The Cycle
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This product is no longer playable in any capacity. It is covered here for historical reference.
This page is for the original 2019 battle royal game. For the 2022 reboot, see The Cycle: Frontier.
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| Developers | |
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| Yager Development | |
| Engines | |
| Unreal Engine 4 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | Cancelled[1] |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Multiplayer |
| Series | The Cycle |
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| The Cycle | |
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| The Cycle | 2019 |
| The Cycle: Frontier | 2022 |
The Cycle is a cancelled multiplayer game in the The Cycle series.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epic Games Store (unavailable) | |
Same store page for reboot. | |
- All versions require a constant internet connection for all game modes.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
| Remove the logo and game introduction files[2] |
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Game data
In-game game settings.
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Prospect\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Epic Games Launcher |
Video
In-game video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Although ultrawide works the UI is often buggy and misplaced because of the alternate aspect ratio.[citation needed]
FOV is Ver+ so playing at higher aspect ratios makes it very hard to see the bottom of the character, and can hide it almost completely in some menu screens.[citation needed] |
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| 4K Ultra HD | While fullscreen the user can pick any resolution supported by their display driver, all modes default to the monitors native resolution. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | 80° to 110°. | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | 30-144, or unlimited. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | Cannot be enabled through in-game menu. See HDR. | ||
| Color blind mode | Deuteranomaly, Protanomaly, and Tritanope settings with "Severity" slider that changes the intensity of the filter. | ||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
High dynamic range (HDR)
- HDR is disabled by default.
| Enable HDR[3] |
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In-game color blind settings.
Input
In-game input settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | Includes extra sliders for ADS and scoped aiming and ability to change sensitivity for each scope in the game. | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | X and Y axis inversion available. | |
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
In-game audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Master, music, sound effects, dialogue, hitmarker, voice chat. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | Workaround, add the following code to the Engine.ini file located here:
C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\Prospect\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor [Audio] UnfocusedVolumeMultiplier=0.0 |
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| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | 20 | Versus, Co-op PvEvP in solo, duo or squad based mathes. Approximately 50 players are put in a multiplayer persistent station when they load into the game. |
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| Asynchronous multiplayer | ||||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Other information
As of 2/14/2020, mouse sensitivity seems heavily dependent on the framerate. There's probably a config setting to fix this, similar to other unreal engine games.[citation needed]
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 11 |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Physics | PhysX | |
| Anti-cheat | Easy Anti-Cheat | The Cycle is an official partner of EAC.[4] |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 7, 8, 10 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5 2.6 GHz | Intel Core i5 2.8 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 GB | 24 GB |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon RX 560 DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580 |
- A 64-bit system is required.
- Storage space requirements consistently changes, the game requires 20 GB as of Release 16/July 8th 2020.
- 24 GB of space is recommended because that is the largest the game has been in past updates.
References
- ↑ The original Cycle shuts down, offers refunds - last accessed on 2022-06-10
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-05-19
- ↑ Verified by User:Ultragamer2004 on 2020-06-14
- ↑ The Cycle is an official partner of EAC. https://www.easy.ac/en-us/partners/