Deep Rock Galactic

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Deep Rock Galactic
Deep Rock Galactic	2020
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor	EA

General information

Official Discord server

Steam Community Discussions

Official Wiki

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Humble Store		Deluxe Edition and Dwarven Legacy also available.
Microsoft Store		Included with Xbox Play Anywhere, Xbox Game Pass for PC. Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
Steam		Deluxe Edition and Dwarven Legacy also available.

Version differences

The Deluxe Edition includes the Dark Future, MegaCorp , and Dawn of the Dead pack.

The Ultimate Edition is exclusive to the Microsoft Store and includes the Dark Future Pack, MegaCorp Pack and Supporter Upgrade.

The Dwarven Legacy bundle includes all current DLC for the game, including the soundtrack.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Cosmetic	The game provides some exclusive cosmetic items for each character's appearance and weapons that can only be bought with real money via cosmetic DLC bundles.
Finite spend	Limits are set by the finite number of cosmetic DLC bundles available.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Supporter Upgrade
Dark Future Pack
MegaCorp Pack
Roughneck Pack
Dawn of the Dread Pack
Rival Tech Pack
Robot Rebellion Pack
Biohazard Pack
Supporter II Upgrade

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Modify Game.ini^[2]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Game.ini with a text editor.
Add the following lines to the end of the file, then save and close it:

[/Script/MoviePlayer.MoviePlayerSettings]
StartupMovies=

Skip splash screen

Use the `-nosplash` command line argument^[2]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\FSD\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\*.ini^{[Note 2]}
Microsoft Store	<path-to-game>\FSD\Saved\Config\WinGDK\*.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/548430/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\FSD\Saved\SaveGames\*.sav^{[Note 2]}
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\CoffeeStainStudios.DeepRockGalactic_496a1srhmar9w\SystemAppData\wgs\[long alphanumeric sequence folder]\[long alphanumeric sequence folder]\[long alphanumeric sequence file (this file is actually an unnamed .sav file and can be used with steam as well)]
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/548430/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video settings

UI settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		At least on Linux, running in Borderless Windowed and maximising automatically adjusts FOV and resolution correctly without any problems. Hud isn't stretched, but remains on the edges of the displays. FOV becomes locked at 100 relative to the total width (i.e. scales correctly), and changing the in-game option no longer makes any difference. (Tested on 3x1080p displays with bezel correction, for a total horizontal resolution of 5830p).
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+.^[3]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Set from 80 - 120° in Gameplay options (default is 100°). Can be increased in .ini file.^{[citation needed]}
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Texture quality affects anisotropic filtering and streaming memory size. Can be manually set in .ini file.^{[citation needed]}
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, TAA (experimental), DLAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Maximum framerate can optionally be set between 30 and 244 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Experimental. Windows HDR, DX12 mode, and fullscreen mode must be enabled.^{[citation needed]}

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Disable lens flare

Use Better Post Processing Reloaded Allows for granular configuration of supersampling, ambient occlusion, bloom, lens flare, lens dirt, vignette, film grain, and chromatic aberration

Alternatively, edit Engine.ini

Go to <path-to-game>\FSD\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\.
Open Engine.ini.
Add the following:

[SystemSettings]
r.LensFlareQuality=0

Disable bloom

Use Better Post Processing Reloaded Allows for granular configuration of supersampling, ambient occlusion, bloom, lens flare, lens dirt, vignette, film grain, and chromatic aberration

Alternatively, edit Engine.ini

Go to <path-to-game>\FSD\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\.
Open Engine.ini.
Add the following:

[SystemSettings]
r.BloomQuality=0

Disable chromatic aberration

Use Better Post Processing Reloaded Allows for granular configuration of supersampling, ambient occlusion, bloom, lens flare, lens dirt, vignette, film grain, and chromatic aberration

Alternatively, edit Scalability.ini

Go to <path-to-game>\FSD\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\.
Open Scalability.ini.
Add the following:

[PostProcessQuality@2]
r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0

[PostProcessQuality@3]
r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0

Input

Input settings

Default gamepad controls

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Mouse smoothing can be toggled on/off.
Mouse sensitivity		Both the X and Y axis are adjustable using seperate sliders.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Flight controls Y-axis and mouse wheel can be inverted separately.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity		Aim acceleration and inner dead zone can also be adjusted.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Hook input (legacy mode)
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts
Cursor detection

Keyboard and mouse remapping
Controller remapping

Audio

Audio settings

Gameplay settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Characters, Mission Control, Music, Sound Effects, Incoming Voice Chat.
Surround sound		6.1^[4]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		Not by default, but a "Streamer mode" option can be toggled under Audio Options, removing any copyrighted music from the game whilst the option is toggled.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic				Work in progress.
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Croatian				Work in progress.
Czech				Work in progress.
Danish				Work in progress.
Dutch				Work in progress.
Finnish				Work in progress.
French
German
Hungarian				Work in progress.
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Romanian				Work in progress.
Russian
Slovak				Work in progress.
Slovenian				Work in progress.
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Swedish				Work in progress.
Turkish
Ukrainian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	4	Co-op Use Nucleus Co-op.
LAN play	Online connection required for any kind of multiplayer.
Online play	4	Co-op Crossplay between Xbox One and Microsoft Store, but not Steam.
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated		This is a planned feature.^{[citation needed]}
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Low FPS on Nvidia cards

Disable Nvidia Ansel^[5]

Other information

API

Steam launch menu

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12	DX12 is standard in the Windows store version. It can be enabled in the Steam version in the Settings menu. Up to a 70% FPS improvement in CPU limited Scenarios^[6]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Privacy settings

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	10
Processor (CPU)	2.4 GHz Dual Core	2.4 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	6 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 290
Other	Broadband Internet connection

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.27.2.0^[1]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 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>/548430/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (548430) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2022-05-16
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Verified by User:Whisper on 2019-03-05
↑ Verified by User:aaronth07 on 2020-12-23
Compared 16:9 and 21:9 screenshots, can conclude that it's expanding aspect ratio horizontally without cropping vertically
↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2021-07-10
Tested with Special K. No audio output was detected on the center channel.
↑ Are you having random fps drops? Try disabling Ansel.
↑ Verified by User:Dominik1411 on 2020-11-16
CPU limited on a Ryzen 7 3800x from 91FPS(DX11) to 155FPS(DX12)

[2] Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.27.2.0^[1]

[gamedir-4] 2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-5] 3.0 ^3.1 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>/548430/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (548430) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[engineversion-1] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2022-05-16

[refcheck_Whisper-3] 2.0 ^2.1 Verified by User:Whisper on 2019-03-05

[6] Verified by User:aaronth07 on 2020-12-23
Compared 16:9 and 21:9 screenshots, can conclude that it's expanding aspect ratio horizontally without cropping vertically

[7] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2021-07-10
Tested with Special K. No audio output was detected on the center channel.

[8] Are you having random fps drops? Try disabling Ansel.

[9] Verified by User:Dominik1411 on 2020-11-16
CPU limited on a Ryzen 7 3800x from 91FPS(DX11) to 155FPS(DX12)

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Developers

	Ghost Ship Games
Publishers
	Coffee Stain Studios
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	May 13, 2020
Reception
Metacritic	85
OpenCritic	85
IGDB	82
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	Cosmetic, Finite spend
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	FPS
Themes	Space, Sci-fi
Series	Deep Rock Galactic