Mortal Shell

Mortal Shell

Developers
	Cold Symmetry
Publishers
	Playstack
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	August 18, 2020
Reception
Metacritic	76
OpenCritic	75
IGDB	75
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, RPG
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Fantasy

Mortal Shell is a singleplayer third-person action RPG game developed by Cold Symmetry and published by Playstack. The game uses Unreal Engine 4.

A closed beta for the game was announced on June 11, 2020 and was available from July 3 to July 10, 2020. The beta generated significant interest, resulting in the developer opening it to the public. This led to 350,000 players playing the beta. The game was released on August 18, 2020 as a one year exclusive to Epic Games Store, and released on other storefronts a year later.

General information

Official Discord server

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Includes a poster and an artbook.
Epic Games Store
GOG.com
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere. Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\MortalShell\Dungeonhaven\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1110910/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\MortalShell\Dungeonhaven\Saved\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1110910/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Vert- gameplay and menus. See Field of view (FOV) for a workaround.
Ultra-widescreen		"Aspect Ratio Constraint for Cutscenes" visible only at resolutions wider than 16:9, can be set to "No" to turn off pillarboxing.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		"Maintain Major Axis", "Maintain Y-Axis" and "Maintain X-Axis" settings with a slider of 50 to 130 visible only at resolutions wider than 16:9. See Field of view (FOV) for more.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Exclusive fullscreen also supported.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Scales with the textures option. Low (0x), Medium (2x), High (4x), Ultra (8x) available. See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA is used by default. SSAA is adjustable with a slider up to 200% and referred to as "Resolution Scale". FXAA can be forced. See Anti-aliasing (AA). DLSS.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Toggleable between 30, 60, 90, 120, 144 and unlimited.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		A toggle is available in the menu.
Ray tracing (RT)		Ray-traced shadows.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Field of view (FOV)

Use the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Console Unlocker to force any FOV value
Follow the instructions to enable the developer console in the game. Enter FOV X where X is the desired value. Resets at cutscenes and needs to be readjusted afterwards. Requires to be run after each game launch.

Change FOV scaling to vertical
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer] AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV This edit causes the game to have incorrect FOV at 16:9 resolutions, severely zooming out from the character.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Custom anisotropic samples
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [SystemSettings] r.MaxAnisotropy=16 Anisotropic filtering quality can be adjusted by changing the value between 0 and 16.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Disable TAA through a configuration file
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [SystemSettings] r.PostProcessAAQuality=0

Enable FXAA through a configuration file
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [SystemSettings] r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=1 Notes Enabling FXAA will disable TAA. Setting the value to 0 will disable anti-aliasing.

Chromatic aberration

Disable chromatic aberration
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [SystemSettings] r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0

Depth of field

Disable depth of field
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [SystemSettings] r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0

Input

Gameplay and input settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Available as a slider between 0.2-2.0.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		"Invert mouse X" is also available.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Movement options, bumpers and triggers cannot be rebound.
Controller sensitivity		Available as a slider between 0.2-2.0.
Controller Y-axis inversion		"Invert controller X" is also available.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		The game allows to choose between Xbox and DualShock 4 prompts with a toggle.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		Works natively when used wired. When using Bluetooth, manual setup of DS4Windows is required.
PlayStation button prompts		The game allows to choose between Xbox and DualShock 4 prompts with a toggle.
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth)

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Adjustable with a slider between 0%-120% and referred to as "Force Feedback Scale".
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

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Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sliders for Master, Effects, Music, Dialogue, Ambient, and UI Volume.
Surround sound
Subtitles		A subtitle scale option is available as a slider from 50-150%.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic				Fan translation by GamesInArabic.
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Thai				Fan translation.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	OGG Vorbis

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 SP1	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-4590 AMD FX-8350	Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen 7
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	40 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 290	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

A 64-bit operating system is required.