Shadow Complex Remastered

Shadow Complex Remastered

Developers
	Chair Entertainment
	Epic Games
Windows	Hardsuit Labs
Publishers
	Epic Games
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	December 3, 2015
macOS (OS X)	August 4, 2016
Reception
OpenCritic	76
IGDB	78
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Scrolling, Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Metroidvania, Platform, Shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Sci-fi

Key points

Remastered version and port of the Xbox 360 game Shadow Complex released in 2009. This remaster features updated graphics and new content.

In-game settings are fairly limited, with several common options requiring tweaking the settings file manually. Including Anisotropic filtering (AF) and Motion Blur.

General information

Official forum

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		See Skip Epic Games Launcher to bypass launcher.
Mac App Store
Microsoft Store
Steam		Can be played without Steam running.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Superfan DLC Pack	A collection of bonus material that includes the following: the game's original soundtrack containing 20 pieces of music in MP3 and WAV format, a printable poster of the game's world map, a set of wallpapers, Character Bios and a final draft of the cinematic script in PDF format. Available here.

Superfan DLC Pack is only available on Steam.

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Shadow Complex\EmpireGame\Config\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/385560/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Shadow Complex\EmpireGame\<user-id>
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Shadow Complex\<user-id>
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/385560/pfx/

10 save slots plus an auto-save slot are available.

Steam version: If ran directly from its executable, save files will be stored under the UnknownPlayer folder instead.

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			4:3, 16:10, and 16:9 only. For other aspect ratios see Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor			See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen			See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See the WSGF topic.
Windowed		Can be also toggled with F11.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		As Maximized Window.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		On (4x) by default. For other levels see Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		"Low", "Medium", "High", "Very High", "Best", and "Alternative".
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Capped at 62 FPS by default. See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Aspect ratios other than 4:3, 16:9, and 16:10 have skewed gameplay without this fix.

Fix aspect ratio constraint
Go to the game's configuration file(s) location and open EmpireEngine.ini with a text editor. Search and change AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainXFOV to AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV. Save your changes and close the file.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Anisotropic Filtering is set to 4x by default and cannot be modified in-game.

Edit EmpireSystemSettings.ini[citation needed]
Go to the game's configuration file(s) location and open EmpireEngine.ini with a text editor. Search and change MaxAnisotropy= to 16. Save your changes and close the file.

Disable motion blur

Edit EmpireSystemSettings.ini
Go to the game's configuration file(s) location and open EmpireEngine.ini with a text editor. Search and change MotionBlur=True to MotionBlur=False. Change MotionBlurPause=True to MotionBlurPause=False. Change MotionBlurSkinning=1 to MotionBlurSkinning=0. Save your changes and close the file.

Disable ambient occlusion

Edit EmpireSystemSettings.ini[citation needed]
Go to the game's configuration file(s) location and open EmpireEngine.ini with a text editor. Change AmbientOcclusion=true to AmbientOcclusion=false. Save your changes and close the file.

High frame rate

Change frame rate smoothing[citation needed]
Go to the game's configuration file(s) location and open EmpireEngine.ini with a text editor. Search and change bSmoothFrameRate to FALSE or raise MaxSmoothedFrameRate value. Save file, right-click EmpireEngine.ini, go to Properties, and make it Read only. For more information, see the Unreal Engine 3 page.

Input

Keyboard and controller remapping.

In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Tab ↹ is reserved for viewing the in-game map and cannot be remapped.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Only turret Y axis controls can be inverted.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		The analog sticks cannot be reassigned.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Only turret Y axis controls can be inverted.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Xbox 360 variant.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Occasionally changes to controller button prompts despite using only keyboard and mouse.

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, FX, Dialogue.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

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

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Shadow Complex Remastered.
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues unresolved

Settings reset when launched without Epic Games Launcher/Steam

Due to the game storing some settings on cloud servers, launching the game by skipping Epic Games Launcher or launching the Steam version directly from its executable causes settings to reset every time, even if the configuration files are set to "read only". Blocking the game from your outbound firewall rules may or may help for some users.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9, 11
OpenGL		macOS/OS X only.
Shader Model support	3, 5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX

Skip Epic Games Launcher

Achievements, Cloud Saving and Leaderboards will be disabled.

Some settings may also reset without launching the game through Epic Games Launcher.

Instructions
Use the command line arguments -AUTH_LOGIN= -AUTH_PASSWORD= -AUTH_TYPE= Add exe to outbound rules in firewall.

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo AMD Athlon II X2	Intel Core i5 AMD A4 Series
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7800 ATI Radeon HD 4600 Intel HD 4000 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3 support	Nvidia GeForce GT 540 ATI Radeon HD 5550 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible Shader model 5 support

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.10.5	10.11
Processor (CPU)	2.5 GHz Dual-Core	2.0 GHz Quad-Core
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 670M 1 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 750M 2 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.