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General information
- Official support page
- Control subreddit
- Official Discord server
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- GeForce graphics and performance guide
Availability
Version differences
- The Standard Edition does not include The Foundation and AWE expansions, but can be bought separately. Only offered by Epic Games Store, Humble Bundle and Microsoft Store.
- The Ultimate Edition includes The Foundation and AWE expansions.
- The Ultimate Edition install size is 42.83 GB, while the Standard edition is 49.58 GB in size.[Note 2]
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Season Pass |
The Foundation and AWE expansions. |
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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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The Foundation |
First expansion set in a new location, containing new missions, a new enemy type, abilities specific to the story, and in-game mods. |
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AWE |
Second expansion set in a new location, containing new missions, a new enemy type, an unlockable weapon form, and in-game mods.[8] |
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Isolation |
Side mission exclusive to the PlayStation 4 Digital Deluxe Edition.[9] See Unlock PlayStation 4 DLC to access the content. |
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Astral Dive Suit |
Bonus outfit exclusive to PlayStation 4.[9] See Unlock PlayStation 4 DLC to access the content. |
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Urban Response Gear |
Bonus outfit exclusive to the PlayStation 4 Digital Deluxe Edition.[9] See Unlock PlayStation 4 DLC to access the content. |
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Essential improvements
Unofficial Comprehensive Patch
download CONTROL - HDR+Ultrawide+DLSS+RT Patch.
includes many essential fixes, check page for further details
- Native HDR Support
- Ultrawide support
- DLAA support
- Up to date DLSS
- New 'Max' texture setting (blurry textures fix)
- Improved quality of SDR output
- improved Raytracing (higher quality, less noise)
- Improved window+borderless+fullscreen management
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Skip intro videos
Modify a game file[11][12]
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- Open
<path-to-game>\data_packfiles\ep100-000-pc.rmdp in a hex editor (e.g. HxD).
- Search for the following as hex
00 58 02 00 00 10 FC 00 00 58 02
- Replace it with
00 03 00 00 00 10 FC 00 00 03 00
- Save the changes.
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Skip launcher
Use the -dx11 or -dx12 command line arguments to launch the game directly using the desired DirectX version[citation needed]
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Prevent DLSS from automatically enabling itself during gameplay
Instructions
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- Start the game normally and configure your Graphics settings as needed.
- Exit the game and make a backup copy of
renderer.ini
- Open
renderer.ini with a text editor and remove the two lines with "m_iRenderResolutionX" and ""m_iRenderResolutionY".
- Set the numeric value of "m_eDLSSQuality" = 0.
- Save
renderer.ini .
- Start the game and the values you removed from
renderer.ini should now match the values of the resolution you selected in step 1 (same as your monitor resolution).
Tested with Ryzen 9 5900x and RTX 4090 on Windows 10 Pro.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- Only
renderer.ini
is in plain text.
Save game data location
Video
Graphics feature |
State |
Notes |
Widescreen resolution |
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Multi-monitor |
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Use this unofficial comprehensive patch or this PCGW community patcher. |
Ultra-widescreen |
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Hor+ scaling over 16:9, pillarboxed FMVs, menu and loading screens.[13] Locked at a max of 21:9 by default, streched after that: use this unofficial comprehensive patch (which also fixes other UW issues) or this PCGW community patcher for higher aspect ratios. |
4K Ultra HD |
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[14] |
Field of view (FOV) |
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Use this unofficial comprehensive patch and change m_fFOVMultiplier in the renderer.ini config to your preferred value. Alternative, use this cheat table. |
Windowed |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed |
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Anisotropic filtering (AF) |
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As Texture Filtering. Low, Medium, High. |
Anti-aliasing (AA) |
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TAA[15] always on[16] unless forced off with this cheat table. Up to 4x MSAA. DLAA can be added to the game by using an unofficial comprehensive patch. |
High-fidelity upscaling |
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DLSS 2.1 Use this unofficial comprehensive patch to take advantage of more recent DLSS 3.1.1 implementation. |
Vertical sync (Vsync) |
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Always enabled in menus.[17] Double buffered in fullscreen mode under DX11.[citation needed] |
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
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Capped at 240 FPS. See High frame rate for higher values. |
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
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Native HDR can be achieved via this unofficial comprehensive patch. |
Ray tracing (RT) |
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Limited to the DirectX 12 mode. Reflections, transparent reflections, diffuse lighting, contact shadows, and debris. While the base game's denoiser is fairly weak, the ray count can be increased to 3x via unofficial comprehensive patch resulting in a much less noisy image. |
Color blind mode |
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Enemy health bar color choice between orange and yellow. |
Modify with Cheat Engine[18]
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- Install Cheat Engine and attach the game process.
