RAGE

Not to be confused with The Rage.

RAGE

Developers
	id Software
Multiplayer	Escalation Studios
macOS (OS X)	Aspyr Media
Publishers
	Bethesda Softworks
OS X	Aspyr Media
Engines
	id Tech 5
Release dates
Windows	October 4, 2011
macOS (OS X)	February 2, 2012
Reception
Metacritic	79
IGDB	81
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Open world, Shooter
Vehicles	Off-roading
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Post-apocalyptic
Series	RAGE

RAGE
RAGE	2011
RAGE 2	2019

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Key points

Use id5 Tweaker to change advanced settings and optimize performance.

Achievements are disabled in the 64-bit version

Texture streaming is an issue even on new systems.^{[citation needed]}

Rage runs from RAM Disk without problems.

General information

Official game site

Unofficial RAGE Wiki

Steam Community Discussions

CFG Maker - RAGE - Do Not Argue

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Includes Anarchy Edition and Wasteland Sewer Missions. 3 DVDs
Retail		RAGE: Campaign Edition
Amazon.com		RAGE: Campaign Edition
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming
Steam
Amazon.com (unavailable)
Bethesda.net (unavailable)
Humble Store (unavailable)
GamersGate (unavailable)		RAGE: Campaign Edition
Mac App Store (unavailable)		RAGE: Campaign Edition

The Bethesda.net release is no longer available as the Bethesda.net Launcher has been retired. Users who owned games in their Bethesda.net Library are able to transfer their games to their Steam account for free, even now after the launcher has been officially retired.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Anarchy Edition	Available only as a pre-order bonus or as part of the Campaign Edition, but can be unlocked. See Unlock Anarchy Edition DLC.
Wasteland Sewer Missions	Available only as a pre-order bonus or as part of the Campaign Edition, but can be unlocked. See Unlock Anarchy Edition DLC.
The Scorchers

Version differences

RAGE: Campaign Edition is OS X release of the game, it includes the Anarchy Edition and Wasteland Sewer Missions DLC. Multiplayer is not included.

Essential improvements

Restore cache files

The texture cache folder is not made by the game, so you need to create it manually.

This can fix stuttering in the game.

Make texture cache folder.

Go to %LOCALAPPDATA% and make a folder named id Software (If it's not already there.) Go into that folder and make a folder named Rage The game will now correctly store the texture cache between sessions. Notes The game creates two files there, one of which is 1 GB in size. This file is not deleted after ending or uninstalling the game and has to be deleted manually. Normal Windows shortcuts do not work to relocate the id Software folder or the Rage folder to another drive. You can run the game with the startup command +fs_cachepath "x:\cache" to manually specify the location of the cache (it can't be executed from console). Create the folder before changing the path. Slow HDD can prevent from achieving high FPS. Consider placing the cache on RAM disk (e.g. with free RadeonRAMDisk) or SSD (even whole game).

Skip intro videos

Use +com_skipIntroVideo 1 command line argument[citation needed]

Enable developer console

Enable console in shortcut[citation needed]
Set +set com_allowConsole 1 command line argument Now you can access the developer console in-game with ~. Notes The console has less options than it did at release.[citation needed] The console won't work if you do not have ~ on your keyboard. Switching to another keyboard layout in the Windows language settings solves this.

Unlock Anarchy Edition DLC

Available as a pre-order bonus or as part of the Campaign Edition, it can also be unlocked manually

Create files
Go to <path-to-game>\dlc\ Create dlc1 folder Copy info.txt from dlc2 folder to dlc1 Open info.txt in dlc1 folder Change "dlcID" "2" to "dlcID" "1" Save the file If this doesn't work for you, then try the method below

Use in-game console commands

Enable the developer console. To unlock all the content, enter the following into the in-game console: give inventory/spdatacollection/dlc_day1 The command also unlocks the Wasteland Sewer Missions DLC (Alternate) To unlock specific content, enter in any of the following into the in-game console: give inventory/keys/ratrod (Rat Rod Buggy) give weaponupgrades/brassknuckles (Fists of RAGE) give weapon/doublebarrelshotgun (Double Barrel Shotgun) give playerarmor/adventurer (Crimson Elite Armor) Notes If done correctly, achievements will not be disabled The weapons can only be acquired after starting the Quell the Bandit Threat quest The Crimson Elite Armor can only be acquired after completing the Changing Clothes quest. Use the console command afterwards to replace the currently equipped armor

