Metro 2033 Redux

Metro
Metro 2033	2010
Metro: Last Light	2013
Metro 2033 Redux	2014
Metro: Last Light Redux	2014
Metro Exodus	2019
Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition	2021
Metro Awakening	2024

Key points

Mouse sensitivity has multiple issues. Use Metro Mouse Fix.

General information

Unofficial Metro Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Redux bundle.
Amazon.com
GamersGate

Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store		DRM-free version only available for Windows.
Mac App Store
EA app
Steam

All Linux versions require Steam DRM.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete contents of legal.ogv^[2]

Go to <path-to-game>/2033/
Open legal.ogv with a text editor.
Delete all contents and save the file.
A short intro video will still display after the loading. Press E to skip it.

Notes

Simply deleting or renaming legal.ogv will make the game crash immediately to the desktop without any error messages.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
GOG.com	%LOCALAPPDATA%\4A Games\Metro 2033\user.cfg
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\4A Games\Metro 2033\<user-id>\user.cfg
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/Metro_Redux_2033/
Linux	<path-to-game>/<user-id>/user.cfg

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
GOG.com	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\4A Games\Metro 2033\
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\4A Games\Metro 2033\<user-id>\
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/Metro_Redux_2033/
Linux	<path-to-game>/<user-id>/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
EA app
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings.

Graphics settings.

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Field of view (FOV)

This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.

Edit user.cfg^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file location.
Open user.cfg.
Change r_base_fov from the default 50.625 to the desired value.

Notes

Increasing the FOV will reveal unfinished player model.

Windowed

Edit user.cfg^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file location.
Open user.cfg.
Change r_fullscreen on to r_fullscreen off.

Notes

A bottom portion of the image may appear distorted.^[3] To fix it lower the r_res_vert value by the distorted pixel height (f.e. when running the game in 1080p change the value from '1080' to '1040').

Input settings

Mouse settings.

Keyboard rebinding.

Controller settings.

Controller first preset, three presets available.

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Audio settings

Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Ukrainian

Issues fixed

Mouse sensitivity issues

The game applies different sensitivities for vertical and horizontal movement. It also has sensitivity settings that are too high for some players who prefer slower movement.

Use raw mouse input fix^[4]
Install Metro Mouse Fix.

Run the game at screen refresh rate

In-game Vsync caps the refresh rate at 60 Hz in fullscreen mode.

Set desktop refresh rate^{[citation needed]}
Download Special K. Copy `SpecialK64.dll` to the installation folder. Rename `SpecialK64.dll` to `dxgi.dll`. Start the game and exit. Open `dxgi.ini` in the installation folder. Change `RefreshRate=-1` to `RefreshRate=0` under `[Render.FrameRate]`.

Game crashing

Crashing when loading a save on certain Nvidia cards^{[citation needed]}

Download this file
Unzip into <path-to-game>\

Note: This bug and bug fix may not be limited to Nvidia cards. If you have an AMD chipset and are experiencing this bug, try the fix anyway.

Micro Stuttering

If the game periodically skips a frame or two throughout gameplay, this may be fixed by un-parking CPU threads.

Un-park CPU threads^[5]
Download and install ParkControl Free In the ParkControl window, select "Bitsum Highest Performance" from the Power Profile drop-down box and click "make active" After you are done playing the game, revert to the previous Power Profile, click "make active" and exit ParkControl

No sound under Linux

This issue seems to occur when using PulseAudio

Add extra launch options^{[citation needed]}
Right click Metro in your library, choose properties Open "set launch options..." Add the following: `SDL_AUDIODRIVER=alsa %command%`

If this option enables sound but causes sound suttering or performance drops, try the following:

Fix performance issues after adding extra launch options^{[citation needed]}

Create a .asoundrc file in your user's home directory
Put this into your .asoundrc:

pcm.!default { 
      type hw
       card 0
       device 0
}
ctl.!default {
       type hw
       card 0
       device 0  
}

3. Save the changes

Where the digits for card and device need to replaced with the values for the soundcard you are actually using. You can find these values by running aplay -l.

So for an output like this:

$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog]
 Subdevices: 0/1
 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

You would use card 0 and device 0.

If both options above haven't helped you may want to try this:

Some audio drivers don't play well with Pulseaudio's Glitch-free Feature, e.g. Creative X-Fi cards. To switch from newer schedule to older interrupt-based audio processing:

Disable Pulseaudio Glitch-free^{[citation needed]}
Open `/etc/pulse/default.pa`, and look for `load-module module-udev-detect` Add `tsched=0` to the end of the line, like so: `load-module module-udev-detect tsched=0` Save the file and reboot your computer.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
OpenGL	4	Only for OS X and Linux.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX

System requirements

A 64-bit system is a requirement.

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista	7, 8
Processor (CPU)	2.2 GHz Dual Core	Quad Core 3.0 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	10 GB	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible Shader model 4 support	Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 DirectX 11 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.9.5
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 3.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Nvidia GeForce GTX 750M 1 GB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04/14.04, SteamOS
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 2.7 GHz AMD equivalent	Intel Core i7 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ATI Radeon 5850 2 GB of VRAM OpenGL 4 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 AMD Radeon 7870 2 GB of VRAM OpenGL 4 compatible

Due to OpenGL 4, Intel video cards no longer supported

References

[1] News - Midweek Madness - Metro Redux series, 50% Off, Now Available for Mac

[2] Verified by User:aaronth07 on 2017-18-08

[3] Windowed graphics glitch

[4] Metro Mouse Fix | The Meth Lab

[5] ttps://steamcommunity.com/app/286690/discussions/1/610574106424568533/

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Developers

	4A Games
Publishers
	Deep Silver
Engines
	4A Engine
Release dates
Windows	August 26, 2014
Linux	December 11, 2014
macOS (OS X)	April 14, 2015^[1]