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{{DLC/row| VR | Steam and Oculus Store only.<ref>[http://www.theastronauts.com/2016/04/vanishing-ethan-carter-vr-faq/ The Vanishing of Ethan Carter VR FAQ]</ref> Enables [[Glossary:Oculus Rift|Oculus Rift]] and [[Glossary:HTC Vive|HTC Vive]] support. | Windows }}
 
 
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{{ii}} Even though VR version is listed as DLC on Steam, it is actually it's own full game. It's listed as DLC to make it requirement to also buy Redux version of the game to have unified pricing with platforms.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.theastronauts.com/2016/04/vanishing-ethan-carter-vr-faq/|title=The Vanishing of Ethan Carter VR FAQ &#8211; The Astronauts|date=2021-10-29|snippet=Our policy is to have the same price everywhere, and the easiest solution for Steam was to have the VR Edition as a DLC.}}</ref> See [[The Vanishing of Ethan Carter VR|The Vanishing of Ethan Carter VR.]]
  
 
==Game data==
 
==Game data==

Revision as of 15:35, 29 October 2021

This page is for the Redux version of the game running on Unreal Engine 4. For the original version of the game, see The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux cover
Developers
The Astronauts
Engines
Unreal Engine 4[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows September 14, 2015
Taxonomy
Series The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux on MobyGames
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux on Wikipedia
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter 2014
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux 2015
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter VR 2016

Key points

When buying the game, Redux version is automatically added to game library where game was purchased or activated.
Developer suggest playing original version if problems occur with Redux.[2]

General information

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Oculus Store
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Includes both VR and non-VR versions.[3]
Windows
Steam
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Windows
Sold together with The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Collector's Edition Includes soundtrack (FLAC), "Making of" digital album, game map, printable poster and 1600p wallpapers
Windows
Even though VR version is listed as DLC on Steam, it is actually it's own full game. It's listed as DLC to make it requirement to also buy Redux version of the game to have unified pricing with platforms.[4] See The Vanishing of Ethan Carter VR.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\EthanCarter\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/400430/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux\SavedGames\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/400430/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

In-game graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.
In-game advanced graphics settings.
In-game advanced graphics settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Vert- FoV scaling
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
70 - 120°.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA, Temporal FXAA, 1x and T2x SMAA, TAA, SSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Unlimited Framerate setting.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Input

In-game controls settings.
In-game controls settings.
In-game keyboard settings.
In-game keyboard settings.
In-game controller settings.
In-game controller settings.

Audio

In-game sound settings.
In-game sound settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Music, Voice, SFX, Ambience.
Surround sound
7.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
Use X3DAudio HRTF.
In-game language settings.
In-game language settings.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Spanish
Russian
1) Fan translation by «Tolma4 Team»
2) Fan voice-over by «GamesVoice»

VR support

Headsets State Notes
SteamVR
Steam version requires VR DLC.
Oculus VR (LibOVR)
Steam version requires VR DLC.
Oculus Store version has native support.[3]
Windows Mixed Reality
Steam version requires VR DLC.
OSVR
Steam version requires VR DLC.
Devices
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller
See Input for details.
Keyboard/Mouse
Play area
Seated
Standing
Room-scale

Issues fixed

Settings are not saved

Follow the procedure[5]
  1. Select your preferred settings.
  2. Change at least one graphics setting and click Apply before proceeding (otherwise the game will not generate the necessary configuration file).
  3. Start a new game - or - if you have played it before, exit and skip the next step.
  4. Following the intro, exit the game.
  5. Go to configuration file(s) location.
  6. Edit GameUserSettings.ini.
  7. Save the file without making any changes to it.

The game should now keep the settings, and also apply them correctly if they are changed again.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Shader Model support 5
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX

Console commands

To access the in-game console, launch the game using the EthanCarter-Win64-Console.exe inside the <path-to-game>\EthanCarter\Binaries\Win64\ folder.
Open the console with ~.
For a list of available commands use the console command dumpconsolecommands

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM) 6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) 1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.8.0[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/400430/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (400430) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Aemony on 2021-09-17
  2. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux Out Now! - theastronauts.com
  3. 3.0 3.1 AdrianChm comments on Any update from the Ethan Carter team?
  4. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter VR FAQ – The Astronauts - last accessed on 2021-10-29
    "Our policy is to have the same price everywhere, and the easiest solution for Steam was to have the VR Edition as a DLC."
  5. Verified by User:Quiet Bob on 2021-02-10