Difference between revisions of "State of Decay 2"

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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

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Official website

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Epic Games Store		Juggernaut Edition.
Microsoft Store		Juggernaut Edition. Part of Xbox Play Anywhere, Xbox Game Pass for PC
Steam		Juggernaut Edition.

The Microsoft Store version requires Arxan Anti-Tamper DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Daybreak Pack	Included with the Season Pass
Independence Pack	Included with the Season Pass
Season Pass	Included with the Ultimate Edition

Version differences

The Ultimate Edition contains the base game, the season pass, and a copy of State of Decay: YOSE.

Essential improvements

Configuration Tool

Allows for extensive settings changes not available ingame in a convenient GUI.

Skip intro videos

Delete Logos.bk2

Go to <path-to-game>\StateOfDecay2\Content\Movies
Delete Logos.bk2

For the Juggernaut Edition

Go to the configuration file(s) location
Edit Game.ini
Add the following lines^[1]

[/Script/MoviePlayer.MoviePlayerSettings]
bWaitForMoviesToComplete=False
bMoviesAreSkippable=True
StartupMovies=

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.Dayton_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Local\StateOfDecay2\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam	%LOCALAPPDATA%\StateOfDecay2\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/495420/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.Dayton_8wekyb3d8bbwe\SystemAppData\wgs
Steam	%LOCALAPPDATA%\StateOfDecay2\Saved\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/495420/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Microsoft Store and Steam versions use a different save file format which are incompatible with each other.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud		^[2]

Video settings

In-game general settings.

In-game Video Settings.

In-game Graphics Settings.

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

Set FOV to any value through a config file^[3]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Engine.ini.
Add the following lines:

[SystemSettings]
r.FieldOfView=150

Any other values are possible. An extremely high value may turn the game unplayable until reverted.

Run game at native resolution

Native Resolution

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open GameUserSettings.ini.
change the following Lines to your native resolution and save the file.

[/Script/DaytonGame.DaytonGameUserSettings]
DesiredScreenWidth=1920
DesiredScreenHeight=1080

[ScalabilityGroups]
sg.ResolutionQuality=100.000000

Notes

Use this fix if the game looks blurry.

Motion blur

Disable motion blur

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Engine.ini.
Add the following and save the file.

[SystemSettings]
r.MotionBlurQuality=0

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Custom anisotropic samples

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Engine.ini.
Add the following and save the file.

[SystemSettings]
r.MaxAnisotropy=16

Vignette

Disable Vignette

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Engine.ini.
Add the following and save the file.

[SystemSettings]
r.Tonemapper.GrainQuantization=0
r.Tonemapper.Quality=0

Supersampling

Enable SSAA

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Engine.ini.
Add the following and save the file.

[SystemSettings]
r.ScreenPercentage=150

Notes

Values between 100 and 200 are recommended. required high-end GPU Hardware

Sharpening

Increase/Decrease Sharpening

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open GameUserSettings.ini.
Add the following and save the file.

[/Script/DaytonGame.DaytonGameUserSettings]
Sharpening=1.000000

Notes

Replace Sharpening with the desired value. Increase will sharpen your image, decrease will soften your image quality.

Input settings

300px

Input Settings Part 1

300px

Input Settings Part 2

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

300px

Audio Settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				USA and Australia
German
Latin American Spanish				Mexican Spanish only
French
Italian
Russian
Brazilian Portuguese

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play	4	Co-op Supports cross-platform play with Xbox One

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	AMD FX-6300 Intel Core i5-2500 2.7 GHz	AMD FX-8350 Intel Core i5 4570 3.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon HD 7870	Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon R9 380

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Steam version runs on Windows 7 and 8.1 despite minimum Operating System requirements.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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>/495420/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (495420) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ [1] - last accessed on 2020-03-27
↑ Frequently Asked Questions (archived at April 4, 2018) - last accessed on March 7, 2018
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2020-03-16
Found the command in the game code and tested it in the Game Pass version. Further confirmed as working on the WSGF Discord.

