Outlast 2

Outlast
Outlast	2013
Outlast 2	2017
The Outlast Trials	TBA

General information

Official Website

Official Forums

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Game Pass for PC
Steam

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Delete/rename IntroLogo.ol2^[1]
Go to `<path-to-game>\OLGame\Movies\` Delete or rename `IntroLogo.ol2`

Game data[edit]

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Outlast2\OLGame\Config\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/414700/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Outlast2\OLGame\SaveData\
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/414700/remote/
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/414700/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video settings[edit]

In-game graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		90°. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		Can also toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter`.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA or FXAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Capped at 122 FPS. See Frame rate (FPS).
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

Change FOV^[2]^[3]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open OLGame.ini.
Change the following values to your preference.
- BaseFOV=90.0 - camcorder down, in both gameplay and cutscenes
- RunningFOV=110.0 - slightly wider view
- CamcorderMinFOV=10.0 - camcorder zoom in, lower value to increase zoom power
- CamcorderNVMaxFOV=75.0 - camcorder zoom out, night vision on
- CamcorderMaxFOV=75.0 - camcorder zoom out

Borderless fullscreen windowed[edit]

Use the `-borderless` command line argument^[3]

Enable borderless fullscreen^[3]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `OLSystemSettings.ini`. Change `UseBorderlessFullscreen=FALSE` to `UseBorderlessFullscreen=TRUE`.

Frame rate (FPS)[edit]

Unlock FPS cap^[3]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `OLEngine.ini`. Change `bSmoothFrameRate=TRUE` to `bSmoothFrameRate=FALSE` or modify `MaxSmoothedFrameRate`.

Chromatic aberration[edit]

Disable chromatic aberration^[3]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `OLSystemSettings.ini`. Change `AllowChromaticAberration=TRUE` to `AllowChromaticAberration=FALSE`.

Depth of field[edit]

Disable depth of field^[4]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `OLSystemSettings.ini`. Change `bAllowRedBarrelsDOF=True` to `bAllowRedBarrelsDOF=False`.

Input settings[edit]

In-game controls settings

In-game controller layout settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Mouse smoothing. Can be disabled. See Mouse smoothing.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		5 different controller layouts available.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support		Light blue when normal, green for night-vision, yellow and red flashing for critical condition, flashing red for getting hit, solid red when dead.
Connection modes	Wired V2 tested

Generic/other controllers

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

Mouse smoothing[edit]

Edit OLInput.ini^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `OLInput.ini`. Change `bEnableMouseSmoothing=true` to `bEnableMouseSmoothing=false` Save the changes.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Not supported in menus.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Hungarian				Fan made translation at magyaritasok.info.hu. Fan made translation at Patyek Magyaritásai.
Italian
Japanese
Brazilian Portuguese
Polish
Russian
Spanish

VR support[edit]

3D modes	Native	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Outlast 2 (DX11).
vorpX		G3D, DirectVR Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	Wwise
Interface	Scaleform
Input	XInput

Custom refresh rate[edit]

Use the `-refreshrate ###` command line argument^[3]

Remove texture limit[edit]

This will bypass any VRAM amount check and remove any limitations on the texture quality you are allowed to choose.

Use the `-notexturelimit` command line argument^[3]

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista	7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-530	Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	30 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 ATI Radeon HD 4870 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 ATI Radeon HD 7850 1.5 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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>/414700/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (414700) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Verified by User:Waschbär on 2017-11-01
↑ Outlast 2 | WSGF - last accessed on 2017-04-27
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 Official Outlast 2 Graphics Settings Guide :: Outlast 2 General Discussions - last accessed on 2017-04-27
↑ Verified by User:Keith on 2017-09-05

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 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>/414700/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (414700) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Verified by User:Waschbär on 2017-11-01

[3] Outlast 2 | WSGF - last accessed on 2017-04-27

[settings_guide-4] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 Official Outlast 2 Graphics Settings Guide :: Outlast 2 General Discussions - last accessed on 2017-04-27

[5] Verified by User:Keith on 2017-09-05

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Developers

	Red Barrels
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	April 25, 2017
Reception
Metacritic	75
OpenCritic	75
IGDB	78