Difference between revisions of "Murdered: Soul Suspect"

Revision as of 05:08, 11 January 2021

Key points

In-game Vsync caps frame rate at 30 FPS.^[1] Forcing VSync via GPU control panel is recommended.

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Publisher website
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk

Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Launch game with `-nostartupmovies` parameter^{[citation needed]}

Improve Asset/Texture Streaming

Modify FateSystemSettings.ini^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file location.
Open FateSystemSettings.ini
Add the following line to the end of every "TEXTUREGROUP_" Line except for Shadowmaps (Which is already set to 3. You can leave it if you want) and the bottom 6 at the end of this section of the .ini

,NumStreamedMips=0

Notes

This will increase VRAM usage substantially by several hundred MB or more, so keep that in mind.

There are total of 142 lines to modify. With Notepad++ you can use search and replace function with regular expression. Search (TEXTUREGROUP.(?!Shadowmap).*)(\)) and replace with \1,NumStreamedMips=0\2 and it'll replace all the lines except shadowmap ones.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Murdered Soul Suspect\FateGame\Config\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/233290/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/233290/remote/
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/233290/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Use Flawless Widescreen.
Ultra-widescreen		Cutscenes and the menu are in 16:9
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Use Flawless Widescreen.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, up to 4x MSAA and EQAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Enabling caps frame rate at 30 FPS.^[1] Disable in-game and force with GPU control panel.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Disable in-game vsync to remove 30 FPS cap.^[1] Cutscenes are always 30 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Disable Chromatic Aberration

Comparison with and without Chromatic Aberration.

Modify FateSystemSettings.ini^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file location.
Open FateSystemSettings.ini
Change the following lines to these values, then save.

"ChromaticUVNudge=0.000000" 
"ChromaticBlendExp=0.000000"

Input

Input settings.

If controller is present at first launch game defaults into it which disables keyboard and mouse controls. Either simply unplug it for first launch or navigate into game options with controller and switch to keyboard there.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		limited adjustment range in-game, but in Documents\My Games\Murdered Soul Suspect\FateGame\Config\FateInput.ini you can manually set MouseSensitivity=20.0 (default 'Low' in-game = 60 which is too high).
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Only ability to switch sticks between each other.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Mouse smoothing

Disable mouse smoothing^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration files location. Open `FateInput.ini`. Locate line `bEnableMouseSmoothing=True` in `[Engine.PlayerInput]` section and change true to false.

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, music, VO and SFX.
Surround sound		Up to 7.1 output^[2]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

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

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Murdered: Soul Suspect.
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

"Get Back to Joy" graveyard glitch

In the Graveyard stage when the "Get Back To Joy" objective appears, Joy will occasionally fail to spawn at the beginning of the level, and proceeding across the bridge will replay cutscenes from earlier in the stage.

Proceed anyway^[3]

Go to the bridge and ignore the two misplaced cutscenes.
Cross the bridge to the end of the level and the correct cutscene will play.

The pause menu may still show the incorrect current objective, and as a result new objectives will not display in the pause menu.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9, 11	DirectX 9 only available via '-DX9' argument. DirectX 10/10.1 compatibility provided by DirectX 11.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX APEX	2.8.4.6 1.1.0.1
Interface	Autodesk Scaleform
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.993d

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista with Platform Update	7, 8
Processor (CPU)	High-Performance Dual Core CPU or Quad Core CPU	AMD FX-8000 series Intel Quad Core i7 CPU
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	12 GB	12 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon HD 3870 Nvidia GeForce 8800GT 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible	AMD Radeon TM R9 270 Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 series DirectX 11 compatible

64-bit only.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/233290/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (233290) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/233290/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (233290) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[FPS_cap-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 30 fps locked? :: MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ General Discussions

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-===Disable Chromatic Aberration===
-{{ii}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20170523002731/http://ns1.screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/77476 Comparison with and without Chromatic Aberration].
-{{Fixbox|description=Modify FateSystemSettings.ini|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
-# Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file location]].
-# Open <code>FateSystemSettings.ini</code>
-# Change the following lines to these values, then save.
-<pre>
-"ChromaticUVNudge=0.000000"
-"ChromaticBlendExp=0.000000"
-</pre>
-}}
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+}}
+===Disable Chromatic Aberration===
+{{ii}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20170523002731/http://ns1.screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/77476 Comparison with and without Chromatic Aberration].
+{{Fixbox|description=Modify FateSystemSettings.ini|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
+# Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file location]].
+# Open <code>FateSystemSettings.ini</code>
+# Change the following lines to these values, then save.
+<pre>
+"ChromaticUVNudge=0.000000"
+"ChromaticBlendExp=0.000000"
+</pre>
 }}

Developers

	Airtight Games
Publishers
	Square Enix
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	June 3, 2014
Reception
Metacritic	59
OpenCritic	60
IGDB	61
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, Detective/mystery, North America, Supernatural