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Sunset Overdrive

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Sunset Overdrive
Sunset Overdrive cover
Developers
Insomniac Games
Windows Blind Squirrel Games
Publishers
Digital Microsoft Studios
Retail THQ Nordic
Engines
Insomniac Engine
Release dates
Windows November 16, 2018
Sunset Overdrive on MobyGames
Sunset Overdrive on Wikipedia

Key points

Includes all DLC from the original Xbox One version.
The online co-op mode from the Xbox One version has been removed.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.Sunflower_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\Saves\<user-id>\Sunset_userprefs.save
Steam %LOCALAPPDATA%\Sunset\Saves\<user-id>\Sunset_userprefs.save
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/847370/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.Sunflower_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\Saves\<user-id>\
Steam %LOCALAPPDATA%\Sunset\Saves\<user-id>\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/847370/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Latin American Spanish
Spanish

Issues fixed

Green glow and green flickering screen corruption

Disable Depth of Field[1]
The issue is likely caused by a bug in a recent graphics-driver update
The solution provided here is a workaround. It is likely this will be fixed in a future graphics-driver update.
  1. Go to the in-game Video (Advanced) menu.
  2. Disable Depth of Field.

Textures and shadows flickering on Windows 7

Set the resolution to 1080p or higher[citation needed]
  1. Set the resolution to 1080p or above through the in-game menu.
  2. Restart the game.

Notes

Game needs to be restarted after every resolution change in order to avoid the bug.


Stuttering while traversing though the world

Install the game on a HDD instead of a SSD[2]
Issue is worse on a NVMe drive

Other information

API

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

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Audio Wwise
Interface Scaleform
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 3470 3.0 GHz
AMD-FX-6300
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 30 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 750 Ti
AMD Radeon R7 260X
A 64-bit system is required.
Steam version also runs on Windows 7 despite minimum requirements on the store page.

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>/847370/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (847370) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References