Wolfenstein: The New Order

Wolfenstein: The New Order

Developers
	MachineGames
Publishers
	Bethesda Softworks
Engines
	id Tech 5
Release dates
Windows	May 20, 2014
Reception
Metacritic	81
OpenCritic	81
IGDB	77
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	FPS, Shooter
Series	Wolfenstein

Wolfenstein: The New Order is a singleplayer first-person FPS and shooter game in the Wolfenstein series.

Key points

Use id5 Tweaker to change advanced settings and optimize performance. Does not work on the Epic Games version.

General information

PC Report

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Community Discussions (German Edition)

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		4 DVD's. Also released in a two-pack along with a digital code for The Old Blood.
Epic Games Store
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Game Pass for PC
Steam
Amazon.com (unavailable)
Bethesda.net (unavailable)

Version differences

The German Edition (aka LV Release) only includes the German language and has content differences (e.g. no swastikas).

The Panzerhund Edition does not include the game or any in-game extras.

Essential improvements

Restore cache files

The texture cache folder is not made by the game, so you need to create it manually to make the cache functional.

This can fix stuttering in the game.

Or in smaller areas may slightly decrease FPS with Core 0 disabled (and e.g. with SSD and/or low details).

Make texture cache folder

Go to %LOCALAPPDATA% and make a folder named MachineGames Go into that folder and make a folder named Wolfenstein The New Order The game will now correctly store the texture cache between sessions. Notes The game creates two files there, one of which is 1 GB in size. This file is not deleted after ending or uninstalling the game and has to be deleted manually. Normal Windows shortcuts do not work to relocate the MachineGames folder or the Wolfenstein The New Order folder to another drive. If your Windows OS supports it, an NTFS junction point (mklink /J <link> <target>) will allow redirecting the folder to a different location. Setting command line option +fs_cachepath "E:\your_cache_path_here" will redirect the cache folder. Create it before. Command cannot be inserted in console during running of the game. It has to be inserted as parameter for WolfNewOrder_x64.exe (shortcut - in "target", field, C:\[location]Wolfenstein.The.New.Order\WolfNewOrder_x64.exe +fs_cachepath "C:\[your created folder]") and (or) set in the Steam properties of the game->Set launch options. Slow HDD can prevent from achieving high FPS. Consider placing the cache on RAM disk (e.g. with free RadeonRAMDisk) or SSD (even whole game).

Skip intro videos

Use +com_skipIntroVideo 1 command line argument

Rename the video files
Go to <path-to-game>\base\bink\. Rename loadvideo_pc_xboxone.bik and menu_credits.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\MachineGames\Wolfenstein The New Order\base\wolfConfig.cfg
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/201810/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\MachineGames\Wolfenstein The New Order\base\savegame\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/201810/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

In-game general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			Use Flawless Widescreen.
Ultra-widescreen			Some U.I. elements (i.e. tutorial boxes) will improperly linger at the edges of the screen after being closed.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		From 80° to 100° horizontal. 4:3 base. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Listed as Fullscreen Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Always at 4x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS		Cutscenes are capped at 30 FPS.
120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS. See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

id5 Tweaker increases the upper limit of the FOV to 200 and allows changing viewmodel FOV as well.

It is recommended to keep g_fov at a maximum of 120 for a wide field of view without fish-eye effect at 16:9 resolutions and hands_fovscale at 1.0 to avoid making the character hands and weapons disproportinate to the screen or broken in certain situations.

Adjust FOV values
Install id5 Tweaker. Edit id5Tweaker.ini. Find ;g_fov 100 and ;hands_fovscale 1.0. Remove the semicolons and set the desired values.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Tested up to 16x MSAA. Can drastically reduce performance.

This has no effect on many edges in the game but will help reduce jaggies on geometry edges.

Enable MSAA Anti-aliasing
Install id5 Tweaker. Edit id5Tweaker.ini. Find ;r_multisamples 2. Remove the semicolon and set the desired value. Alternatively you can force it with the console command (r_multisamples x(Replace xx with 2-16)).

Vertical sync (Vsync)

The in-game Vsync option may not work correctly if used in conjunction with G-sync, and/or if using the unofficial high frame rate mod.

Alternative Vsync[citation needed]
Go to the Video Options menu, then set Vsync to Off. Open the console, and enter r_swapInterval 1 Notes Slightly less intensive than the default Vsync setting. Might cause the audio to desync during cutscenes.

