Difference between revisions of "Outer Wilds"

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Not to be confused with The Outer Worlds.

General information

Developer blog

Official forums

Official wiki

Outer Wilds subreddit

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		DRM-free when launched from the executable.^[1]
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mobius Digital\Outer Wilds\ %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Mobius Digital\Outer Wilds\Saves\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/753640/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Mobius Digital\Outer Wilds\Saves\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/753640/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings.

300px

Gameplay settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		No option to select a multimonitor resolution. See Ultra-widescreen for workarounds.
Ultra-widescreen		No option to select a 21:9 resolution. See Ultra-widescreen for workarounds.
4K Ultra HD		^[2]
Field of view (FOV)		55-105 in increments of 5. Added in update 1.0.3.^[3]
Windowed		^[2]
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Full Screen Mode is borderless fullscreen. To make it exclusive, see Exclusive fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		^{[Note 3]}
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA and SMAA with adjustable quality.^[2]
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		FPS counters show over 120 FPS but the game is locked to 60.^[4] See High frame rate for a workaround.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

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

Ultra-widescreen

Use the Outer Wilds resolutions unlocker^[5]

Download the patcher.
Use it to modify <path-to-game>\OuterWilds_Data\globalgamemanagers

Unlocks the 21:9 aspect ratio, all applicable and other resolutions, including 2560x1080, 3840x1080, 5120x2160 and 5760x1080.

Results in Hor+ FOV and no pillarboxing at most of the resolutions.

5760x1080 is somewhat pillarboxed, and the settings menus are impossible to navigate.

Some of the Input settings elements will overlap. Temporarily switching back to 1920x1080 allows to modify them.

FOV at 16:9
FOV at 21:9
FOV at 32:9

Enable wider screen support by adding 3840x2160 as a custom resolution.^[6]

This results in Hor+ FOV at 2560x1080, 3440x1440 and 3840x1080. 5120x2160 and 5760x1080 will be pillarboxed.

Some of the Input settings elements will overlap. Temporarily switching back to 1920x1080 allows to modify them.

For Nvidia users:

Go to the NVIDIA Control Panel by right-clicking the desktop wallpaper and selecting it, or by other means.
On the sidebar, under Display, select Change resolution.
Click on Customize...
Click on Create Custom Resolution...
Enter 3840, 2160 and 60 as Horizontal pixels, Vertical lines and Refresh rate respectively.
Click on Test, choosing Yes at the prompt.
Close the panel without actually selecting the new resolution.
Launch the game and select 3840x2160 under 16:9 if necessary.

For AMD Radeon users:

Go to the AMD Radeon Settings by right-clicking the desktop wallpaper and selecting the option, or by other means.
Click on the Display tab.
Click on Create next to Custom Resolutions, selecting the desired display.
Enter 3840, 2160 and 60 as Horizontal, Vertical resolutions and Refresh Rate respectively.
Click on Save.
Switch back to the native monitor resolution if changed.
Launch the game and select 3840x2160 under 16:9 if necessary.

Exclusive fullscreen

Use the `-window-mode exclusive` command line argument.
Always fills the screen, preventing the custom resolution workaround for wider resolutions from working.^[2]

High frame rate

Raise frame rate cap^{[citation needed]}

Go to %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Mobius Digital\Outer Wilds\
Create a new file called secretsettings.txt.
Open it and add the line PhysicsRate=120 where 120 is the desired frame rate.

This changes the rate at which physics calculations are performed, which has a strong impact on performance.

Input

Input settings.

Controls and rebinding.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		^[7]
Mouse acceleration		^[2]
Mouse sensitivity		Look and Flight Look sliders, each with 11 positions.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Labeled Invert Player Look and Invert Ship Look.
Controller
Controller support		The game intro suggests using a gamepad.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		^[7]
Controller sensitivity		Look and Flight Look sliders, each with 11 positions.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Labeled Invert Player Look and Invert Ship Look.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		^[8]
Xbox button prompts		^[8]
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		^[9]
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Tracked motion controllers		Use NomaiVR Mod
Button/gesture prompts

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging		^[8]
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		^[8]

Audio

Text and Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master and music.
Surround sound		^[10]
Subtitles		All conversations are text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Pauses on focus lost.^[2]

Localizations

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

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Outer Wilds - 3D-Vision Fix.