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 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>/495420/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (495420) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] [1] - last accessed on 2020-03-27

[3] Frequently Asked Questions (archived at April 4, 2018) - last accessed on March 7, 2018

[4] Verified by User:Rose on 2020-03-16
Found the command in the game code and tested it in the Game Pass version. Further confirmed as working on the WSGF Discord.

[1]

[Note 1]

[2]

[3]

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/developer|Undead Labs}}
 |publishers   =
-{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Microsoft Studios}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Xbox Game Studios}}
 |engines      =
 {{Infobox game/row/engine|Unreal Engine 4}}
@@ Line 19: / Line 19: @@
 }}
 {{Series|State of Decay}}
-'''Key points'''
-{{++}} Xbox Play Anywhere title.<ref>http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/xbox-play-anywhere</ref>
-{{++}} Xbox Cross Play title - Play multiplayer with Xbox One and PC players
 '''General information'''
@@ Line 31: / Line 27: @@
 {{Availability|
 {{Availability/row| Retail | | Microsoft Store |  |  | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| Amazon.com | B01GW3Q62O | Microsoft Store |  |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Epic Games Store | state-of-decay-2-juggernaut-edition | account | Juggernaut Edition. |  | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| Microsoft Store | 9nt4x7p8b9nb | Microsoft Store | {{store link|Microsoft Store|9nsch45hz9hk|Ultimate Edition}}, {{Store feature|Xbox Play Anywhere}}, {{Store feature|Xbox Game Pass}} |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Microsoft Store | 9nt4x7p8b9nb | Microsoft Store | Juggernaut Edition.<br>Part of {{Store feature|Xbox Play Anywhere}}, {{Store feature|Xbox Game Pass}} |  | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| Steam | 495420 | Steam, account | Available "Early 2020". | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Steam | 495420 | Steam, account | Juggernaut Edition. | | Windows }}
 }}
-{{ii}} All versions require {{DRM|Arxan}}.
+{{ii}} The Microsoft Store version requires {{DRM|Arxan}}.
 {{DLC|
@@ Line 51: / Line 47: @@
 ===Skip intro videos===
-{{Fixbox|description=Disable intro videos through the config|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Delete Logos.bk2|fix=
-# Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file(s) location]].
+# Go to {{file|{{P|game}}\StateOfDecay2\Content\Movies}}
-# Open <code>Game.ini</code> with a text editor.
+# Delete {{file|Logos.bk2}}
-# Add the following lines to the bottom of the file and save the changes:
+'''For the Juggernaut Edition'''
+# Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file(s) location]]
+# Edit {{File|Game.ini}}
+# Add the following lines<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/6835817-no-intro-fix/page-2#entry66181781|title=|date=2020-03-27}}</ref>
 <pre>[/Script/MoviePlayer.MoviePlayerSettings]
 bWaitForMoviesToComplete=False
 bMoviesAreSkippable=True
-StartupMovies=</pre>
+StartupMovies=
+</pre>
 }}
@@ Line 64: / Line 65: @@
 ===Configuration file(s) location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/config|Microsoft Store|{{p|localappdata}}\Packages\Microsoft.Dayton_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\StateOfDecay2\Saved\Config\UWP}}
+{{Game data/config|Microsoft Store|{{p|localappdata}}\Packages\Microsoft.Dayton_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Local\StateOfDecay2\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\}}
-{{Game data/config|Steam|}}
+{{Game data/config|Steam|{{p|localappdata}}\StateOfDecay2\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\}}
 }}
@@ Line 71: / Line 72: @@
 {{Game data|
 {{Game data/saves|Microsoft Store|{{p|localappdata}}\Packages\Microsoft.Dayton_8wekyb3d8bbwe\SystemAppData\wgs}}
-{{Game data/saves|Steam|}}
+{{Game data/saves|Steam|{{p|localappdata}}\StateOfDecay2\Saved\SaveGames\}}
 }}
+{{ii}} Microsoft Store and Steam versions use a different save file format which are incompatible with each other.
