 0=disabled. 1=enabled. and change it to w2=0

Disable motion blur by modifying a game file
For the DirectX 12 mode, Open renderer_rmdwin10_f.dll in a hex editor (e.g. HxD). Search for 02 00 00 00 01 01 01 as hex and replace it with 02 00 00 00 01 01 00 Save the changes. For the DirectX 11 mode, Open renderer_rmdwin7_f.dll in a hex editor (e.g. HxD). Search for 02 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 as hex and replace it with 02 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 00. Save the changes.

Input settings

Gameplay settings.

Controls settings.

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Interface settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Issues unresolved

Crashes with ray tracing enabled on GTX cards

Having any of the Ray Tracing options enabled in the game may result in crashing on Nvidia GTX graphics cards. Unchecking each related box in the settings solves the issue.

Downgrade the Nvidia display drivers to 431.60

Performance issues on high-end hardware

There have been multiple reports of FPS drops below 60 and stuttering on hardware exceeding the recommended system requirements.

Disable exploit protection for the game in DirectX 12 mode on Windows 10

From the Start menu, click on Settings. Find Exploit protection through the search bar. Click on the Program settings tab. Click on the + icon next to Add program to customize and select Choose exact file path. Locate and select <path-to-game>\Control_DX12.exe, confirm by clicking on Open. Scroll down to find Control flow guard (CFG) in the newly opened window. Check the Override system settings box and toggle it Off, then Apply the change.

Ray tracing options unavailable

Update Windows 10 to version 1903
From the Start menu, click on Settings. Click on Update & Security and Check for updates. Go through with the process and restart the system at prompt.

Issues fixed

No choice of DirectX 12

Launch the game directly from <path-to-game>\Control_DX12.exe

SSE4.2-supported CPU required

The game will not start on a system with a CPU that does not support the SSE4.2 instruction set, but the check can be bypassed.

A CPU with no support for the instruction set is below the system requirements of the game, likely to result in poor performance.

Remove the SSE4.2 check by modifying a game file
Only works in the DirectX 11 mode. Open rl_rmdwin7_f.dll in a hex editor (e.g. HxD). Search for the 0FBAE114730A hex value. Replace it with the 0FBAE1149090 hex value. Save the changes. Launch the game in the DirectX 11 mode.

Other information

Visual tweaks cheat table

A cheat table with various visual tweaks is available - including FOV adjustment, free cam, depth of field, motion blur, bloom, screen space anti-aliasing, object highlights and HUD toggles.

Use Cheat Engine to open the table

Download and install Cheat Engine. Download the Otis DirectX 11 cheat table or the Otis DirectX 12 cheat table. Launch Cheat Engine and the game. From the File menu of Cheat Engine, click on the Open Process. Select the game process and click on Open. From the File menu, click on Load (Ctrl+O). Locate the downloaded cheat table and click on Open. Follow the instructions in the bottom area of Cheat Engine to activate any of the various tweaks with hot keys or manual value changes.

API

Launcher options.

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12	Selectable through the launcher. DirectX Raytracing (DXR) is also supported.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	Wwise
Interface	Coherent Labs
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-4690 AMD FX-4350	Intel Core i5-7600K AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	38 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 AMD Radeon R9 280X DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580 DirectX 12 compatible
Other		Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 for ray tracing.

A 64-bit system is required.