Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

Metal Gear
Metal Gear	1990
Metal Gear Solid: Integral	2000
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance	2003
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance	2014
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes	2014
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain	2015
Metal Gear Survive	2018
Metal Gear (MSX2)	2020
Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol.1 (series)
Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater	2024

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is a singleplayer first-person and third-person stealth game developed by Kojima Productions and published by Konami. It is part of the Metal Gear series and chronologically takes place after the events of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and before Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

The game was released on December 18, 2014.

Currently, there is no way to change the in-game audio volume.

General information

PC Report

Tweaking Guide at GeForce

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate		The Definitive Experience also available.
		The Definitive Experience also available.
Green Man Gaming		The Definitive Experience also available.
Humble Store		The Definitive Experience also available.
Steam		The Definitive Experience also available.
Amazon.com (unavailable)

All versions require Steam DRM.

Version differences

The Definitive Experience includes Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and all its DLCs.

Game data

Separate set of files for ROW and Japanese language versions.^{[citation needed]}

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\311340\local\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/311340/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\311340\remote\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/311340/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location is shared with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.^[1]

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		In-engine cutscenes are letterboxed in other aspects than 16:9.
Multi-monitor		See the WSGF topic.
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF topic. HUD is positioned for 16:9.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Some users have `Alt`+`Tab ↹` issues when enabled. Workaround by using Borderless Gaming - Set the game to "Windowed" in graphics options, then make the process borderless by selecting it in the Borderless Gaming window and clicking on the right arrow.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)	FXAA only. Tied to the Screen Filtering setting.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS	Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS.^[2] See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	Support Auto HDR.
Ray tracing (RT)

Field of view (FOV)

Change FOV to 100, 110 or 120^{[citation needed]}

Download Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes EZ Tools.
Copy the contents of Do this first to <path-to-game>.
Download Metal Gear Solid V Modding Tools.
Copy the contents of MGSV_QAR_Tool\ to <path-to-game>.
Double-click unpack.bat and wait for it to finish.
Go to Camera Fixes\FOV fix files from the first archive.
Copy the desired FOV files to <path-to-game>\data_02\Assets\tpp\pack\player\parts and overwrite.
Download Old snake and Gray Fox FOV patch.
Copy the contents to <path-to-game>\data_02\Assets\tpp\pack\player\parts and overwrite.
Double-click repack.bat to repack the data.

High frame rate

Removing the 60 FPS cap causes problems with physics (e.g. throwing items freeze in mid-air).

Make sure to set up your graphical settings beforehand. Changing in-game settings may undo this fix.

Remove the 60 FPS cap^{[citation needed]}

Download Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes EZ Tools.
Copy the contents of Do this first to <path-to-game>.
Download Metal Gear Solid V Modding Tools.
Copy the contents of MGSV_QAR_Tool\ to <path-to-game>.
Double-click unpack.bat and wait for it to finish.
Go to Camera Fixes\FPS fix files from the first archive.
Copy start.lua to <path-to-game>\data_02\Tpp and overwrite.
Double-click repack.bat to repack the data.
Go to <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\311340\local.
Open MGSV_GZ_Local_Config_GL_EN0 with a hex editor such as HxD.
Select everything inside and delete it.
Open MGSV_GZ_Local_Config_GL_EN1 with a hex editor.
Go to offset 00000040 and row 0C, and make that block 00.
Save the changes.

Ambient occlusion

Force HBAO+ (Nvidia only)^[3]

Download and run Nvidia Profile Inspector.
Select the Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes profile.
Change Ambient Occlusion compatibility value to 0x00180000.
Change Ambient Occlusion setting to High Quality.
Change Ambient Occlusion usage to Enabled.
Press "Apply Changes" in the top-right corner.

Notes

In-game AO needs to be disabled.

Disabling post-processing effects separately

Depth of field, FXAA, and motion blur are all combined under the "Screen Filtering" graphics setting.