CUDA Transcode Improved Performance

Rage uses very highly compressed texture data as part of its MegaTexture technology engine. Users with a fast Nvidia video card can benefit from CUDA transcoding which will offload the decompressing task to the video card rather than the CPU. Users with 4 or more processor cores instead can benefit from extra CPU transcoding by disabling this feature and thus giving all available video card time to rendering the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\SAVES\base\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9200/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\id Software\Rage\base\savegame\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9200/pfx/

Saves for the 64-bit executable are stored in <path-to-game>\SAVES\base\savegame\

Save game data location can be changed via +fs_savepath launch option

The texture cache (fs_cachepath) is stored in %LOCALAPPDATA%\id Software\Rage\

Game has 14 manual save slots + 1 autosave slot.

Switch 32 and 64 bit savegames

Play 64bit saves into 32 bit version and viceversa
Make sure you have an auto-save made with the version of your source savegame Go to the folder where that version creates the savegames (see above) Copy GAMES-AUTOSAVE from there, to the other version's save files folder Start this last version and load the autosave (for safety, avoid using the continue campaign button.)

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud		Configuration file only.

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			Flawless Widescreen could solve HUD issues. 64-bit version has native support for hands stretching fix
Ultra-widescreen			Native support.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		80° horizontal. See Field of view (FOV). Cutscenes are always at 80°.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		High/Low setting, unknown amount of AF applied for each options. Probably Low=2 and High=4.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Off or 2x/4x/8x/16x MSAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Option may cause stuttering on some systems. Externally force it if this occurs.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS. Use id5 Tweaker.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

Single player and multiplayer FOV settings must be set separately.

Add launch options (single player mode)[citation needed]
In your Steam Library right click on game and select Properties Choose Set launch options. Add +g_fov xx where xx is your desired FOV.

Set FOV in default.cfg (multiplayer mode)[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\mp\base\ Edit default.cfg in a text editor. At the top of this file, add the line g_fov xx where xx is your desired FOV.

Adjust weapon FOV
Use id5 Tweaker. Use hands_fovscale xx in the console.

Input

In-game key map settings.

In-game mouse settings.

In-game general gamepad settings.

In-game gamepad layout settings for the player.

In-game gamepad layout settings for vehicles.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		↵ Enter cannot be bound to commands. Inventory command cannot be rebound from Tab ↹.
Mouse acceleration		Acceleration is off by default.
Mouse sensitivity		Has sensitivity slider, but breaks menu sensitivity if set to 0 (for high dpi mice). Set m_menu_sensitivity to 1 in the console or add to rageConfig.cfg
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Six presets for FPS controls and four for vehicle controls. Custom mapping requires editing rageConfig.cfg configuration file.
Controller sensitivity		Separate for X and Y axes.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Tracked motion controllers		Razer Hydra works with Sixense MotionCreator bundled profile.
Button/gesture prompts

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Voice, Effects.
Surround sound		Auto configures up to 7.1 output
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation.
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		4	Versus, Co-op Use Nucleus Co-op.
LAN play
Online play		4	Versus, Co-op 2-player co-op.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		Use 3D Surround Gaming.

Devices
3RD Space Gaming Vest

Issues unresolved

Regular crashes with ATI/AMD desktop and mobile graphics

Running RAGE on some systems will cause regular crashes, and this issue remains unfixed.

Using third-party drivers does not fix the issue.

Only seems to happen on the 32-bit version.

Issue only happens when using drivers older than 22.7.1. Since then, AMD rebuilt their OpenGL driver from the ground up, fixing this error.

