Observer: System Redux

Observer
Observer	2017
Observer: System Redux	2020

Observer: System Redux is a singleplayer third-person adventure game in the Observer series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Epic Games Launcher is not required for running the game.^[3] Deluxe Edition also available.
GOG.com		Deluxe Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Deluxe Edition also available.
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere
Steam		Deluxe Edition also available.

Monetization

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

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename video file^[4]
Go to `<path-to-game>\Tokio\Content\Movies\`. Delete or rename `LoadingScreen.mp4`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\ObserverSystemRedux\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1386900/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\ObserverSystemRedux\Saved\SaveGame
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1386900/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Vert-. FOV can be increased to compensate, but this does not fix clipping at 32:9. See Field of view (FOV) for the solution.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		70 to 120. Default is 90.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, TXAA
High-fidelity upscaling		DLSS 2.2
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)		Ray-traced reflections

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

Video options
Advanced video options
Gameplay options
Accessibility options
Crosshair options

Field of view (FOV)

Increase FOV by setting its value to vertical in a config file^[5]

In the game's configuration file(s) folder, open engine.ini.
Add the following:

[/script/engine.localplayer]

AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV

Save and close the file.

Input

Keybindings

Controller bindings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Can also invert X-axis
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Can also invert X-axis

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio options

Subtitle options

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Visions and Quest Log are not working

Edit your save file and enable Visions and quest log (ActionWheel)^{[citation needed]}

Go to the save game data folder, and open savegame_0.sav (this is the game's autosave file) with any HEX editor.
Search for following keywords:
- _ActionWheelBlocked - change 1 to 0
- _VisionsEnabled - change 0 to 1

Notes:

The byte you need to change is at 10th position after "BoolProperty" text.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12	D3D12 required for ray-tracing.
Shader Model support	5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	FMOD Studio

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-3470 AMD Ryzen 3 1200	Intel Core i7-3770 AMD Ryzen 5 1600
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	16 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 AMD Radeon RX 560 3 GB (Nvidia), 4 GB (AMD) of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 590 6 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 11.0 compatible	DirectX 12.0 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.25.0.0^[2]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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>/1386900/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1386900) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Observer: System Redux - Anshar Studios - last accessed on 2021-09-16
"Observer: System Redux is a game that Anshar Studios is co-developing with Bloober Team."
↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-12-04
↑ Verified by User:Future-proof on 2020-11-15
↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-10-21
↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/1386900/discussions/0/2924479876984167408/?ctp=3#c3006676913261038680

[3] Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.25.0.0^[2]

[Proton_path_note-6] 2.0 ^2.1 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>/1386900/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1386900) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Observer: System Redux - Anshar Studios - last accessed on 2021-09-16
"Observer: System Redux is a game that Anshar Studios is co-developing with Bloober Team."

[engineversion-2] Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-12-04

[4] Verified by User:Future-proof on 2020-11-15

[5] Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-10-21

[7] ttps://steamcommunity.com/app/1386900/discussions/0/2924479876984167408/?ctp=3#c3006676913261038680

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Developers

	Bloober Team
	Anshar Studios^[1]
Publishers
	Bloober Team
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	November 10, 2020
Reception
Metacritic	83
OpenCritic	80
IGDB	86
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Cyberpunk
Series	Observer