Disable Screen Filtering effects on separate graphics presets by editing files^{[citation needed]}

On the Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes installation folder, backup data_02.g0s.
Download (NEW) MGSV MODDING TOOL (1.0.0) from the files tab.
Extract the archive and copy the contents of "MGSV MODDING\Tools\MGSV_QAR_Tool" into the Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes installation folder, the .exe and all the other files from this archive should be in the same folder as the game's .exe.
Open cmd in the Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes installation folder (Shift+Right Click), type MGSV_QAR_Tool.exe data_02.g0s -r, and press ↵ Enter to extract the files inside the archive to a new folder called data_02.
Open "data_02\Fox\Scripts\Gr" and open "gr_init_dx11.lua" with a text editor.
Search (Ctrl+F) for "PluginDoF", "PluginFXAA", and "PluginMotionBlur".
Change the EnableFilter=1 lines to EnableFilter=0 for each effect on the desired graphics preset section, as well as the QuarityType=1 lines to QuarityType=0 for the Depth of Field effect.
Save the file.
On the Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes installation folder, drag and drop the newly created data_02.inf file onto MGSV_QAR_Tool.exe to repack the archive.

Disable DOF globally by using Helix Mod^{[citation needed]}
Use Helix Mod: Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (DX11) to disable.

Input

Keyboard bindings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Numpad and symbol keys cannot be used.^[4]
Mouse acceleration		No mouse acceleration by default. Cannot be enabled through game.
Mouse sensitivity		Under Control Settings, Mouse Sensitivity.
Mouse input in menus		Partial support. Left-clicking enters highlighted menu option while right clicking backs out of a menu.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Supports DirectInput controllers.^[2]
Full controller support
Controller remapping		4 presets: Action A and B, Shooter A and B.^[4]
Controller sensitivity		Under Camera Settings, Camera Speed.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Also x-axis, but neither independently for 1st and 3rd person mode.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		No mouse camera.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 7.1 output.^[5]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				English audio can only be selected if the language is set to English.
Arabic				Fan translation by AR Team, download.
Czech				Fan - 1
French				Unavailable if language is set to Japanese.
German				Unavailable if language is set to Japanese.
Italian				Unavailable if language is set to Japanese.
Japanese				Japanese audio can only be selected if the language is set to Japanese.
Brazilian Portuguese				Labeled as just "Portuguese" on Steam. Unavailable if language is set to Japanese.
Russian				Unavailable if language is set to Japanese.
Spanish				Unavailable if language is set to Japanese.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (DX11).

Issues unresolved

Steam's offline mode wipes out save games

Do not access this game in offline mode. You will be asked to start a new game. This new save game will not be replaced by your old game saves when you reconnect to Steam.^{[citation needed]} If you start a new game in offline mode, your save will be preserved after restart (at least while playing in offline mode).

Game crashes after changing resolution settings

Some resolutions like QHD 16:10, or changing default borderless to fullscreen, may cause the game to crash. In certain cases, settings may be saved causing game crash on startup. As a workaround, you will be forced to delete manually game config. If you see more than one file in the folder, delete the most recent.

Issues fixed

Constant micro stuttering

Disable Shader Cache in Nvidia Control Panel^[6]

Mouse cursor/blue loading circle appearing while using a controller

In the game properties section on Steam, opt-in to "Beta: rollback1002 - ver 1.002".^{[citation needed]}

Overly sensitive mouse aiming when using sniper zoom

Fix mouse sensitivity when sniper aiming^{[citation needed]}
Set the in-game option Mouse Sensitivity to `1` Change the Windows mouse sensitivity to your preference.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
Shader Model support	5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista SP2	7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-4460 3.4 GHz Quad Core	Intel Core i7-4790 4.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 760
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible	DirectX 9.0c compatible (Surround Sound 5.1)

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/311340/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (311340) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN · AppID: 287700 · Steam Database - last accessed on 9 June 2023
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 KJPDev Introduction :: METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES General Discussion
↑ Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Graphics & Performance Guide - last accessed on 17 May 2023
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Steam Community :: Controller/Keyboard & Mouse support :: METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES
↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on 17 May 2023
↑ NVIDIA Shader Cache :: Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 17 May 2023

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/311340/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (311340) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/311340/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (311340) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN · AppID: 287700 · Steam Database - last accessed on 9 June 2023

[KJPDevIntroduction-3] 2.0 ^2.1 KJPDev Introduction :: METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES General Discussion

[4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Graphics & Performance Guide - last accessed on 17 May 2023

[communityannouncement-5] 4.0 ^4.1 Steam Community :: Controller/Keyboard & Mouse support :: METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES

[6] PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on 17 May 2023

[7] NVIDIA Shader Cache :: Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 17 May 2023

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Developers

	Kojima Productions
Publishers
	Konami
Engines
	Fox Engine
Release dates
Windows	December 18, 2014
Reception
Metacritic	80
OpenCritic	75
IGDB	79
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Genres	Shooter, Stealth
Series	Metal Gear