Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

Developers
	MachineGames
Publishers
	Bethesda Softworks
Engines
	Id Tech 5
Release dates
Windows	May 5, 2015
Reception
Metacritic	76
OpenCritic	78
IGDB	76
Taxonomy
Series	Wolfenstein

General information

Official Wolfenstein series site

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		Only released along with The New Order in a two-pack, Digital code only.
Amazon.com
Bethesda.net
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Game Pass for PC
Steam

Version differences

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

Essential improvements

Restore cache files

The texture cache folder is not made by the game so the cache is regenerated for each session.

This can fix stuttering in the game.

Make texture cache folder

Go to %LOCALAPPDATA% and make a folder named MachineGames Go into that folder and make a folder named Wolfenstein The Old Blood 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 Old Blood 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. 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. Create cache folder before. 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

Skip intro videos
Go to <path-to-game>\base\bink\ingame\oldgame. Copy oldgame_in.bik. Go to <path-to-game>\base\bink\. Paste oldgame_in.bik. Delete or rename loadvideo_pc_xboxone.bik. Rename oldgame_in.bik to loadvideo_pc_xboxone.bik. Simply removing the intro or using an empty bik file with the wrong resolution causes problems.

Use +com_skipIntroVideo 1 command line argument
Disables all intros except the ones from Bethesda and Machine Games.

Enable the console

Open the console with Ctrl+~ or Ctrl+\.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\MachineGames\Wolfenstein The Old Blood\base\wolftobConfig.cfg
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/350080/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\MachineGames\Wolfenstein The Old Blood\base\savegame\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/350080/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphic settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Use Flawless Widescreen.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		From 80° to 100° horizontal. 4:3 base. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Use id5 Tweaker for more options.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		2x-32x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 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 the FOV of the hands and weapons.

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.

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: Uneven frame-pacing on G-Sync and FreeSync enabled displays The 'maxed out' ammo indicator may flash continuously Possible physics bugs when killing some enemies Possible stuttering during pre-rendered cutscenes

Post-processing

Disable only depth of field
Install id5 Tweaker. Edit id5Tweaker.ini. Find ;r_postprocessdofmode -1 and remove the semicolon.

Disable rendering of fog effect
Install id5 Tweaker. Edit id5Tweaker.ini. Find ;r_skipfog 1 and remove the semicolon.

Disable all post process effects
Install id5 Tweaker. Edit id5Tweaker.ini. Find ;r_skippostprocess 1 and remove the semicolon.

Input

Control settings.

Controller 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		Limited selection of controller layout presets.
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

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master volume and voice volume sliders.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

The German Edition only includes the German language.

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

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		Use 3D Surround Gaming fix.

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.

Mouse thumb buttons not working

Experiencing this can be a nuisance if you prefer re-binding actions to these buttons, such as binding melee to mouse 5.

Disable any other devices that show in Device Manager under "Mice and other pointing devices."[citation needed]

Right Click the windows start button and click Device Manager Look under "Mice and other pointing devices" and try disabling devices other than your main mouse Usually any "Gamer" peripherals like the Razer DeathStalker could include mouse functions that prevent some games such as Wolfenstein to not recognize some functions of your main mouse. Notes Depending on which device was interfering that you had to disable, your peripheral may lose some functionality such as macro keys or any keybindings that mimicked mouse functions. However normal keys should still work fine.

VirtualTexture compression showing artifacts on textures

Artifacts on textures appear when you move

Disable VirtualTexture Compression
Go to advanced video settings Disable the VirtualTexture Compression option The game will no longer show artifacts on textures. Notes In game performance and loading times may suffer greatly. Not advisable for use with GPU transcoding or on a lower end PC. Requires much more VRAM.

FPS issues and drops

Change binary name and create text file

Solution presumably for AMD GPUs Go to the steam game directory where you have installed the game Copy and paste WolfOldBlood_x64 in the game file Rename the file to WolfOldBlood_x32 (for New Order, in some cases to x86] Create a text document called steam_appid In that text documnet type 350080 Save the text document in the game directory Launch the game in WolfOldBlood_x32 not WolfOldBlood_x64 The game will launch Notes Do not delete the WolfOldBlood_x64 file or else it won't work. Make sure that the two launch file are in the game folder, WolfOldBlood_x64 and WolfOldBlood_x32.

Set specific level of certain details

Certain details on id Tech 5 causes problems even on recent GPUs (esp. AMD): 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 (posible 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 it to 0 or 2 (default) in case of 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 Keep). 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. Additionaly 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.

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).

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
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.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	3.2

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

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	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2500 3.3 GHz AMD FX-8320 3.5 GHz	Intel Core i7 AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	38 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Radeon HD 6870 1 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon R9 280 3 GB of VRAM

32-bit systems are not supported.