 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
@@ Line 78: / Line 80: @@
 |discord                =
 |discord notes          =
-|epic games store       =
+|epic games store       = unknown
 |epic games store notes =
 |gog galaxy             =
@@ Line 89: / Line 91: @@
 |uplay notes            =
 |xbox cloud             = true
-|xbox cloud notes       = <ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.stateofdecay.com/faq/|title=Frequently Asked Questions|date=March 7, 2018}}</ref>
+|xbox cloud notes       = <ref>{{Refurl|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404202805/https://www.stateofdecay.com/faq/|title=Frequently Asked Questions (archived at April 4, 2018)|date=March 7, 2018}}</ref>
 }}
@@ Line 106: / Line 108: @@
 |multimonitor               = unknown
 |multimonitor notes         =
-|ultrawidescreen            = true
+|ultrawidescreen            = limited
-|ultrawidescreen notes      =
+|ultrawidescreen notes      = Ultra-wide resolutions cannot be selected in-game, but game will default to desktop resolution. See [[#Run game at native resolution|Run game at native resolution]] for a manual solution. May or may not result in {{term|vert-}} scaling.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/widescreengamingforum/comments/fimnts/state_of_decay_2/|title=State of decay 2.|date=2020-03-16}}</ref>
 |4k ultra hd                = true
 |4k ultra hd notes          = <ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.amazon.com/State-Decay-Standard-Windows-Digital/dp/B01GW3Q62O|title=State of Decay 2: Standard Edition - Xbox One/Windows 10 Digital Code|date=March 07, 2018}}</ref>
 |fov                        = hackable
-|fov notes                  = Use [https://www.wsgf.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=172196#p172196 this trainer].
+|fov notes                  = See [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]
 |windowed                   = true
 |windowed notes             =
 |borderless windowed        = true
-|borderless windowed notes  = Fullscreen is already borderless
+|borderless windowed notes  = Fullscreen is borderless.
 |anisotropic                = hackable
 |anisotropic notes          = Scales with the textures option. See [[#Anisotropic filtering (AF)|Anisotropic filtering (AF)]].
@@ Line 132: / Line 134: @@
 }}
-===Run Game at Native Resolution===
+===[[Glossary:Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]===
+{{Fixbox|description=Set FOV to any value through a config file|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Rose|date=2020-03-16|comment=Found the command in the game code and tested it in the Game Pass version. Further confirmed as working on the WSGF Discord.}}</ref>|fix=
+# Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file(s) location]].
+# Open {{file|Engine.ini}}.
+# Add the following lines:
+<pre>[SystemSettings]
+r.FieldOfView=150</pre>
+{{ii}} Any other values are possible. An extremely high value may turn the game unplayable until reverted.
+}}
+===Run game at native resolution===
 {{Fixbox|description=Native Resolution|fix=
 # Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file(s) location]].
@@ Line 216: / Line 228: @@
 {{Image|Input Settings Part 2.png|Input Settings Part 2}}
 {{Input settings
-|key remap                 = true
+|key remap                 = limited
 |key remap notes           = Left and right arrow keys are permanently bound to panning the camera.
 |acceleration option       = unknown
@@ Line 339: / Line 351: @@
   |language  = Russian
   |interface = true
-  |audio     = unknown
+  |audio     = false
-  |subtitles = unknown
+  |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
@@ Line 367: / Line 379: @@
 |online play players  = 4
 |online play modes    = Co-op
-|online play notes    = Supports crossplay with Xbox One
+|online play notes    = Supports cross-platform play with Xbox One
 |asynchronous         =
 |asynchronous notes   =
@@ Line 441: / Line 453: @@
 |recGPU2  = AMD Radeon R9 380
 }}
+{{ii}} Steam version runs on Windows 7 and 8.1 despite minimum Operating System requirements.
 {{References}}

Developers

	Undead Labs
Publishers
	Xbox Game Studios
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	May 22, 2018