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The Ascent is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view ARPG and shooter game.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate

Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere.
Steam		Rename `steam.exe` and launch the game directly from the game executable.

Essential improvements

Skip intro logo

Modify Game.ini

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Game.ini with a text editor.
Add the following lines to the end of the file, then save and close it:

[/script/movieplayer.movieplayersettings]
bWaitForMoviesToComplete=False
bMoviesAreSkippable=True
StartupMovies=

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\TheAscent\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\CurveDigital.TheAscent_1ezqdnbhnc70m\LocalCache\Local\TheAscent\Saved\Config\WinGDK\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/979690/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Steam	%LOCALAPPDATA%\TheAscent\Saved\SaveGames\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/979690/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Vert- scaling and spanned HUD. Use the related PCGW community tool as a partial workaround.
Ultra-widescreen		Vert- scaling. Use the related PCGW community tool as a workaround.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Use the related PCGW community tool.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Forced TAA
High-fidelity upscaling		DLSS 2.0
Vertical sync (Vsync)		On / off
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)		Reflections, shadows and ambient occlusion.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Film grain

The game might ignore the film grain setting, re-enabling the effect upon game restart even if it has been disabled.

Forcefully disable film grain by editing a config file

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open the Engine.ini file with a notepad.
Add the following lines to the bottom of the file and save the changes:

[SystemSettings]
r.Tonemapper.Quality=3

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		General, music, sound effects, dialog, cutscene. Dynamic Range Compression (DRC) presets.
Surround sound		5.1 support tested successfully.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

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

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	4	Co-op
LAN play
Online play	4	Co-op

Issues unresolved

Shader compilation stutter

The game suffers from severe shader compilation related stutters during gameplay, this occurs whenever a new effect is displayed and thus whenever a new shader has to be compiled.^[2]^[3]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-3470 3.2 GHz AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz	Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	35 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon R9 390X 2 GB (Nvidia), 8 GB (AMD) of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.26.1^[1]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/979690/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (979690) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Aemony on 2021-09-17
↑ Unfixable stutter? - last accessed on 2023-07-03
↑ Stuttering is related to shaders caching - last accessed on 2023-07-03

[2] Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.26.1^[1]

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/979690/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (979690) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/979690/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (979690) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Verified by User:Aemony on 2021-09-17

[4] Unfixable stutter? - last accessed on 2023-07-03

[5] Stuttering is related to shaders caching - last accessed on 2023-07-03

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[2]

[3]

[1]

