Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

Developers
	Slant Six Games
Windows	QLOC
Publishers
	Capcom
Release dates
Windows	May 18, 2012
Reception
Metacritic	48
IGDB	44
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Survival horror
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Horror, Zombies
Series	Resident Evil

Warnings

For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.

Key points

Some console UI leftovers.

Badly optimized. Drops frames on even powerful, modern hardware.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
Origin (unavailable)
Steam (unavailable)		Steam version temporarily removed from purchase pending Capcom's investigation into an installation issue. Complete Pack was also available.

All versions require Games for Windows - LIVE DRM.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Classic Weapons Pack	Part of the Complete Pack
Costume Pack 1	Part of the Complete Pack
Echo Six Expansion Pack 1	Part of the Complete Pack
Echo Six Expansion Pack 2	Part of the Complete Pack
Elite Weapons Pack	Part of the Complete Pack
Power Weapons Pack	Part of the Complete Pack
Renegade Weapons Pack	Part of the Complete Pack
Weapon Stash	Part of the Complete Pack

Essential improvements

Patches

A title update is available. The game should automatically prompt for the update when using a LIVE profile; the update can also be downloaded manually (extract the contents and run setup.exe).

You may need to have the GFWL client installed in order to apply the update.

The Steam version is already patched.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\CAPCOM\RERC\settings.dat
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/209100/pfx/

Configuration file can't be edited.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\CAPCOM\RERC\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/209100/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen			Proper Hor+ scaling. Menus and FMVs are stretched from 16:9. HUD Elements dissapear at 21:9 and beyond.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See this post on how to modify the FOV.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Cutscene animations are locked to 30 FPS. Main menu is locked to 25 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game keyboard and mouse settings.

In-game controller settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Four presets to choose from.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Uses Xbox 360 controller prompts.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound effects, Music, Dialogue.
Surround sound		Up to 5.1 output.
Subtitles		Located under 'Game' options.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese				Fan translation, code:83iz, [2].
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation, download.
Russian
Spanish

Network

Online features require a Microsoft account (optional for offline play).

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		8	Versus, Co-op 4-player co-op campaign.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Direct IP

Issues unresolved

Sound cuts off after a while

Alt+Tab ↹ out and back into the game

Item selection click sound on the left stick of the controller when moving character

When moving the character around the game, the left analog stick conflicts with the D-pad, trying to select a grenade or spray, but it only lights up the indicated one and makes a selection sound.

Issues fixed

Cannot launch on Windows 10

Zero Day Protection software in place can have issues connecting on Windows 10, making the game impossible to launch.

Fix this lockout
Go to install location Delete the ZDP folder as well as RaccoonCity.exe.zdp, RaccoonCity.exe.cat, and RaccoonCity.exe.cfg. Install the patch. The Steam version already includes this patch.

Framerate problems

Framerate problems[citation needed]
Follow instructions here.

Crashing at startup

Commonly caused by outdated Games for Windows - LIVE software.

Update GFWL software

Delete settings file
Another possible reason for not booting is that ORC can refuse to boot after upgrading video drivers or similarly changing system configuration. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\CAPCOM\RERC\ Delete settings.dat.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon X2 2.8 GHz	Intel Core 2 Quad 2.7 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 3 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 3850 Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560