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Latest revision as of 22:47, 16 January 2023

The Occupation
The Occupation cover
Developers
White Paper Games
Publishers
Humble Bundle
Engines
Unreal Engine 4[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows March 5, 2019
Reception
Metacritic 68
OpenCritic 67
IGDB 70
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Adventure, Stealth
Art styles Realistic
Themes Detective/mystery
The Occupation on HowLongToBeat
The Occupation on IGDB
The Occupation on MobyGames
The Occupation on Wikipedia

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Humble Store
Icon overlay.png
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
DRM-free when launched directly from executable. Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows

Demo

A demo is available from GOG.com and Steam.

Version differences

The Deluxe Edition includes several out-of-game digital bonuses.

Essential improvements

Skip intro movie

Delete intro video[2]
  1. Navigate to <path-to-game>\TheOccupation\Content\Movies\.
  2. Delete or rename S_LoadupSplashScreens.mp4.

Notes

The game may stay on a black screen for some time while loading, depending on hard drive speed.
This fix is still recommended, as the startup logos would otherwise be unskippable.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\TheOccupation\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/765880/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\TheOccupation\Saved\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/765880/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.
Game settings.
Game settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Severe Vert- scaling. Game still uses letterboxing regardless of aspect. Cutscenes are 16:9 pillarboxed. UI spans the screen.
Ultra-widescreen
Issues are similar to Multimonitor, but less severe.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA, TAA, SMAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Optional framerate cap with set options, with a maximum of 999 FPS.[3]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Field of view comparison

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.
Xbox One controller scheme.
Xbox One controller scheme.

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Always enabled if subtitles are turned on
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Russian

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) 2.2 GHz Dual-Core
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 7 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 560
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit system is required.


Notes

  1. Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.19.2.0[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-09-25
  2. Verified by User:Cptmold on 2019-07-04
    Tested with GOG release.
  3. Verified by User:Cptmold on 2019-07-04
    Tested with the GOG release at a custom resolution of 800x600, as of mid 2019.