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+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
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 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer, Multiplayer }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Bird's-eye view }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | ARPG, Shooter}}
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-{{Availability/row| Microsoft Store | c27ql5jbkq8m | Microsoft Store | Included with {{Store feature|Xbox Game Pass}}.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/over-20-idxbox-games-are-launching-day-one-with-xbox-game-pass|title=Over 20 ID@Xbox Games Are Launching Day One With Xbox Game Pass|date=2021-03-27}}</ref> {{store feature|Xbox Play Anywhere}}. |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Microsoft Store | c27ql5jbkq8m | Microsoft Store | {{store feature|Xbox Play Anywhere}}. |  | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| Steam | 979690 | Steam |  |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Steam | 979690 | DRM-free | Rename {{file|steam.exe}} and launch the game directly from the game executable. |  | Windows }}
+}}
+==Essential improvements==
+===Skip intro logo===
+{{Fixbox|description=Modify {{file|Game.ini}}|fix=
+# Go to the [[#Configuration_file.28s.29_location|configuration file(s) location]].
+# Open {{file|Game.ini}} with a text editor.
+# Add the following lines to the end of the file, then save and close it:
+<pre>[/script/movieplayer.movieplayersettings]
+bWaitForMoviesToComplete=False
+bMoviesAreSkippable=True
+StartupMovies=</pre>
 }}
@@ Line 72: / Line 84: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 {{Save game cloud syncing
-|discord                =
+|discord                   =
-|discord notes          =
+|discord notes             =
-|epic games store       =
+|epic games launcher       =
-|epic games store notes =
+|epic games launcher notes =
-|gog galaxy             =
+|gog galaxy                =
-|gog galaxy notes       =
+|gog galaxy notes          =
-|origin                 =
+|origin                    =
-|origin notes           =
+|origin notes              =
-|steam cloud            = true
+|steam cloud               = true
-|steam cloud notes      =
+|steam cloud notes         =
-|uplay                  =
+|ubisoft connect           =
-|uplay notes            =
+|ubisoft connect notes     =
-|xbox cloud             = true
+|xbox cloud                = true
-|xbox cloud notes       =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
 }}
@@ Line 112: / Line 124: @@
 |anisotropic notes          =
 |antialiasing               = always on
-|antialiasing notes         = Forces TAA (workaround available below), [[DLSS]] is supported but only on Steam.
+|antialiasing notes         = Forced [[TAA]]
+|upscaling                  = true
+|upscaling tech             = DLSS 2
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = true
 |vsync notes                = On / off
@@ Line 122: / Line 137: @@
 |hdr notes                  =
 |ray tracing                = true
-|ray tracing notes          =
+|ray tracing notes          = Reflections, shadows and ambient occlusion.
 |color blind                = unknown
 |color blind notes          =
 }}
-===[[Glossary:Anti-aliasing (AA)|Anti-Aliasing (AA)]]===
+===Film grain===
-{{Fixbox|description=Disable TAA by editing a config file|fix=
+{{ii}} The game might ignore the film grain setting, re-enabling the effect upon game restart even if it has been disabled.
-# Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file(s) location]].
+{{Fixbox|description=Forcefully disable film grain by editing a config file|fix=
-# Open the <code>Engine.ini</code> with a notepad.
-# Add the following lines to the bottom of the file and save the changes:
-<pre>
-[SystemSettings]
-r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=0
-</pre>
-}}
-===Depth Of field===
-{{Fixbox|description=Disable Depth Of Field by editing a config file|fix=
 # Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file(s) location]].
 # Open the <code>Engine.ini</code> file with a notepad.
@@ Line 145: / Line 150: @@
 <pre>
 [SystemSettings]
-r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0
+r.Tonemapper.Quality=3
 </pre>
 }}
@@ Line 173: / Line 178: @@
 |invert controller y-axis  = unknown
 |invert controller y-axis notes=
-|xinput controllers        = unknown
+|xinput controllers        = true
 |xinput controllers notes  =
 |xbox prompts              = true
@@ Line 215: / Line 220: @@
 ==Audio==
 {{Audio
-|separate volume          = unknown
+|separate volume          = true
-|separate volume notes    =
+|separate volume notes    = General, music, sound effects, dialog, cutscene. Dynamic Range Compression (DRC) presets.
-|surround sound           = unknown
+|surround sound           = true
-|surround sound notes     =
+|surround sound notes     = 5.1 support tested successfully.
-|subtitles                = unknown
+|subtitles                = true
 |subtitles notes          =
-|closed captions          = unknown
+|closed captions          = true
 |closed captions notes    =
-|mute on focus lost       = unknown
+|mute on focus lost       = false
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 |red book cd audio        =
 |red book cd audio notes  =
@@ Line 356: / Line 363: @@
 |upnp =
 }}
+==Issues unresolved==
+===Shader compilation stutter===
+{{ii}} The game suffers from severe shader compilation related stutters during gameplay, this occurs whenever a new effect is displayed and thus whenever a new shader has to be compiled.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/979690/discussions/0/3408678077958012235/|title=Unfixable stutter?|date=2023-07-03}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/979690/discussions/0/5056966106397957003/#c5056966106398112583|title=Stuttering is related to shaders caching|date=2023-07-03}}</ref>
 ==Other information==
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 |windows 32-bit exe     = false
 |windows 64-bit exe     = true
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
 |mac os x powerpc app   =
 |macos intel 32-bit app = unknown
 |macos intel 64-bit app = unknown
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux powerpc app      =
 |linux 32-bit executable= unknown
 |linux 64-bit executable= unknown
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}

Developers

	Neon Giant
Publishers
	Curve Digital
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	July 29, 2021
Reception
Metacritic	73
OpenCritic	74
IGDB	72
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	ARPG, Shooter
Themes	Cyberpunk