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State of Decay 2

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Revision as of 02:51, 16 March 2020 by Rose (talk | contribs) (→‎Game data: no config files in the specified folder on my end. instead, they are found on the drive where the game is installed, in the WpSystem folder; Steam path corrected to include all configs)
State of Decay 2
State of Decay 2 cover
Developers
Undead Labs
Publishers
Xbox Game Studios
Engines
Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows May 22, 2018
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State of Decay 2 on MobyGames
State of Decay 2 on Wikipedia
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

Xbox Play Anywhere title.[1]
Xbox Cross Play title - Play multiplayer with Xbox One and PC players

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Official website

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Microsoft Store
Windows
Epic Games Store
DRM details are not known
 Juggernaut Edition.
Windows
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
 Juggernaut Edition.
Part of Xbox Play Anywhere, Xbox Game Pass for PC
Windows
Steam
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 Juggernaut Edition.
Windows
All versions require Arxan Anti-Tamper DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

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

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
  1. Go to the game's main installation directory.
  2. Continue into \StateOfDecay2\Content\Movies
  3. Delete Logos.bk2

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Microsoft Store
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]

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video settings

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.
In-game Video Settings.
In-game Video Settings.
In-game Graphics Settings.
In-game Graphics Settings.

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Run Game at Native Resolution

Native Resolution
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open GameUserSettings.ini.
  3. 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
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following and save the file.
[SystemSettings]
r.MotionBlurQuality=0

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Custom anisotropic samples
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following and save the file.
[SystemSettings]
r.MaxAnisotropy=16

Vignette

Disable Vignette
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following and save the file.
[SystemSettings]
r.Tonemapper.GrainQuantization=0
r.Tonemapper.Quality=0

Supersampling

Enable SSAA
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. 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
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open GameUserSettings.ini.
  3. 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

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Input Settings Part 1
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Input Settings Part 2

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Audio settings

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Audio Settings

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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 Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
4 Co-op
Supports crossplay 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.

Notes

  1. ↑ 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