- While the main exe is selected in the memory search range, search for
240 as a double in rounded (extreme) mode, while Executable, Writable and CopyOnWrite is set to Don't Care and the Fast Scan option disabled.
- Select the only value set exactly at
240 and change it to the desired value. 0 will cause a crash.
- Save the cheat table.
- Temporary solution. The saved cheat table must be used and its values changed with each launch.
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Modify with hex editor[19]
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- Open
Control_DX11.exe or Control_DX12.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
- Replace
00 00 00 00 00 00 6E 40 (240 FPS) with one of the following,
00 00 00 00 00 80 76 40 for 360 FPS.
00 00 00 00 00 00 7E 40 for 480 FPS.
00 00 00 00 00 80 86 40 for 720 FPS.
00 00 00 00 00 00 8E 40 for 960 FPS.
- Permanent solution. Only needs to be applied once.
- If the desired value is not listed above, apply it using the Cheat Engine method above. Right-Click one the changed values and select "Browse this memory region" to view the hex values.
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Depth of Field
Turn depth of field off
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- Download and apply this unofficial comprehensive patch.
- Run it once.
- Change
m_bDepthOfField to false in the renderer.ini config.
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Visual tweaks cheat table
- A cheat table with various visual tweaks is available - including FOV adjustment, free cam, depth of field, bloom, screen space anti-aliasing, object highlights and HUD toggles.
Use Cheat Engine to open the table[21]
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- Download and install Cheat Engine.
- Download the cheat table by right-clicking and saving the page containing the code.
- Launch Cheat Engine and the game.
- From the File menu of Cheat Engine, click on 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 hotkeys or manual value changes.
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Music, Effects, Dialogue. |
Surround sound |
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7.1[31][32] |
Subtitles |
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Size, background, and speaker name display options. Option to translate in-game signs also available. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Pauses and mutes on focus lost during gameplay, but not at the Loadout menu. |
Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
VR support
Issues unresolved
Stuttering when opening the map
- Accessing the map after using the mouse to interact with inventory items such as loadout entries or collectibles may result in stuttering.[33] Using the keyboard or a gamepad does not trigger this effect.[33]
Open and close the pause menu with Esc to stop the stuttering until the inventory is accessed again.[34]
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Anchor Boss Fight Crash
- The game crashes during the anchor boss fight. The issue seems to be related to CPU cores.
Don't play the side mission containing the boss fight.
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- Launch the game
- Open the Details tab of the Task Manager
- Right-click Control_DX12.exe or Control_DX11.exe, depending on what you're running
- Click "Set Affinity"
- Select only CPU 0, CPU 1, CPU 2, and CPU 3
Rainbow-colored lighting bug/glitch
- Sometimes you may encounter a lighting glitch that has very bright rainbow-like colors in places that shouldn't have them.
Issues fixed
Hiss voices are in a different language
- The Hiss incantation language spoken by the floating bodies is tied to that of the operating system, not the in-game audio settings.[34]
Change Windows regional format[34]
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- On Windows 10, open Settings > Time & Language > Region.
- Change the Regional format to a supported audio language - for example, English or German.
- The change is also reflected in the epilepsy warning shown at the start of the game.
