Wasteland 2

Wasteland 2

Developers
	inXile Entertainment
	Obsidian Entertainment
Publishers
	inXile Entertainment
Engines
Former	Unity 4
	Unity 5
Release dates
Windows	September 19, 2014
macOS (OS X)	September 19, 2014
Linux	September 19, 2014

Wasteland
Wasteland	1988
Wasteland 2	2014
Wasteland Remastered	2020
Wasteland 3	2020

General information

Official website

Official forum

Official wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions (Director's Cut)

Steam Community Discussions (original)

Beta feedback site access (for bugs reporting)

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate		Digital Deluxe Edition.
GOG.com		Digital Deluxe Edition is also available.
Green Man Gaming		Digital Deluxe Edition.
Humble Store		Digital Deluxe Edition.
Mac App Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Game Pass for PC
Steam		Digital Deluxe Edition is also available.

Kickstarter backers will receive a DRM-free download.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\inXile\Wasteland2\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Preferences/unity.inXile.Wasteland 2.plist
Linux	~/.config/unity3d/inXile/Wasteland 2

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Wasteland2\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/Wasteland2/ ~/Documents/Library/Application Support/Wasteland2DC/
Linux	~/.config/Wasteland2/

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video settings

Display options.

Uses Unity graphic settings presets.

Audio settings

Audio options.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.

Issues fixed

Crash at game launch

Launch game elevated

Go to <path-to-game>\Build, right-click on WL2.exe and select Properties Open the Compatibility tab select and enable "Run this program as an administrator". Click OK twice to save the settings and close the windows. Notes If the game still doesn't start, repeat this, but additionally change other compatibility settings (e.g. "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" or "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings")

Nvidia Optimus

Open the Nvidia Control Panel, which can be found as a tray icon on the taskbar, in the Control Panel, or by right-clicking on the desktop and selecting it. Go to Manage 3D settings, open the Program Settings tab, click on Add and either select WL2.exe in the window or click on Browse... and browse to the WL2.exe file (located in <path-to-game>\Build). In the dropdown menu below, select "High-performance NVIDIA processor". Click on Apply on the lower right corner to save the settings

The developer also recommends to disable video capturing software like Fraps or Bandicam.

Saves not showing up

There is currently a bug where none of the saves show up if even one of them is missing (specifically missing the .xml file or possibly having an empty .xml file).

Delete missing save files
Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Wasteland2\Save Games\ Double click on all saved installation folders until you find one that has no data in it. It's specifically looking for a .xml file. Delete that specific folder (or folders), the one with the missing save game files Restart Wasteland 2 and your other saved games will re-appear.

Unable to choose resolution in windowed mode

Change resolution in registry (Windows)[citation needed]

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\inXile\Wasteland2\ Change registry key Resolution_hXXXXXXXXXX to desired resolution (e.g. 1920x1080). Change registry key Screenmanager Resolution Height_hXXXXXXXXXX to desired height (e.g. 1080) (Note: Make sure to select decimal numbers). Change registry key Screenmanager Resolution Width_hXXXXXXXXXX to desired width (e.g. 1920) (Note: Make sure to select decimal numbers). Launch the game.

Launches in wrong resolution (multi screen setups and some Linux distros)

Launch with graphics options menu[citation needed]
Launch game with -show-screen-selector command line argument. Now you will see a pre-launch menu. Change resolution to desired resolution (e.g. 1920x1080).

Fix game not recognizing your resolution

Find your player prefs file. On Windows, this will be in the registry under the key HKCU\Software\inXile\Wasteland 2. On Mac, this will be in ~/Library/Preferences in a file called unity.inXile.Wasteland 2.plist. On Linux, it's in ~/.config/unity3d/inXile/Wasteland 2/prefs. The directory may vary slightly if on the Director's Cut version. You'll find several key properties related to resolution. "Screenmanager Is Fullscreen mode"; set the value to 1 for fullscreen and 0 for windowed. "Screenmanager Resolution..." "Height" and "Width"; set the values to your desired resolution, such as 1080 and 1920, respectively. "UnitySelectMonitor" for multi-monitor setups; set to the desired monitor number, with a value of 0 representing the operating system's primary monitor.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9, 11
OpenGL		OS X and Linux only.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			Director's Cut version is 64-bit only, Original version is 32-bit only.
macOS (OS X)			Director's Cut version is 64-bit only, Original version is 32-bit only.
Linux			Director's Cut version is 64-bit only, Original version is 32-bit only.

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1	7, 8, 8.1
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent	Intel Core i5 series or equivalent
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	30 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon HD 4850 Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	AMD Radeon HD 5770 Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible