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State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition

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State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition
State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition cover
Developers
Undead Labs
Publishers
Microsoft Studios
Engines
CryEngine 3
Release dates
Windows April 27, 2015
State of Decay
State of Decay 2013
State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition 2015
State of Decay 2 2018
State of Decay 3 TBA

Key points

Compared to the original game, Year-One Survival Edition includes Breakdown and Lifeline DLC, new missions, weapons, and extra content, along with improved lighting, textures, animations and combat mechanics.
Granted for free as a giftable copy to owners of the original game in November 2019.[1]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Breakdown: Year One
Windows
Lifeline: Year One
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Engine\config.pak[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/329430/pfx/[Note 2]
config.pak contains multiple configuration files which can be extracted using SoD Tools.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\USER\<user-id>\*.ulsave[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/329430/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Resolution and keybindings are saved on the cloud, but not save games.
Resolution is saved on the cloud, which can cause problems when migrating systems.

Video settings

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Graphics settings are limited to presets (Min, Medium, Maximum, and Ultra).

1440p Support

The -fullscreen method doesn't work for some users/versions, this fix works for 2560x1440, but has some minor shadow flickering.
Instructions[2]
  1. Right-click on the game in your Steam library and select Properties.
  2. Click Set Launch Options.. then add: -devmode and click OK.
  3. Create 3 files at your steamapps State of Decay YOSE folder (the folder where StateOfDecay.exe is located): autoexec.cfg,system.cfg and user.cfg
  4. Add the following code to each file:
con_restricted = 0
sv_cheatprotection = 0
sys_intromoviesduringinit = 0
sys_rendersplashscreen = 0

r_Driver = "DX11"

r_Width = 2560
r_Height = 1440

r_ConsoleBackbufferWidth = 2560
r_ConsoleBackbufferHeight = 1440

Notes

This will set the game to use the resolution you specified in the files you created and make the game start a little bit faster.

Widescreen resolution

2560x1440 (1440p) as well as many non-16:9 resolutions are not listed and will have to be set manually.
Instructions[3][4]
  1. Extract data and gamedata otherwise this will not work.
  2. Go to the installation folder.
  3. Create a new file called user.cfg and open it with your text editor of choice.
  4. At the top of the file add and change to your desired resolution:
r_Fullscreen=1
r_Width=800
r_Height=600

Notes

This method will allow you to manually select whichever resolution you desire.

Correcting refresh rate

Reset monitor refresh rate away from 24hz[citation needed]
  1. If your monitor has a manual frame rate select button, toggle it to reach your desired refresh rate.
  2. Otherwise, set the game to window mode, then set it back to fullscreen mode.

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

VR support

Issues fixed

Flickering shadows above 1080p resolution

Shadows may flicker across the entire screen when running the game above 1080p resolution.
Switch the game to 1080p then back to 2160p
  1. In the graphics options, switch the game to 1920 x 1080 resolution.
  2. After the screen refresh, switch the game back to 3840 x 2160 resolution.
  3. The flickering shadows issue should now be resolved.
  4. Unfortunately, this solution can only be used for 2160p, not custom resolutions like 1440p that have to be enabled using the widescreen resolution fix.
Switch to Graphics - Min Spec, then back to High or Ultra Spec
  1. In the Graphic Settings, change to Graphics - Min Spec.
  2. After the screen refresh, switch back to desired High or Ultra Spec.
  3. The flickering shadows issue should now be resolved.
  4. If the flickering shadows are still present, may require repeating the above steps.
Disable SSAO
  1. Unpack the config.PAK file.
  2. Open the .cfg file for editing that corresponds to the Graphics Spec set in your Graphic Settings. Ex. highspec.cfg for High Spec, or veryhighspec.cfg for Ultra Spec.
  3. Set r_SSAO=0.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Mods

Graphics

HUD

Gameplay

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
AMD Athlon X64 3400
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4158 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 470
AMD Radeon HD 5850
Intel HD 4600
DirectX 11 compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/329430/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (329430) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References