Force RAGE to use older version of AMD OpenGL driver (atioglxx.dll)[citation needed]

Fortunately, the game does not require installation of older drivers in the system. Placing correct version of atioglxx.dll in game directory will do the job - the game will use it instead of using the one installed in the system. This solution is 'trial and error method' friendly. This solution was confirmed while testing on Windows 7 x64 with the use of following GPUs: Radeon HD6650M, Radeon HD7850, Radeon HD7870, Radeon R9 290x. May be compatible with other GPUs and OS versions as well. Further testing required. Download atioglxx.dll file version '6.14.10.12002' directly from pcgamingwiki or extract it manually from official driver package that can be downloaded from AMD drivers page. Copy atioglxx.dll to the installation folder. Start the game. Notes atioglxx.dll version recommended in this solution is '6.14.10.12002' and is a part of AMD Catalyst 13.1 WHQL package. Although, it is not inconceivable that you will need to find a different version for your system or GPU. Both, 32 and 64-bit Catalyst 13.1 package versions contain the same atioglxx.dll file. Byte-to-byte comparison showed no differences between the files. This only works if you installed the game to the C drive. This fix can also make the game silent until load via changing map or loading a save.

Issues fixed

Audio desynchronization issue

If Texture detail setting is:

1. ON: Overall texture quality is getting a slighly better, but an audio issue causes audio to cut out, or not play at all. Dialogue will be cut short, footsteps will not be in sync or even cut out completely, and vehicle sounds fails to play correctly.
2. OFF: Overall texture quality is getting a slighly lower, but it solves all the problems described above.

Set Texture detail to OFF
Open in-game video settings. Turn Texture detail to OFF.

Low frame rate in 32-bit version, even at main menu.

Disable GVR in AMD Gaming Evolved[citation needed]
Close the application or disable GVR in-game by clicking Page Up+F11

64-bit version takes too long to load.

Use +logfile 0 command line argument[citation needed]
This disables developer logging

Corrupted, black, jagged or dotted textures

Ensure that graphics card does not override anti-aliasing preferences.
Check the graphics driver's control panel or any utility which could control the graphics card may override the game's anti-aliasing or anisotropic filtering setting These include but are not limited to program such as: Catalyst Control Center, RadeonPro and ATI Tray tools for ATI/AMD GPUs Nvidia Control panel, Nvidia Profile Inspector for Nvidia GPU RivaTuner, etc.

Enable in-game anti-aliasing.
May not be ideal for lower-end systems as it can have major impact on performance, even at 2x.

Stutter, textures pop-in, freezes

Create textures cache folder
Just create the textures cache folder. The game then will be able to use it to improve disk streaming performance

Increase texture buffer
Set +fc maxcachememoryMB 1024 +vt_maxPPF "16" +vt_pageimagesizevmtr 16384 +vt_pageImageSizeUnique 16384 +vt_pageImageSizeUniqueDiffuseOnly 16384 +vt_pageImageSizeUniqueDiffuseOnly2 16384 command line argument. Notes This works only if you have 3 GB VRAM and should fix pop in even when you do a 180° turn.

Minifreezes[citation needed]
If the game freezes for about 1 two 2 seconds in regular intervals, add +jobs_numThreads 0 to the launch options.

Slow, choppy or unresponsive mouse movement in menus

Reduce menu mouse sensitivity.
Add +cvaradd m_menu_sensitivity 0.20 as command line argument. Increase or decrease the value if necessary.

No mouse support at all

Launch the 64-bit with mods version instead of 32-bit

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	3.3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			Adds support for mods, but disables achievements and multiplayer.
macOS (OS X)			32-bit only.

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	Steamworks

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.8 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	25 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon HD 4200 OpenGL 3.3 compatible	Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX ATI Radeon HD 5550

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.7.2
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	25 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon HD 3870 256 MB of VRAM

The game cannot be installed on volumes formatted as Mac OS Extended (Case Sensitive)

Supported Nvidia chipsets: GeForce 8800, 9600, GT 120, 330M

Supported ATI/AMD chipsets: Radeon HD 3870, 4670, 4850, 5670, 5750, 5770, 5870, 6630M, 6750M, 6970M

Supported Intel chipsets: HD Graphics 3000

Integrated video chipsets are not supported (GMA 950 Mac Mini (2006, 2007), iMac (2006), MacBook (2006, 2007), GMA X3100 MacBook (2007, 2008), MacBook Air (2008–2011))