The Technomancer

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Mars: War Logs
Mars: War Logs	2013
The Technomancer	2016

Key points

Main quest breaking bugs present in Chapter 2 were never fixed. Multiple save files recommended.^{[citation needed]}

Requires disabling of cores on systems with more than 4 cores

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Publisher website

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Replace intro files^{[citation needed]}
Download empty intro files and extract them. Go to `<path-to-game>\boot\data\video` and replace both mp4 with the newly downloaded ones.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\The Technomancer\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/338390/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Config files include default.profile and graphicconfig.txt.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\The Technomancer\`*`.fsav
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/338390/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

No apparent limit on number of save files. Previous Silk Engine games had a 50 file limit.

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Supports dynamic resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Up to x16.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	FXAA and TAA. A separate SSAA option is available for the UI.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Control settings.

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
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	, Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth) V2 requires DS4Windows to emulate DS4 V1

Generic/other controllers

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

Keybinding options (1/4).
Keybinding options (2/4).
Keybinding options (3/4).
Keybinding options (4/4).
Gamepad bindings.

Audio

Audio options.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
Italian
German
Polish
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: The Technomancer.

Issues fixed

Infinite loading screen upon the game start up

On a system with more than 4 cores enabled user needs to disable the extra cores

Open start menu
Type 'msconfig' and start the System Configuration tool that shows in the search
Click on the 'Boot' tab
Click on the 'Advanced Options' button on the middle left of the window, a new window should popup
Tick the 'Number of processors:' option at the top left of the window
From the dropdown list choose 4 as the maximum enabled cores
Press 'OK' and then 'Apply'
You will be presented with a possibility of rebooting the system. Reboot the system.
After reboot verify you have only 4 cores enabled

Stuck in loading - last accessed on 2020-03-01

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
Shader Model support	5.0	SM 5.0 Support is not required.^{[citation needed]}

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7, 8, 10 64-bit
Processor (CPU)	AMD FX-4100 X4 3.6 GHz Intel Core i5-2500 3.3 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	11 GB	11 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon HD 6950 Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
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>/338390/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (338390) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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>/338390/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (338390) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

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

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/338390/.

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

[5] The app ID (338390) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[Note 1]

Developers

	Spiders
Publishers
	Focus Home Interactive
Engines
	Silk
Release dates
Windows	June 28, 2016
Taxonomy
Series	Mars: War Logs