The Evil Within

The Evil Within

Developers
	Tango Gameworks
Publishers
	Bethesda Softworks
Engines
	id Tech 5
Release dates
Windows	October 14, 2014

The Evil Within
The Evil Within	2014
The Evil Within 2	2017

General information

Official website

The Evil Within General Discussion - Bethesda Softworks Forums

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
Bethesda.net		Digital Deluxe
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Season Pass
The Assignment
The Consequence
The Executioner
The Fighting Chance Pack	Pre-order bonus.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Launch game with +com_skipIntroVideo 1 parameter

Restore cache files

Game is unable to make new folders, therefore it won't use any caching at all by default.

Create default cache folder
Alternatively, change it with +fs_cachepath "<directory>" parameter (. for <path-to-game>).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\TangoGameworks\The Evil Within\base\the evil withinConfig.cfg
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/268050/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\TangoGameworks\The Evil Within\base\savegame\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/268050/pfx/

The texture cache (fs_cachepath) is stored in %LOCALAPPDATA%\TangoGameworks\The Evil Within_ng\.

15 save slots + 1 autosave slot available.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Launch game with +vt_maxaniso X parameter where X is between 1 and 4[citation needed]
Notes Default value is 4. The game's engine does not support AF higher than 4x. Forcing anisotropic filtering through video driver causes texture shimmering.

High frame rate

In-game frame rate cap option supports either 30 or 60 FPS. Use this parameter to remove the cap entirely.

Launch game with +r_swapinterval 0 parameter

Notes The developers have not tested the game above 60 FPS and will not fix issues related to uncapping the frame rate. Enemy attacks that drain health (i.e. strangling attacks) do so significantly faster at higher frame rates. Enemy attack speed appears to be much higher at higher frame rates. This parameter must be used if G-Sync is enabled for windowed applications, otherwise the frame rate will be capped at 28. If needed, there are third-party tools, such as RivaTuner Statistics Server, that can cap the frame rate at 60.

Post-processing

Toggle post-process effects
Download The Evil Within 3D Vision Fix. Extract the contents to the installation folder. Start the game. Hotkeys Press F2 to toggle the entire shader. Press F3 to toggle depth of field. Press F4 to toggle bloom. Notes By default the game effects aren't modified. You can change the default state in the [Constants] section of d3dx.ini.

Input settings

Control settings.

Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation.
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: The Evil Within (DX11).

Issues fixed

Game is oddly zoomed or cropped

Enable the following compatibility setting: Disable display scaling on high DPI settings

On Windows 10: Override high DPI scaling behaviour in compatibility setting and set it to Application

Stuttering/hitching with in-game Framelock option set to "60 FPS Vsync"

Disable the in-game frame rate cap and lock frame rate with a third-party tool
Turn in-game Framelock option to 30 FPS. Use a third-party tool like RivaTuner Statistic Server or Nvidia Profile Inspector to lock framerate at 60 FPS. Launch game with +r_swapinterval 0 parameter.

White lines on some objects

In Nvidia Control Panel, set "Texture filtering - Quality" setting to "Quality" or lower

Reduce stuttering lag

Machines with weak VGA (1GB vram) may significantly reduce stuttering with this tweak.

Launch game with +vt_pageimagesizevmtr 2048 parameter
The default value is 8192.

Final cutscene does not start

Users experiencing issues with the final cutscene of the game not playing and falling into the sky might be able to solve it by reinstalling, updating, or otherwise trying another version of the display drivers of their graphics card.

Update or try another version of your display drivers

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11	Game is internally using OpenGL
Shader Model support	5.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Cutscenes	Bink Video

Console commands

Add parameter
Right-click the game in the Steam client and choose Properties. Click Set Launch Options and add +com_allowconsole 1 Click OK and run the game. Press Insert to open the console in-game.

Notable console commands include:

• god - Makes the player effectively invincible, and certain enemy kill moves will not be used against the player.
• noclip - Allows the player to walk through walls.
• g_infiniteammo - Unlimited ammo (Provided the player has at least 1 bullet when it is enabled).
• g_stoptime 1 - Stops time. Re-enable time with g_stoptime 0.
• toggledebugcamera - Separates the camera from Sebastian so the player can freely move the camera around.
• startslowmotion2 - Slows down time. To disable, run stopslowmotion
• r_skipglare 1 - Disables all post-processing, including anti-aliasing. Will make the color temperature warmer and disable depth of field. This will also increase the frame rate. Can also be set in the launcher using +r_skipglare 1.
• r_modelsCastShadow 0 - Disables player model shadow.
• megashadow_resolutionScale x.x - Custom shadow resolution scale. Recommended values: 0.12 up to 1.5.
• vt_lodbias x - Increases LOD distance. in-game highest value is 5. lower values increase the distance up to 0.
• m_smooth 0 - Disables mouse acceleration.
• m_sensitivity x - Custom mouse sensitivty. In-game highest value is 5. With this variable you can go beyond that.
• pm_thirdPersonSimple 1 - Simplified third person camera.
• pm_thirdPersonHeight x
• pm_thirdPersonRange x
• kill - Suicide.

Enable SLI

While SLI is not officially supported, custom bits might used for a performance increase.

Modify game profile[citation needed]

Open the The Evil Within game profile via Nvidia Profile Inspector. Change SLI compatibility bits (DX1x) to 0x000000F5. Change NVIDIA predefined SLI mode on DirectX 10 to SLI_PREDEFINED_MODE_DX10_FORCE_AFR. Change NVIDIA predefined number of GPUs to use on SLI rendering mode on DirectX 10 to SLI_PREDEFINED_GPU_COUNT_DX10_FOUR. Apply changes. Notes SLI scaling may be severely limited due to very high CPU usage in certain areas. SLI scaling may be confirmed through increasing graphical settings, unlocking frame rate, and/or testing in corridor/non-open area type locations where CPU usage will be lower.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7, 8, 8.1
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i7 or an equivalent 4+ core
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	50 GB (41 GB installation size)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 or equivalent 1 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 or equivalent 4 GB of VRAM

64-bit system required.