Metro 2033 Redux

Metro 2033 Redux

Developers
	4A Games
Publishers
	Deep Silver
Engines
	4A Engine
Release dates
Windows	August 26, 2014
Linux	December 11, 2014
macOS (OS X)	April 14, 2015
Reception
Metacritic	90
OpenCritic	85
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Post-apocalyptic, Europe
Series	Metro

Metro
Metro 2033	2010
Metro: Last Light	2013
Metro 2033 Redux	2014
Metro: Last Light Redux	2014
Metro Exodus	2019
Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition	2021

Key points

Redux graphics have been overhauled entirely compared to Original.

The macOS (OS X) version of this game, available on Steam, does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps. AppStore version is not affected.

General information

Official Discord server for game series

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Redux bundle.
Epic Games Store		DRM-free when launched directly from executable.
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store		DRM-free version only available for Windows.
Mac App Store
Microsoft Store		Requires Internet connection at launch to work, disables saving if connection is lost in-game.
Steam
Amazon.com (unavailable)
Origin (unavailable)

All Linux versions require Steam DRM.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete contents of legal.ogv
Go to <path-to-game>/2033/. Delete or rename legal.ogv. Right-click and create a new text file named legal.ogv. A short intro video will still display after the loading. Press E or Space ␣ to skip it. Notes Deleting or renaming legal.ogv without creating a dummy replacement file will make the game crash immediately to the desktop without any error messages.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\4A Games\Metro 2033\<user-id>\user.cfg
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\DeepSilver.Metro2033Redux_hmv7qcest37me\SystemAppData\wgs\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Metro_Redux_2033/
Linux	<path-to-game>/<user-id>/user.cfg
GOG.com	%LOCALAPPDATA%\4A Games\Metro 2033\user.cfg

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\4A Games\Metro 2033\<user-id>\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\DeepSilver.Metro2033Redux_hmv7qcest37me\SystemAppData\wgs\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Metro_Redux_2033/
Linux	<path-to-game>/<user-id>/
GOG.com	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\4A Games\Metro 2033\
Epic Games Launcher	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\4A Games\Metro Redux\

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud		Steam Cloud sync is currently broken because the game uses wrong <user-id> in Save location (windows only)
Xbox Cloud

Video

General settings.

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			You may be unable to select your native resolution if you have secondary monitors or televisions plugged in to your computer. See #Resolution Issues and #Aspect-ratio and resolution fix for fullscreen mode.
Multi-monitor			May need to use Windowed for some resolutions or see #Aspect-ratio and resolution fix for fullscreen mode.
Ultra-widescreen			Need to use Windowed for true aspect ratio; stretched in fullscreen. See #Aspect-ratio and resolution fix for fullscreen mode for a fix or see #Windowed.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Default is 50° vertical. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		0.5x - 4x SSAA (0.5x decreases quality and increases frame rate by upscaling from half the screen resolution). Also features FXAA controlled by the Quality setting.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		In-game Vsync forces the refresh rate to 60 Hz.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		In-game Vsync forces the refresh rate to 60 Hz. Disable it and force Vsync externally.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.

Edit user.cfg[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file location. Open user.cfg. Change r_base_fov from the default 50.625 to the desired value. Notes The maximum allowed vertical FOV is 90. Any higher than that, and the game will reset the FOV to the default of 50.625. Increasing the FOV will reveal unfinished player model.

Windowed

Edit user.cfg[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file location. Open user.cfg. Change r_fullscreen on to r_fullscreen off. Notes A bottom portion of the image may appear distorted. To fix it lower the r_res_vert value by the distorted pixel height (f.e. when running the game in 1080p change the value from '1080' to '1040').

Depth of field

Turn depth of field off
Download this file. Extract the files to <path-to-game>.

Input

Mouse settings.

Keyboard rebinding.

Controller settings.

Controller first preset, three presets available.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Walk key (X) is not bindable in the menus, see Rebind Walk.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Use Metro Mouse Fix to fix mouse sensitivity issues.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Three presets.
Controller sensitivity
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

Rebind Walk

Edit user.cfg
Go to configuration files and edit user.cfg. Find the line bind accel kX. Change the X in kX to your desired key. Left Alt is kLMENU.

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music
Surround sound		7.1 audio supported.
Subtitles		Conversations only; speech outside of conversation has no subtitles.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

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

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Metro Redux (2033 & Last Light) 3D Vision Ready update.
vorpX		G3D, Z3D, DirectVR Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Issues fixed

Mouse sensitivity issues

The game applies different sensitivities for vertical and horizontal movement. It also has sensitivity settings that are too high for some players who prefer slower movement.