Headsets
SteamVR		Use NomaiVR Mod
Oculus VR (LibOVR)		Use NomaiVR Mod
Windows Mixed Reality		Use NomaiVR Mod
OSVR

Devices
Tracked motion controllers		Use NomaiVR Mod See Input for details.
Traditional controller		See Input for details.
Keyboard/Mouse

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2300 AMD FX-4350	Intel Core i5-8400 AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Radeon HD 6870	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580
Controller		Recommended

Notes

↑ Unity engine build: 2017.4.33f1
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
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>/753640/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (753640) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
↑ The contents of one of the game files, and the game engine being Unity suggest that anisotropic textures are enabled by default. Nevertheless, they are not part of the visible graphics settings.^[2]

References

↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-30
Closed the launcher, removed its folder and launched the game without issues.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-30
↑ Cozier Campfires - last accessed on 2019-08-09
↑ [1] - last accessed on May 31, 2019
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-31
Created it and tried multiple resolutions in the game.
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-30
Tested on an Nvidia GPU, at 2560x1080 being the native resolution. The AMD instructions were found online. Tested every other listed resolution by creating custom resolutions.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-31
Keyboard and Xbox gamepad buttons are remappable.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-30
Tested with an Xbox 360 Razer Onza controller.
↑ Can you play this game with a ps4 controller instead of a Xbox one controller? - last accessed on 2019-06-05
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-30
Tested with a 5.1 setup, and the rear speakers were used.

[1] Unity engine build: 2017.4.33f1

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 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>/753640/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (753640) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

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

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/753640/.

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

[6] The app ID (753640) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[Note-6] The contents of one of the game files, and the game engine being Unity suggest that anisotropic textures are enabled by default. Nevertheless, they are not part of the visible graphics settings.^[2]

[2] Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-30
Closed the launcher, removed its folder and launched the game without issues.

[may30rose-4] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-30

[5] Cozier Campfires - last accessed on 2019-08-09

[7] [1] - last accessed on May 31, 2019

[8] Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-31
Created it and tried multiple resolutions in the game.

[9] Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-30
Tested on an Nvidia GPU, at 2560x1080 being the native resolution. The AMD instructions were found online. Tested every other listed resolution by creating custom resolutions.

[remap-10] 7.0 ^7.1 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-31
Keyboard and Xbox gamepad buttons are remappable.

[onza-11] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-30
Tested with an Xbox 360 Razer Onza controller.

[12] Can you play this game with a ps4 controller instead of a Xbox one controller? - last accessed on 2019-06-05

[13] Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-30
Tested with a 5.1 setup, and the rear speakers were used.

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 |key remap                 = true
-|key remap notes           = '''Rebind Controls''' only shows up in the main menu.<ref name="remap"/>
+|key remap notes           = <ref name="remap"/>
 |acceleration option       = false
 |acceleration option notes = <ref name="may30rose"/>
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 |full controller notes     =
 |controller remap          = true
-|controller remap notes    = '''Rebind Controls''' only shows up in the main menu.<ref name="remap">{{Refcheck|user=Rose|date=2019-05-31|comment=Keyboard and Xbox gamepad buttons are remappable.}}</ref>
+|controller remap notes    = <ref name="remap">{{Refcheck|user=Rose|date=2019-05-31|comment=Keyboard and Xbox gamepad buttons are remappable.}}</ref>
 |controller sensitivity    = true
 |controller sensitivity notes= '''Look''' and '''Flight Look''' sliders, each with 11 positions.

Developers

	Mobius Digital
Publishers
	Annapurna Interactive
Engines
	Unity 2017^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	May 30, 2019
Reception
Metacritic	85
OpenCritic	86
IGDB	85
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Adventure, Puzzle