Key points
- The Steam-version is generally more stable and more performant compared to the Microsoft Store version, see Version differences.
- The PC version only allows streaming the live action episodes. They cannot be downloaded (as on Xbox One), thus it is not possible to view them offline or with a slow internet connection.[3]
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Version differences
- The Steam version is Direct3D 11-only, while the Microsoft Store version is Direct3D 12-only. The Steam version is compatible with Windows 7 and newer, while the Microsoft Store version requires Windows 10 or newer.
{ii} Performance of the Steam-version has been improved on Nvidia-hardware and stayed the same on AMD-hardware compared to the Microsoft Store version. The Steam-version does not suffer from graphics-driver crashes on Nvidia-hardware, whereas the Microsoft Store version did.[4] It is unknown if these graphics-driver crashes have since been fixed for the Microsoft Store version.
- Steam-version is more up-to-date compared to the Microsoft Store version, as Remedy announced in August 2016 that they wouldn't release any more updates for the Microsoft Store version, while the last update for the Steam version got released in October 2016.[5][6]
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete or rename video files[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\videos\
- Delete or rename
startvideos.bk2 and startvideos_4k.bk2 .
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
- By default, renders at 2/3 of the selected resolution then 'temporally reconstructed' to selected resolution.[8] Originally couldn't be disabled, but option to toggle it was added in a later update.[9][10] Set
Upscaling
to Off
to render at native selected resolution, but this will come at a high performance cost.[11]
Set resolution manually[citation needed]
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- Go to the configuration files location.
- Open
renderer.ini .
- Changes values on the following lines to set resolution.
"m_iResolutionX": xxxx,
"m_iResolutionY": yyyy,
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Motion blur and depth of field
- Works with the Steam/DirectX 11 version only.
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Music, SFX, Dialogue |
Surround sound |
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Up to 7.1 output.[17] |
Subtitles |
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Set under Display. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Simplified Chinese |
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Available but not shown as supported. |
Traditional Chinese |
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French |
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German |
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Hungarian |
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Fan translation. |
Italian |
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Japanese |
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Korean |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Russian |
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Latin American Spanish |
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VR support
Issues fixed
Jack wearing an eyepatch
- Playing the Microsoft Store version while signed out of the Store app triggers this issue.
Open the Store app and sign into the Microsoft account that owns the game before playing[18]
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Nvidia SLI support (Steam version)
- SLI support can be set manually for the Steam version (up to 95% scaling).[19]
Use Nvidia Inspector[19][20]
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- Open Nvidia Profile Inspector.
- Find the Quantum Break profile
- Set the SLI compatibility flag for its DX11 mode to
0x080002F5
- Go to the SLI section
- Set number of GPUs to
SLI_PREDEFINED_GPU_COUNT_DX10_FOUR
- Set Nvidia predefined SLI mode on DirectX 10 to
SLI_PREDEFINED_MODE_DX10_FORCE_AFR
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CPU doesn't support POPCNT instruction
- If your CPU doesn't support the POPCNT instruction, then your CPU is below the system requirements of this game. Still, with the below workaround, you might be able to run the game. Still, expect the game to run poorly on your PC.
- Although the developers state that POPCNT instruction is required[21] to run the game, in reality this is not true, at least for the Steam release.
- For Windows Store version see this workaround
Remove POPCNT check in rl_x64_f.dll[22]
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- Get hex editor. HxD is free, portable and easy to use.
- Open
<path-to-game>\dx11\rl_x64_f.dll in hex editor. Use "Browse local files" in Steam game options to find path to Quantum Break folder.
- Search for
0FBAE117730A hex string.
- Replace it with
0FBAE1179090 hex string.
GIF showing the steps to perform in HxD
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
11, 12 |
Steam is Direct3D 11 only, Microsoft Store is Direct3D 12 only. |
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Physics |
Havok, NaturalMotion |
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Audio |
Wwise |
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Cutscenes |
Bink Video |
Pre-Rendered Only |
System requirements
Windows[2] |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
7 (Steam), 10 (Microsoft Store) | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core i5-4460, 2.70 GHz AMD FX-6300 |
Intel Core i7 4790, 3.9 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
8 GB |
16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
68 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon R7 260x 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 390 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible |
- 64-bit operating system is required.
- Ultra requirements: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD equivalent, Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti or AMD Radeon R9 Fury X, 16 GB of RAM, 6 GB of VRAM.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References