Evolve Stage 2

Evolve Stage 2

Developers
	Turtle Rock Studios
Publishers
	2K Games
Engines
	CryEngine (4th generation)
Release dates
Windows	February 10, 2015

Key points

Formerly known as simply Evolve; the game's title changed due to a large update that converted the game into a free-to-play format.

No longer available, except for current owners.

Online servers for Stage 2 were shut down in September 2018.

Can still be played using Peer to Peer in the Legacy Evolve version.

General information

Official site

Official forums

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam		Install with steam://install/273350

DLC and expansion packs

With free to play conversion, all the content can be unlocked by in game currency and DLC is no longer on sale. Earlier bought DLC is unlocked by default.

Name	Notes
Assault Ragnarok Skin Pack
Assault Sword Skin Pack
Bog Monster Skin Pack
Carnivore Monster Skin Pack
Medic Savior Skin Pack
Medic Valkyrie Skin Pack
Hunting Season Pass
Hunting Season 2
Support Nordita Skin Pack
Support Tempest Skin Pack
Trapper Blood Eagle Skin Pack
Trapper Bushman Skin Pack
Wendigo Monster Skin Pack

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\Game\ Delete or rename videos.pak. Notes A key press is still required to skip the intro. Removes the startup videos including the animated main menu. The file will be downloaded again on every update if missing. Renaming it is recommended, as the game may be updated at some point.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\system.cfg
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\273350\local\USER\Profiles\default\settings.xml
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/273350/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\273350\local\USER\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/273350/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud		Approx. 10 MB available

Video settings

General settings.

Graphics settings.

Advanced graphics settings.

FoV settings.

High frame rate

Set maximum frame rate[citation needed]
Go to the <path-to-game>. Open system.cfg in Notepad. Type sys_MaxFPS = 120 changing the last number to your preferred max frame rate. Click File then Save

Input settings

Input settings.

Key rebinding.

Controller settings.

Mouse acceleration

Disable Mouse acceleration[citation needed]
Go to the <path-to-game>. Open system.cfg in Notepad. Type i_mouse_smooth = 0 and i_mouse_accel = 0 Click File then Save.

Audio settings

A separate audio language can be set through the +g_optionsLanguageAudio loc_name command. See Command line arguments.

Audio settings.

Localizations

Language settings.

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

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		Z3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated		Shut down in September 2018.
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
Shader Model support	5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	FMOD
Multiplayer	Steamworks	Can be used to link into my2K account as well.
Anti-cheat	Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7
Processor (CPU)	AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400 Intel Core 2 Duo E6600	AMD A8-3870K Intel Core i7 920
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	25 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon HD 5770 Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	AMD Radeon R9 280 Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 2 GB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX Compliant Sound card

A 64-bit system is required.