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Mad Max

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Mad Max
Mad Max cover
Developers
Avalanche Studios
macOS (OS X) Feral Interactive[1]
Linux Feral Interactive[1]
Publishers
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
OS X, Linux Feral Interactive[1]
Engines
Avalanche Engine 3.0
Release dates
Windows September 1, 2015
macOS (OS X) October 20, 2016[1]
Linux October 20, 2016[1]
Reception
Metacritic 73
OpenCritic 69
IGDB 72
Taxonomy
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Open world, Vehicle combat
Vehicles Automobile, Off-roading
Themes Post-apocalyptic
Mad Max on HowLongToBeat
Mad Max on IGDB
Mad Max on MobyGames
Mad Max on Wikipedia

General information

Official Wiki
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Circa Blades
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Pentacal GulpCut
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Rockmaw Brawla
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Stampeedy Knokshok
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
The Ripper Pre-order bonus
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
ThirstCutter
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Purchasing DLC is no longer possible.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use MadMax_NoIntro mod[3]
  1. Download this 'no intro' mod.
  2. Unpack the contents of the archive to <path-to-game>\archive_win64\
  3. Run MadMax_NoIntro.bat
  4. In the menu, select 5 to extract the original intro movie (this is required).
  5. Next select 1 to remove the intro movies.
  6. Launch the game.
    • To restore the intros run the batch file and select 3, or replace game2.arc with the backup that was created in step 4.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\settings.ini[Note 2]
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/userdata/<user-id>/234140/local/Backup Saves
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Mad Max/
Origin %USERPROFILE%\Documents\WB Games\Mad Max\Saves\Settings.sav
Steam %USERPROFILE%\Documents\WB Games\Mad Max\Backup Saves\Settings.sav
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Configuration are stored separately in the Settings.ini and Settings.sav files.

Save game data location

System Location
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/userdata/<user-id>/234140/local/Backup Saves
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Mad Max/
Origin %USERPROFILE%\Documents\WB Games\Mad Max\Saves\GameSave*.sav
Steam %USERPROFILE%\Documents\WB Games\Mad Max\Backup Saves\GameSave*.sav
10 autosave slots available. Active autosave slot can be changed at any time during gameplay.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Steam Cloud files are secondary and only updated on changes.
<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/234140/remote/Gamesave**.sav

Video

In-game graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
In-game anti-aliasing may cause visual issues.[4]
Ultra-widescreen
Cutscenes, menus and loading screens are 16:9.[4] Backgrounds are 21:9.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Use Mad Max FOV Changer.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Separate sliders for Music, SFX, Dialog, Cinematics
Surround sound
5.1, 7.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: Mad Max.

Issues fixed

Color corruption

Color corruption may occur if a program other than Windows manages the systems color profile (e.g. f.lux) and the game is run in fullscreen.
Workaround for color corruption[citation needed]
  • Play the game in windowed or borderless fullscreen mode.

Serious stuttering on Linux

WBPlay has issues with Linux 4.9+, causing serious stuttering in Mad Max and Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. Feral is aware of the problem and looking for a fix.
Workaround for Linux 4.9+[citation needed]
  • Play the game with Steam in offline mode. This prevents a connection to WBPlay and stops the stuttering.

Stuttering when auto-saving

Every time the game auto-saves (which is very often), the game hiccups. This happens when the save gets written to the Steam save data location.
Workaround for auto-save stuttering[citation needed]
  • Prevent the game from saving to the Steam save data location. Go into Properties of the 'remote' folder, open the Security tab and deny write access for all groups/user names. Auto-saves will continue to go to your Documents folder.

Game won't run in Steam Native mode (Linux)

The Feral Launcher requires libidn version 1.33 in order to work outside Steam Runtime mode, check if the Linux distribution has it in their repository, normally it would include the version number or a compat highlight, sometimes even both (Such as libidn-133-compat in ArchLinux's/ArchLinux based distro's AUR). If it is not present, it is possible to compile one from GNU's page, which also includes the instruction manual and commands that can be copied & pasted. Bear in mind that you should use sudo command when you wish to install the compiled library.

A much safer option is to use the LD_PRELOAD environment variable in Launch options if you fear that it may replace the recent version of libidn, after you have compiled but not installed it.

LD_PRELOAD=<path-to-libidn.so.11> %command%

Alternatively you can create a symlink of libidn.so.12 as libidn.so.11 using

 ln -s /usr/lib/libidn.so.12 /usr/lib/libidn.so.11

as superuser/root if the package is not present.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Vulkan 1.0 In BETA. Password to access the beta branch is livelongandprosper.[6] Linux only.
Shader Model support 5.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Audio FMOD
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer Hydra

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-650 3.2 GHz
AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 32 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti
AMD Radeon HD 7870
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
32-bit systems are not supported.[7]
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.11.6
Processor (CPU) Intel 3.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 35 GB
Video card (GPU) 2 GB of VRAM
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 16.04, SteamOS 2.0
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 3.4 GHz
AMD FX 8350
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 35 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 660Ti
2 GB of VRAM
Nvidia graphics cards require driver version 367.35 or newer.
AMD and Intel graphics cards are not officially supported.

Notes

  1. Primary support page for Denuvo Anti-Tamper offline activation. Secondary support page which can be used in case of troubles with the primary one.[2]
  2. 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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Feral Interactive on Twitter - last accessed on 2016-10-05
    "On October 20th, enter the outlandish post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max on Mac and Linux."
  2. Verified by User:Aemony on 2018-07-13
    Confirmed myself by removing the offline token file and blocking access to revalidate.wbgames.com. This triggered the typical Denuvo offline activation prompt. Different from other protected Steam titles is that the offline token is stored in the \Steam\userdata\<user-id>\234140\dbdata file.
  3. Reddit - /r/MadMaxGame - You can now skip intro movies - last accessed on 2020-10-15
  4. 4.0 4.1 View topic - MAD MAX 21:9 Support Broken | WSGF
  5. Verified by User:Aemony on 2019-04-11
    Verified using the Steam version. Seems once upon a time the game had Steam Input API support, but it was removed in an update.
  6. The Magnum Opus advances — join the public Beta for Mad Max powered by Vulkan
  7. Find out if your PC can run Mad Max | EGMNOW