Use raw mouse input fix
Install Metro Mouse Fix.

Download RInput (for Epic Store version)
Create a shortcut to RInput.exe. Right-click the newly created shortcut, go to Properties, then add a space followed by "metro.exe" without the quotation marks in the Target box (e.g. "...\RInput 1.44\RInput.exe" metro.exe). Run Rinput through the shortcut before or during the game.

Edit User.cfg
Change the following: aim_assist to 0. mouse_curve_coef to 0. mouse_curve_num to 0 sens_border to 2 Compatible with non-Windows versions of the game. Might not work for some users.

Framerate limited to 60fps with VSync enabled

In-game Vsync forces the refresh rate to 60 Hz in fullscreen mode.

Force Vsync in driver[citation needed]
Disable the in-game Vsync. Force Vsync externally.

Aspect-ratio and resolution fix for fullscreen mode

Create a custom resolution

The game can use the wrong aspect-ratio in fullscreen mode causing the game to be stretched, it also may not detect the monitor's native resolution. Open the graphics control panel for either NVIDIA or AMD, and create a custom resolution. Instructions for NVIDIA GPUs or AMD GPUs. Multiply the width of the monitor's native resolution by 1.25. (if 2560x1440, multiply 2560 by 1.25). Create a custom resolution using the number calculated as the width and keep the height the same. (Instead of 2560x1440, use 3200x1440). If using a high refresh rate, lower the refresh rate to 60Hz if the software states the resolution is not supported. Start the game and go to the settings to change the resolution. The monitor's native resolution should now be available with the correct aspect-ratio (no stretching). It is unnecessary to select the custom resolution as that was only made for the game to detect the correct aspect-ratio. The fix stays after removing the custom resolution.

Game crashing

Crashing when loading a save on certain Nvidia cards[citation needed]
Download this file Unzip into <path-to-game>\ Note: This bug and bug fix may not be limited to Nvidia cards. If you have an AMD chipset and are experiencing this bug, try the fix anyway. Adding this to the Epic Games Store version throws a steam_api.dll missing error / Fail to launch condition.*

Epic Games Store version fix

Micro Stuttering

If the game periodically skips a frame or two throughout gameplay, this may be fixed by un-parking CPU threads.

Un-park CPU threads
Download and install ParkControl Free In the ParkControl window, select "Bitsum Highest Performance" from the Power Profile drop-down box and click "make active" After you are done playing the game, revert to the previous Power Profile, click "make active" and exit ParkControl

Diary notes not being saved

Make sure user.cfg is not set as read only[citation needed]

Resolution Issues

Some reports indicate problems setting native resolutions or the game resetting a chosen resolution to a lower one.

Possibly caused by multiple monitors or playing the game on a television with a lower resolution.

Unplug any extra monitors

Set multi-monitor display mode in Windows to Computer Only

No sound under Linux

Likely caused by use of PulseAudio.

Add extra launch options[citation needed]
Right click Metro in your library, choose properties Open "set launch options..." Add the following: SDL_AUDIODRIVER=alsa %command%

If this option enables sound but causes sound suttering or performance drops, continue with the following fix.

Fix performance issues after adding extra launch options[citation needed]

1. Create a .asoundrc file in your user's home directory 2 Enter the following into your .asoundrc: pcm.!default { type hw card 0 device 0 } ctl.!default { type hw card 0 device 0 } 3. The digits for card and device need to replaced with the values for your sound card. You can find these values by running aplay -l. So for an output like this: $ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 You would use card 0 and device 0. 4. Save the changes.

Some audio drivers don't play well with Pulseaudio's Glitch-free Feature, e.g. Creative X-Fi cards. To switch from newer schedule to older interrupt-based audio processing:

Disable Pulseaudio Glitch-free[citation needed]
Open /etc/pulse/default.pa, and look for load-module module-udev-detect Add tsched=0 to the end of the line, like so: load-module module-udev-detect tsched=0 Save the file and reboot your computer.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
OpenGL	4	Only for OS X and Linux.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista	7, 8
Processor (CPU)	2.2 GHz Dual Core	Quad Core 3.0 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible Shader model 4 support	Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 DirectX 11 compatible

A 64-bit system is a requirement.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.9.5
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 3.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon HD 7950 Nvidia GeForce GTX 750M 1 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit system is a requirement.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04/14.04, SteamOS
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 2.7 GHz AMD equivalent	Intel Core i7 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ATI Radeon 5850 2 GB of VRAM OpenGL 4 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 AMD Radeon 7870 2 GB of VRAM OpenGL 4 compatible

A 64-bit system is a requirement.

Due to OpenGL 4, Intel video cards no longer supported