Gears of War 4

Key points

Xbox Play Anywhere title.^[2]

Xbox Cross Play title - Play multiplayer with Xbox One and PC players. However Core and Competitive playlists are not cross-platform.^[3]

General information

Official Gears of War series site

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com
Microsoft Store		Ultimate Edition, Xbox Play Anywhere, Xbox Game Pass for PC: Standard Edition

All versions require Microsoft Store and Arxan Anti-Tamper DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Season Pass
“Brothers to the End” Elite Gear Pack
Vintage Del Pack

Version differences[edit]

Gears of War 4 Standard Edition[edit]

The base game.

Gears of War 4 Ultimate Edition[edit]

Includes the base game and season pass.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.SpartaUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\GearGame\Saved\Config\UWP\

GameUserSettings.ini contains video settings.

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.SpartaUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Xbox Cloud		Synced with Xbox One

Video[edit]

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		^[4]
Ultra-widescreen		Native support.^[1] Cutscenes are at 16:9.
4K Ultra HD		^[1]
Field of view (FOV)		Up to 100°.^[5] Split-screen players can set FOV separately.^[6]
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Always borderless in Fullscreen mode.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		^[1]
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		^[1]
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Xbox One version only.^[7]
Color blind mode

Screen Space Reflections and Cinematic Depth of Field settings can be set on "Insane". Have in mind that both options in those settings are very taxing even for high-end computers.

Input[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		^[1]
Mouse acceleration		Mouse smoothing on by default.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Separate options for both X and Y inversion.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		5 presets
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Separate options for both X and Y inversion.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Mouse smoothing[edit]

Disable mouse smoothing

Navigate to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Input.ini with a text editor:
Add the following lines:

[/Script/Engine.InputSettings]
bEnableMouseSmoothing=false

Audio[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Effects, Character Dialogue.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish				Windows language setting must be set to Spanish from México (Español de México).

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Co-op, Versus Split-screen (choice of horizontal or vertical).^[6] Supports crossplay with Xbox One
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed[edit]

Game exits to desktop after splash screen logo with no error[edit]

This appears to be an issue with user account permissions affecting Windows 'local' user accounts (those not using a Microsoft account tied to their Windows account).

Fix 1: Download any free app from the Microsoft Store. Downloading a new app appears to reset the licences for the currently logged in profile and can fix the problem.

Fix 2: Convert the local account to a Microsoft account in the User Settings area of the control panel. You can covert it back to a local account through a similar process in User Settings.

Game consistently freezes/crashes the computer after 20 to 30 minutes of play[edit]

Async compute is known to cause system crashes, even on new hardware. Disabling async compute in the graphics options should fix the freezing/crashing issues.^[8] Those who experience crashes using a Nvidia card should download Display Driver Uninstaller, run in safe mode and update to the 398.36 driver which contains a potential fix. Fix effectiveness has not yet been ascertained.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 3470 AMD FX-6300	Intel Core i5 4690 AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	80 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 750 Ti AMD Radeon R7 260 2 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce 970 Nvidia GeForce 1060 AMD Radeon R9 290X, AMD Radeon R9 480 4 GB of VRAM
Other	Windows 10 Anniversary Update installed (Windows 10 version 1607)

References

[Tech_Interview-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Tech Interview: Gears of War 4 • Eurogamer.net

[2] ttp://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/xbox-play-anywhere

[3] ttps://www.polygon.com/2017/1/27/14420068/gears-of-war-4-xbox-one-pc-cross-platform-multiplayer

[4] GoW4 supports multi-monitor setups, and runs them pretty well. : GearsOfWar

[5] Gears of War 4 PC benchmark performance tested

[Title_Update_2-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Gears of War 4 Title Update 2: December 6th 2016 | Gears of War 4 | Forums | Gears of War - Official Site

[7] !!! No HDR on PC Version !!! | Gears of War 4 | Forums | Gears of War - Official Site

[8] Gears of war 4 PC freeze - fix

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Developers

	The Coalition
	Splash Damage
Publishers
	Microsoft Studios
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4^[1]
Release dates
Windows	October 11, 2016
Reception
Metacritic	86
OpenCritic	83
IGDB	83
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi
Series	Gears of War