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Revision as of 02:24, 9 December 2022

Killing Floor
Killing Floor cover
Developers
Tripwire Interactive
macOS (OS X) Ryan C. Gordon
Linux Ryan C. Gordon
Publishers
Tripwire Interactive
Engines
Unreal Engine 2.5
Release dates
Windows May 14, 2009
macOS (OS X) May 5, 2010
Linux November 9, 2012
Reception
Metacritic 72
IGDB 68
Taxonomy
Series Killing Floor
Killing Floor on HowLongToBeat
Killing Floor on IGDB
Killing Floor guide on StrategyWiki
Killing Floor on MobyGames
Killing Floor on Wikipedia
Killing Floor
KFMod (Unreal Tournament 2004 mod) 2005
Killing Floor 2009
Killing Floor Mod: Defence Alliance 2 2009
Killing Floor - Toy Master (unofficial mod) 2014
Killing Floor 2 2016
Killing Floor: Incursion 2017

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Key points

Steam Workshop integration.
Game manual is located in <path-to-game>/Help

General information

Unofficial Killing Floor Wiki (kf-wiki)
Unofficial Killing Floor Wiki
Official Killing Floor Wiki
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Complete Pack also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Killing Floor 1 Complete Your Set! also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Amazon.com (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
All versions require Steam DRM.
The original mod release can be downloaded from Mod DB. Requires Unreal Tournament 2004.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Community Weapon Pack Part of the Killing Floor 1 Complete Your Set!
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Community Weapon Pack 2 Part of the Killing Floor 1 Complete Your Set!
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Community Weapons Pack 3 - Us Versus Them Total Conflict Pack Part of the Killing Floor 1 Complete Your Set!
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Camo Weapon Pack Part of the Killing Floor 1 Complete Your Set!
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Golden Weapons Pack Part of the Killing Floor 1 Complete Your Set!
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Golden Weapon Pack 2 Part of the Killing Floor 1 Complete Your Set!
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Ash Harding Character Pack Part of the Killing Floor 1 Complete Your Set!
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Harold Lott Character Pack Part of the Killing Floor 1 Complete Your Set!
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
"London's Finest" Character Pack Part of the Killing Floor 1 Complete Your Set!
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mrs Foster Pack Part of the Killing Floor 1 Complete Your Set!
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Neon Character Pack Part of the Killing Floor 1 Complete Your Set!
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Neon Weapon Pack Part of the Killing Floor 1 Complete Your Set!
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Nightfall Character Pack Part of the Killing Floor 1 Complete Your Set!
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Outbreak Character Pack Part of the Killing Floor 1 Complete Your Set!
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
PostMortem Character Pack Part of the Killing Floor 1 Complete Your Set!
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Reggie the Rocker Character Pack Part of the Killing Floor 1 Complete Your Set!
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Robot Special Character Pack Part of the Killing Floor 1 Complete Your Set!
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steampunk Character Pack Part of the Killing Floor 1 Complete Your Set!
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steampunk Character Pack 2 Part of the Killing Floor 1 Complete Your Set!
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
The Chickenator Pack Part of the Killing Floor 1 Complete Your Set!
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Urban Nightmare Character Pack Part of the Killing Floor 1 Complete Your Set!
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Edit KillingFloor.ini
  1. Close the game.
  2. Open <path-to-game>\System\KillingFloor.ini in a text editor such as Notepad++.
  3. Ctrl+F for LocalMap=KFIntro.rom. It should be one of the first few lines.
  4. Change KFIntro.rom to KF-Menu.rom. The full line should now read LocalMap=KF-Menu.rom.
This has a side effect of making the main menu look slightly broken. However, it is still entirely functional.

Skip Killing Floor 2 trailers

Delete video files
  1. Go to <path-to-game>
  2. Delete the Movies folder

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.
In-game HUD settings.
In-game HUD settings.
Save games are hosted in the Steam Cloud and thus unreachable from your computer.[1]

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\System\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/Killing Floor/
Linux ~/.killingfloor/
KillingFloor.ini stores audio, general, network, video settings
User.ini stores button bindings, FoV, HUD configuration
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Approx. 954 MB available.
Steam Cloud hided.

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
See Multi-monitor.
Ultra-widescreen
Game has proper Hor+ scaling but ultrawide resolutions are not listed in-game. See Multi-monitor.
4K Ultra HD
Maximum vertical resolution is 1600p
Field of view (FOV)
Using the console type in fov # where # is your degree of FOV[2]
Windowed
Windowed mode on startup may make main menu unreadable.[3]
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
To remove FPS cap

Find <path-to-game>\System\KillingFloor.ini and launch it with Notepad. While in the KillingFloor.ini FIND: MaxClientFrameRate=90 REPLACE WITH: MaxClientFrameRate=200 Save and close.

Launch Killing Floor.

Open game's console with ~.

Type: netspeed 20000

Framerate should be unlocked in multiplayer.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Additional tweaks can be found in this guide.