High frame rate

Increase FPS cap

Install id5 Tweaker. Edit id5Tweaker.ini. Find ;id5Tweaker_SetFpsLimit 140. Remove the semicolon and set the desired value. Notes Increasing the FPS cap may cause some unintended side effects: In the early game, there is a softlock with the bathroom mini cutscene at 120 FPS and above, reducing to 90 FPS fixes the issue. In chapter two, the two drones that are released from the truck that crashes through the gate get ejected faster than normal and can get stuck in the ground, making them unkillable Uneven frame-pacing on G-Sync and FreeSync enabled displays Keyboard and mouse input may stop working after some cutscenes The 'maxed out' ammo indicator may flash continuously Possible physics bugs when killing some enemies Possible stuttering during pre-rendered cutscenes Sped up drones The robot fought just before the final boss cannot be killed because its stunned animation is too fast id5 Tweaker allows the uncapped framerate to be toggled on and off in-game (default key is the numpad "*"). Possible solution for Epic version

Post-processing

Disable depth of field
Launch the game. Press Ctrl+~ to open the console. Enter cvaradd r_postprocessdofmode -1. Press Ctrl+~ again to close the console. or Install id5 Tweaker. Edit id5Tweaker.ini. Find ;r_postprocessdofmode -1 and remove the semicolon.

Disable all post process effects
This disables the DOF effect as well as color grading and film grain. Install id5 Tweaker. Edit id5Tweaker.ini. Find ;r_skippostprocess 1 and remove the semicolon.

Input

Some useful console commands would be listBinds, unbind in order to force certain keys to be unbound and unbindAll

In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Certain keys such as E and J cannot be completely rebound (see Remapping to fix).
Mouse acceleration		Disabled by default.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Can be changed by editing .cfg.[citation needed]
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Remapping

Binding keys through the console[citation needed]
Open the console with Ctrl+~ or Ctrl+\ or Ctrl+^. Use bind "key" "_action" in order to bind your keys. Notes Use listBinds in order to view a list of actions every key is set to.

Binding keys by editing configuration files

Go to the configuration file(s) location. Edit wolfConfig.cfg. Search/replace "hidden duplicate" bindings such as "_use" Alternatively, and in case the above doesn't work, open the console (ctrl+`) and type: bindset 4 <enter> bind e "_moveforward" <enter> Notes This is useful for altering WSAD => EDSF layouts, as the action to exit the submarine (in the appropriate level) is bound to the "_use" action.

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master and dialogue.
Surround sound		Up to 7.0.
Subtitles		None, foreign languages only, or always on.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Lines spoken in the game utilize different languages with a subtitle available if a line is in foreign language.

Localizations

The German Edition only has German language.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan translation.
French
German				German Edition only.
Hungarian				Fan translation.
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation, download.
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	GG3D	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision			Use 3D Surround Gaming fix.
TriDef 3D
iZ3D

Devices
3RD Space Gaming Vest

Issues fixed

Vertical sync disables itself intermittently

Force Vsync and triple buffering
Disable in-game vertical sync. Force vertical sync and triple buffering externally. See Force Vsync for instructions. Notes Triple buffering is important for avoiding large fluctuations in frame rate.

"Wolfenstein is not responding" crash

The game may crash soon after starting when using outdated graphics card drivers.

Install recommended graphics card drivers
Update your graphics card drivers: Nvidia GeForce 335.23 or newer AMD: Catalyst 14.4 or newer Start the game again.

Low frame rate

Change binary name and create text file

Solution presumably for AMD GPUs Go to the game directory (Windows default is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Wolfenstein.The.New.Order") Copy and paste a duplicate of WolfNewOrder_x64 in the game folder Rename the duplicate file to WolfNewOrder_x32 (When renaming the file to x32, the below steps may be unnecessary, you can also check this video Create a text document called steam_appid In that text document type 201810 Save the text document in the game directory Launch the game in WolfNewOrder_x32 not WolfNewOrder_x64 The game will launch Notes Do not delete the WolfNewOrder_x32 file or else it won't work. Make sure that the two launch files are in the game folder, WolfNewOrder_x64.exe and WolfNewOrder_x32.exe.

