NieR: Automata

Key points

Controller is recommended over keyboard and mouse.^[1]

Fullscreen mode is stretched from a lower resolution (unless fixed by using FAR).^[2]

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Publisher website		EU
Amazon.com

Green Man Gaming
Steam

All versions require Steam and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.^[3]

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Cardboard Pod Skin	Part of the Day One Edition.
Grimoire Weiss Pod	Part of the Day One Edition.
Machine Mask Accessory	Part of the Day One Edition.
Retro Grey Pod Skin	Part of the Day One Edition.
Retro Red Pod Skin	Part of the Day One Edition.
Valve Character Accessory	Granted to early purchasers. This promotion ended 16:00 GMT 24th March 2017.

Version differences

NieR: Automata Day One Edition

A timed limited edition that included additional bonus digital content (cosmetics only).

Essential improvements

FAR

Adds performance and visual enhancements (e.g. fixed bloom scaling), and other PC-specific features

Changelog

Source code

Source code (SpecialK)

Instructions

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/524220/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/524220/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud		Syncs settings across PCs as well, including graphical settings.

Video settings

Graphics settings.

Camera settings.

Template:Video settings

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Instructions

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Ambient Occlusion (AO) also includes a separate post-processing anti-aliasing pass.^[4]

Having the AA option enabled in conjunction with AO causes minor visual issues.^[4]

High frame rate

Instructions

Input settings

Controller rebinding.

Keyboard rebinding.

General settings.

Language settings.

Template:Input settings

DualShock 4 button prompts

Instructions

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				English subtitles are transcribed from the English audio. Expect differences if used in conjunction with Japanese audio.
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish

Issues unresolved

White screen crash (both AMD and NVIDIA)

The game continues playing in the background so if you're in a save zone you can quick save your progress by clicking on Esc+↵ Enter+↵ Enter. You should hear a chime sound effect when the game have been saved successfully.

Terminate the game using either Alt+F4 or Alt+Tab ↹ followed by terminating it through the Task Manager in Windows.

A temporary fix for AMD is to downgrade the graphics drivers to 16.11.5.^[5]

Issues fixed

Cutscenes stutter

Instructions

Fullscreen is stretched from a lower resolution

Instructions

Fullscreen is capped at a lower refresh rate

Instructions

SLI not working

Not officially supported by Platinum Games nor NVIDIA.

This is only required once, unless you perform a clean driver installation in the future.

Does not work in windowed mode (including borderless windowed mode).

Instructions

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Criware/Scaleform/Autodesk	Does not include cutscene audio.

NieR:AutoModSave

Enables users to share save files.

Steam Community thread

Source code

System requirements

64-bit OS required.

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-2100 AMD A8-6500	Intel Core i5-4670 AMD A10-7850K
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	50 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 AMD Radeon R9 270X 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 AMD Radeon R9 380X 4 GB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/524220/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (524220) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-4] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/524220/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (524220) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/524220/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (524220) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] NieR Automata - Port Report :: TotalBiscuit

[DrDaxxy-FullscreenScaling-2] Game in 900pi, or something? :: NieR:Automata™ General Discussions :: Steam Discussions

[EULA-3] NieR: Automata EULA

[Eurogamer-DigitalFoundry-Nier-5] 4.0 ^4.1 What's up with Nier: Automata on PC? • Eurogamer.net

[6] Fix for White screen for AMD users. :: NieR:Automata™ General Discussions :: Steam Discussions - last accessed on 2017-03-21

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Developers

	Platinum Games
Publishers
	Square Enix
Engines
	Platinum Engine
Release dates
Windows	March 17, 2017