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Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

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Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City cover
Developers
Slant Six Games
Windows QLOC
Publishers
Capcom
Release dates
Windows May 18, 2012
Reception
Metacritic 48
IGDB 44
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Survival horror
Art styles Realistic
Themes Horror, Zombies
Series Resident Evil
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Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City on Wikipedia
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Warnings

For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.

Key points

Some console UI leftovers.[1][2]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)
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[3]
Windows
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
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Windows
Origin (unavailable)
DRM details are not known
[4]
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Steam version temporarily removed from purchase pending Capcom's investigation into an installation issue.[5]
Windows
All versions require Games for Windows - LIVE DRM.[Note 1][6]

DLC and expansion packs

Essential improvements

Patches

A title update is available. The game should automatically prompt for the update when using a LIVE profile; the update can also be downloaded manually (extract the contents and run setup.exe).[7]
You may need to have the GFWL client installed in order to apply the update.
The Steam version is already patched.[8]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\CAPCOM\RERC\settings.dat
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/209100/pfx/[Note 2]
Configuration file can't be edited.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\CAPCOM\RERC\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/209100/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Proper Hor+ scaling. Menus and FMVs are stretched from 16:9. HUD Elements dissapear at 21:9 and beyond.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
See this post on how to modify the FOV.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Cutscene animations are locked to 30 FPS. Main menu is locked to 25 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game keyboard and mouse settings.
In-game keyboard and mouse settings.
In-game controller settings.
In-game controller settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound effects, Music, Dialogue.
Surround sound
Up to 5.1 output.[9]
Subtitles
Located under 'Game' options.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Fan translation, code:83iz, [2].
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Fan translation, download.
Russian
Spanish

Network

Online features require a Microsoft account (optional for offline play).

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
8 Versus, Co-op
4-player co-op campaign.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Direct IP

Issues unresolved

Sound cuts off after a while

Alt+Tab out and back into the game[10]

Issues fixed

Cannot launch on Windows 10

Zero Day Protection software in place can have issues connecting on Windows 10, making the game impossible to launch.
Fix this lockout
  • Go to install location
  • Delete the ZDP folder as well as RaccoonCity.exe.zdp, RaccoonCity.exe.cat, and RaccoonCity.exe.cfg.
  • Install the patch. The Steam version already includes this patch.

Framerate problems

Framerate problems[citation needed]
  • Follow instructions here.

Crashing at startup

Commonly caused by outdated Games for Windows - LIVE software.
Update GFWL software[11]
Delete settings file[11]
Another possible reason for not booting is that ORC can refuse to boot after upgrading video drivers or similarly changing system configuration.
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\CAPCOM\RERC\
  2. Delete settings.dat.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
AMD Athlon X2 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon HD 3850
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS


Notes

  1. Games for Windows - LIVE DRM features: SSA+ZDPP activation, supports local profiles.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References