Set specific level of certain details

Certain details on id Tech 5 causes problems even on recent GPUs (esp. AMD) Since 22.7.1 drivers for Polaris cards or newer, there is a huge FPS boost (29 vs 34 (with this guide) vs 60 FPS) with some rare drops VERTICAL SYNC: OFF (you can try to force it in GPU control panel instead [only if you need it], and then turn on triple buffering in GPU control panel [not always helps]). VIRTUAL TEXTURE COMPRESSION: ENABLED (or disabled on non_Nvidia GPU, and while not exceeding VRAM) VIRTUAL TEXTURE MAX PPF: 16 (0 or 1 is the fastest - but cause more texture popping, 4 may be good one, in some cases 64, in others 128 or even around 10000 [set in console - vt_maxppf - it resets after game closing]). E.g. set the value to no more than 8 for CPUs with 2 or 4 cores and to 16 for CPUs with 6 or more cores (e.g. if you have an Intel CPU with 4 physical cores and HT and you experience lags with the variable set to 64, try setting the value to 16). SHADOW RESOLUTION: 2048 DISPLAY MODE: borderless windowed mode (possible tearing; on full screen too). To turn on game mode, you need to set windowed mode temporarily. Set jobs_numthreads to 1 (for low-end CPUs; this needs to be turned on in-game console, or wolfconfig with it turned to read only, or in the shortcut (+jobs_numthreads 1). Set to 0 or 2 (default) in case of inconvenient minifreezes.. vt_cudaBudget (if using CUDA) - to a value below your frame time vt_restart - is necessary for most/all CVars starting with the prefix 'vt_' to have an effect. all four vt_pageImageSize* CVars to 16384. Actually, higher means better texture quality. Other values: 4096, 8196. Easily editable with id5 Tweaker. Set this to 16384 if you have a modern GPU with about 3 GB of RAM, or to 4096 if you have less than 1 GB (and in some cases less than 1.5 GB) of RAM and/or an older GPU. Bare minimum for vt_pageImageSizeUnique is 4096 (below that values, there are blurry textures in chapter Wolfenstein in Old Blood). All rest vt_pageImageSize* CVars can be set to even 256. If FPS issues still persist, you may want to lower or disable Anti-Aliasing and/or Screen Space Reflections and/or lower your resolution to FHD since higher can have serious impact on the performance on older GPUs. Commands can be added to shortcut ...\Wolfenstein.The.New.Order\WolfNewOrder_x32.exe +fs_cachepath "C:\Users\Public" +vt_maxPPF 0 +jobs_numthreads 1 +vt_pageimagesizevmtr 2048 +vt_pageImageSizeUnique 2048 +vt_pageImageSizeUniqueDiffuseOnly 256 +vt_pageImageSizeUniqueDiffuseOnly2 256 (29 vs 34 FPS on AMD and C2Q). For further reading on detail analysis see here and additionally look into ini file inside the package. See also RAGE Wiki article - it shares some commands with Wolfenstein. Additionally download Process Lasso, press CTR+A to mark all processes, and set priority class and I/O priority to the lowest (besides the game process) - for weak CPUs and stuttering in open areas. In some cases, changing only priorities of the game executable will give better effect. Additionally, you may want to change affinity, and exclude core 0. There is no FPS drop using 3 cores instead of 4 cores on C2Q. But if you set external cache location, CPU0 disabled can decrease performance during big shootouts. Additionally, you may want to google for Update 1 FPS FIX.

Force the game to use copied AMD OpenGL driver (atioglxx.dll)
Search for atioglxx.dll inside Windows folder, or use this one. Then copy the file inside the game folder. For Nvidia, you can try out searching for nvoglnt.dll file (if found), or OpenGL32.dll (if it not performs worse, and if you don't use ReShade injector).

Endless loading screen

Verify the cache integrity on Steam[citation needed]
Right click on Wolfenstein: The New Order and select Properties Go to Local Files and select Verify integrity of game cache.

Game crashes to desktop on random intervals on AMD graphics cards

There is an issue where Catalyst AI causes the crashes. In older drivers this could be turned off in the software, but now it must be done manually.

Disable Catalyst AI
Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\ATI\ACE Back up Profiles.xml. Open Profiles.xml using an xml reader (Notepad or Notepad++ works for this). Search for the Catalyst AI entries and change the value to Disable. There are two entries in the file. Save Profiles.XML and restart your PC. Notes If the game continues to crash, don't forget to exit out Raptr and AMD Gaming Evolved.

Displayed game exceeds range of visibility on the screen

Disable DPI scaling in Windows
Go to display settings (RMB on desktop) In field "Change the size of text, apps and other items" set parameter to 100% Now game works/scales properly in QHD resolution.

Game runs slow in multithreaded mode

Change amount of threads in game renderer
Use ~ (or Ctrl+~) in game to bring up the console Type jobs_numthreads 1 into the console window and press ↵ Enter for the setting to take effect Game should run better on some multi-core cpus By default, value is set to "2".

Stutter, textures pop-in, freezes on 3GB VRAM cards

Increase texture buffer
Set +fc maxcachememoryMB 1024 +vt_maxPPF "16" +vt_pageimagesizevmtr 16384 +vt_pageImageSizeUnique 16384 +vt_pageImageSizeUniqueDiffuseOnly 16384 +vt_pageImageSizeUniqueDiffuseOnly2 16384 command line argument. Notes This works only if you have 3 GB VRAM and should fix pop in even when you do a 180° turn.

Minifreezes[citation needed]
If the game freezes for about 1 two 2 seconds in regularly intervalls, add +jobs_numThreads 0 to the launch options. Solutions borrowed from RAGE.

Game crashes after cutscenes

Change your monitors refresh rate to 60hz
Also you must let cutscenes finish, don't skip or it will crash.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	3.2

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

Disable camera sway

Instructions[citation needed]
Open the console. Enter cvaradd pm_nobob 1, to reset use -1 Notes Aiming and crouching will be almost instant, feeling considerably odd. Using the scope on the AR Marksman Rifle will no longer be possible.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i7 AMD equivalent
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	50 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 6850

A 64-bit operating system is required.