Cryostasis
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Developers | |
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Action Forms | |
Publishers | |
Steam | 1C Company |
North America | Aspyr Media |
Europe | 505 Games |
Japan | Zoo Corporation |
Engines | |
AtmosFear 4 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | February 27, 2009 |
Key points
- Supports Hardware PhysX and allows for additional PhysX effects on Nvidia cards.
- Badly optimized and has numerous problems with performance, even on systems with specs way above recommended ones.[1]
- Poor implementation of Shader Model 4.0. It's recommended to use Shader Model 2.0 or 3.0 instead.[2]
General information
Availability
- Some retail versions can be played without needing the CD, once the initial DRM initialization is completed.[citation needed]
- North American retail version has no DRM.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Edit init.cfg[4] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\config.cfg[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7850/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\Save\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7850/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Field of view (FOV)
Edit config files[4] |
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Notes |
Windowed
Edit init.cfg[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Russian |
Issues fixed
Noclip bug
- A common problem that is encountered after saving in certain places and then reloading from that save point is the player will suddenly start clipping through walls and be unable to progress normally.
Use console commands[citation needed] |
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"The program cannot start because PhysXLoader.dll is missing from your computer" error at launch
- It provides no error message if launched from Steam. This error only appears on direct launch.
Install PhysX[5] |
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"Cryostasis Termination" error on startup
- On startup, the game crashes directly to an error message stating "Effect::Load() failed. screen_00.fxo File not found".
Change Shader version in config file[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Shader Model support | 2, 3, 4 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Enable the console
Edit init.cfg[4] |
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Notes
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Change camera distance
Edit autoexec.cfg[4] |
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Notes
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Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP3 | Vista SP1 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Dual Core 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 4000+ |
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon X2 5200+ |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB (XP) / 2 GB (Vista) | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 6.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 7600 AMD Radeon X1900 | Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT AMD Radeon HD 3870 |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 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>/7850/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (7850) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Cryostasis reviewed: Graphics cards and Physx benchmarks of the DX10 game - PC Games Hardware
- ↑ Cannot start the game when running in Shader Model 4 :: Cryostasis General Discussions
- ↑ Reclaim Your Game - RYG's SecuROM 7+ DRM List
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Steam Community :: Guide :: Tweaking Cryostasis: A Quick-Start Guide
- ↑ Cryostasis won't start! - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)