General information
- Official website
- Official forums
- Official Discord server
- Official support page
- Control subreddit
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- Exclusive to the Epic Games launcher for 1 year after release.[2]
DLC and expansion packs
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Tactical Response Gear |
Pre-order bonus outfit. |
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Crafting Resources Pack |
Pre-order bonus resources. |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- Only renderer.ini is in plain text.
Save game data location
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Modify game files for multi-monitor support[3]
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- 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.
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Motion blur
Disable motion blur with a DLL injection[4]
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- 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
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Disable motion blur by modifying a game file[5][6]
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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.
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Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
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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.[7][8]
Downgrade the Nvidia display drivers to 431.60[9]
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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.[10][11][12]
Disable exploit protection for the game in DirectX 12 mode on Windows 10[13]
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- 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.
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Ray tracing options unavailable
Update Windows 10 to version 1903[14][15]
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- 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.
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Issues fixed
No choice of DirectX 12
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[17]
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- 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.
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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[18]
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- 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.
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API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
11, 12 |
Selectable through the launcher. DirectX Raytracing (DXR) is also supported. |
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
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Windows |
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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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 [20] | |
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 |
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 for ray tracing.[19] |
- A 64-bit system is required.
Notes
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-08-23
- Closed the launcher, renamed its main and AppData folders, ran the game through Control.exe without issues.
- ↑ Control – Pre-order FAQ - last accessed on August 21, 2019
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-08-23
- Tested at custom resolutions of 3840x1080 and 5760x1080
- ↑ how to disable motion blur ? - last accessed on 2019-08-28
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-08-31
- The file offsets for the current version are 7AE73E for DX12 and 78A53D for DX11
- ↑ disable motion blur for dx12 - last accessed on 2019-08-30
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-08-23
- Encountered and consistently reproduced on a GTX 1070 card.
- ↑ Control system requirements, settings, benchmarks, and performance analysis - last accessed on 2019-08-27
- "DXR mode caused frequent crashes on our GTX 1070, 1080, and 1080 Ti, to the point where we couldn't complete our benchmark sequence. Just leave if off, basically."
- ↑ Performance Issues / Bugs Megathread comment - last accessed on 2019-08-29
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Control system requirements, settings, benchmarks, and performance analysis - last accessed on 2019-08-27
- ↑ Am I the only one who gets constant stutters? Pc version - last accessed on 2019-08-28
- ↑ CONTROL PC Performance Explored – All In On RTX - last accessed on 2019-08-28
- ↑ Control PC performance thread post #999 - last accessed on 2019-08-31
- ↑ Fix for inability to enable RTX - last accessed on 2019-08-30
- ↑ PSA: those that are unable to enable RTX and are running w10 1803 or older need to update. - last accessed on 2019-08-30
- ↑ The game does not give me a choice between DX11 and DX12 - does that mean it's launching dx11? - last accessed on 2019-08-29
- ↑ Twitter | beatcracker
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-08-31
- Tested various effects.
- ↑ Control – PC requirements - last accessed on 2019-08-19
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-08-23
- The official system requirements contain no HDD information. On my hard drive, the game took up 37.5 GB.