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No choice of DirectX 11 or 12
Blurry textures
- High-resolution textures may not load immediately, resulting in signs, posters, portraits, and other objects briefly appearing blurry when nearby.
New "Max" texture quality setting
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- Download and apply this unofficial comprehensive patch.
- Select "Max" as the Textures Quality in the game graphic settings menu.
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Mod in more aggressive texture streaming[37]
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- Applies optional config that increases the texture pool by 1 GB and loads high-resolution textures sooner.
- Download Control Blurry Textures Fix mod.
- Extract the files to <path-to-game>.
- Remove
<path-to-game>\data\globaldb\tweakables.xml .
- Rename
<path-to-game>\data\globaldb\tweakables_high_quality.xml to tweakables.xml .
Note:
- This fix may only work on the Ultimate edition of the game.[38]
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Ray tracing options unavailable
Update to Windows 10 version 1803 or higher[39][40]
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In-game Videos stuttering and tearing on Nvidia GPUs
Turn off Resizable BAR using Nvidia Profile Inspector[41]
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- Download and open Nvidia Profile Inspector.
- On the top left side, using the 'Profiles' drop-down menu, type in or navigate to and select 'Control'.
- Scroll down to the fifth section titled '5 - Common' and find 'rBAR - Feature', change this feature from 'Enabled' to 'Disabled'.
- On the top right side, click 'Apply changes'.
Note:
- This fix will revert to 'Enabled' after a driver update
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
11, 12 |
Selectable through the launcher or by using command line arguments. |
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
Unlock PlayStation 4 DLC
- PlayStation 4 versions of the game included two exclusive outfits, an exclusive mission and two rare mods.[9]
Modify the game executables to unlock the content[42][43][44]
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- Depending on the preferred DirectX version, open
<path-to-game>\Control_DX11.exe or <path-to-game>\Control_DX12.exe in a hex editor (e.g. HxD).
- Modify the file:
- In the Epic Games Store version of the game,
- Search for
40 84 ED 75 07 as hex.
- Replace it with
40 84 ED EB 07 .
- In the Steam Humble Bundle version of the game,
- Go to offset
1BBB7B (Ctrl+G in HxD)
- Change values
8B 4B 04 8D 41 01 83 F8 03 77 12 to B8 01 00 00 00 89 43 04 EB 06 90 .
- Go to offset
Base Decimal: 1345162
- Change values
40 84 ED 75 07 to 40 84 ED EB 07
- Go to offset
Base Decimal: 2793073
- Change values
C7 81 30 01 00 00 00 to C7 81 30 01 00 00 01
- In the Steam version of the game,
- Go to offset
145B09 (Ctrl+G in HxD) and change 75 to EB .
- Go to offset
145BA8 and change 75 2F to 90 90 .
- In the GOG.com version of the game,
- Go to offset
145BA8 and change 75 2F to 90 90 .
- Save the file.
- Side mission "Dr. Yoshimi Tokui's Guided Imagery Experience" can be picked up in the Extrasensory Lab of the Research sector.
- Additionally unlocks the pre-order DLC of the PC version.
- If the Unofficial Comprehensive Patch has been installed, the same steps for the Epic Games Store version of the game can be followed to unlock the additional content.
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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) |
42 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 AMD Radeon R9 280X 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible |
Other |
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GPU feature level 12. Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 for ray tracing.[45] |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Discouraged to buy this: is more expensive than the Ultimate Edition and it likely misses several patches for the Ultimate Edition.[5]
- ↑ Control Content Steam depot contains the Ultimate Edition and and the Control Standard Edition Content Steam depot contains the Standard Edition. Two separate Steam depots also available that contain the expansions. Can be bought for the Standard Edition through Humble Bundle, but also automatically owned when people buy the Ultimate Edition.[6][7]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- ↑ Between muting the game and enabling it to run on a toaster, this was the only thing that worked perfectly for me, running Windows 11 on a Ryzen 5 7600.
References