Multi-monitor

Set resolution[4]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Edit KillingFloor.ini.
  3. Find these lines and edit them to fit your desired resolution:
FullscreenViewportX=5760
FullscreenViewportY=1080

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Run in borderless window[5]
  1. Install Borderless Gaming.
  2. Open the game and Borderless Gaming.
  3. Add the Killing Floor entry to Favorites in Borderless Gaming.
  4. Right-click the favorites entry and disable Auto-Maximize.
  5. In the game, set the resolution and disable Full Screen.

Input

In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Joystick input is ignored when fire is pressed; fixed by pressing another button or moving mouse after pressing fire
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Needs to be mapped via User.ini.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Needs to be set via User.ini.
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Additional binding tweaks can be found here, here and here. Info on making you own bind combination can be found here (also applies to other unreal games).

Make walk toggle

Use console command set input X Toggle bRun where X is desired keystroke[citation needed]
Could also manually edit the binding in <path-to-game>\System\User.ini

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Effects, music, voice chat
Surround sound
Auto configures up to 7.0 output[6]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
EAX 3[7]
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
6 Co-op
Use Nucleus Co-op.
LAN play
6 Co-op
Online play
6 Co-op
The max player limit can be increased externally (128 players)[citation needed]

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
See this forum post for information on hosting a Killing Floor server on Windows.
Direct IP
Open the console (~) and enter open followed by the IP and port.

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 8075, 28852
UDP 7707, 7708, 7717, 20560, 28852
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
When hosting a listen server behind a router, it may be needed in your Killingfloor.ini to set ServerBehindNAT=False to True

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.
Devices
Novint Falcon

Issues fixed

CustomSpawnFix

CustomSpawnFix mutator fixes zed spawning on older maps. Also available on the workshop here.

Grenade Arm Fix

Grenade Arm Fix makes the game display the proper character arms when throwing a grenade instead of generic camo ones.

Paramedic Alfred Anderson Viewmodel Fix

Paramedic Alfred Anderson Viewmodel Fix makes Alfred Anderson have rolled up sleeves on his view model as he's intended.

Unicode Fix

Unicode Fix makes non English characters appear properly in chat instead of just "~~~~~~~".

Mouse sensitivity resets

Change the option before joining a server[citation needed]
  1. Close the game and re-launch it.
  2. Before joining a new game, change the mouse sensitivity setting.
Manually edit the configuration file[citation needed]
  1. Close the game.
  2. Open the <path-to-game>\System\User.ini file in a text editor such as Notepad++.
  3. Ctrl+F for MouseSensitivity=. Ensure the line you find is under [Engine.PlayerInput]
  4. Change the setting to match your desired sensitivity.

Crash to desktop

Enable Compatibility for Killing Floor.exe[citation needed]
  1. Go into System in the installation folder.
  2. Right-click Killing Floor.exe and choose Properties.
  3. Go to the Compatibility tab.
  4. Check the boxes next to Disable visual themes and Disable desktop composition.

Flickering

Use the -windowed property[citation needed]
  1. Find Killing Floor in your Steam Library
  2. Right click on game and select Properties
  3. Select Set Launch Options
  4. Enter -windowed into the dialogue.
  5. Click OK
  6. Start the game and it should be fixed

Notes

Once the game starts, you can then maximize the window to play full screen
This issue can also be caused by playing the game in a non-native resolution, meaning the pixel size your screen is set at.

No Online Games/0 Servers from Master list

Delete your ClientRegistry.blob file[citation needed]
  1. Exit Steam.
  2. Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam
  3. Delete ClientRegistry.blob
  4. Open Steam again and relaunch the game.

Re-enable gore

Depending on your version of the game, Killing Floor can have gore disabled. This fix re-enables gore.
Manually re-enable gore[citation needed]
  1. Start the game at least once, so it can create all configuration files.
  2. Go to <path-to-game>
  3. Open System\KillingFloor.ini
  4. Search for the line [Engine.Engine]
  5. Add bdevgoreoverride=True on a new line at the bottom of the [Engine.Engine] configuration block.
  6. Save the file, restart Steam and enjoy your uncut game.

Main menu unreadable in windowed mode

The main menu may be unreadable when starting the game in windowed mode. Switch to fullscreen mode.[3]

Sound stuttering in ArchLinux

Replace openal.so file[citation needed]
  1. Back up the openal.so located in <path-to-game>/System and install lib32-openal. If you are on 32-bit system, install openal
  2. Symlink the installed library with one of these commands:
  • ln -s /usr/lib32/libopenal.so.1 <path-to-game>/System/openal.so
  • ln -s /usr/lib/libopenal.so.1 <path-to-game>/System/openal.so

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8, 9
OpenGL 2.1
Shader Model support 2
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Karma
Audio Miles Sound System, OpenAL, Speex
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer Steamworks

Console commands

The full list of console commands available for Killing Floor is listed on the "Console Commands" page on the Killing Floor Wiki.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9 compatible
Sound (audio device) DX 8.1 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5.8, 10.6.3
Processor (CPU) Intel
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia
ATI
Other Intel GPUs unsupported
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor (CPU) 1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia
ATI
Intel
Other GPUs with hardware-accelerated drivers


Notes

  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).

References