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Resident Evil 6

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Resident Evil 6
Resident Evil 6 cover
Developers
Capcom
Windows QLOC
Publishers
Capcom
Russia 1C-SoftClub
Engines
MT Framework
Release dates
Windows March 22, 2013
Reception
Metacritic 69
IGDB 64
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Shooter
Vehicles Automobile, Helicopter, Motorcycle
Art styles Realistic
Themes Zombies
Series Resident Evil
Resident Evil 6 on HowLongToBeat
Resident Evil 6 on IGDB
Resident Evil 6 guide on StrategyWiki
Resident Evil 6 on MobyGames
Resident Evil 6 on Wikipedia
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Resident Evil 5 2009
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City 2012
Resident Evil 6 2013
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Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD Edition 2014
Resident Evil HD Remaster 2015
Resident Evil Zero HD Remaster 2016
Umbrella Corps 2016
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Resident Evil 6 is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person action and shooter game in the Resident Evil series.

Key points

Exclusive content for the PC version: Left 4 Dead 2 characters in The Mercenaries: No Mercy mode.[1]

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Modding forum

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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2 DVDs.
Windows
Amazon.co.uk
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Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Complete Pack also available.
Windows
Steam
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Complete Pack also available.
Windows
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
Windows
All Steam versions require Steam and Enigma Protector DRM.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Onslaught mode Included in the Complete Pack
Windows
Predator mode Included in the Complete Pack
Windows
Siege Mode Included in the Complete Pack
Windows
Survivors Mode Included in the Complete Pack
Windows
Wallpaper Available for free.
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use Resident Evil 6 Fusion Fix[2]

Anisotropic Filtering

Force Anisotropic Filtering (Nvidia only)[3][4]
  1. Download and run Nvidia Profile Inspector.
  2. Select the Resident Evil 6 / Biohazard 6 profile.
  3. Change Antialiasing - Behavior Flags to None.
  4. Change Antialiasing - Mode to Override any application setting.
  5. Change Anisotropic filtering - setting to 16x.
  6. Change Texture filtering - Quality to High Quality (or Quality if you have a lower-to-average system).
  7. Press "Apply Changes" in the top-right corner.
  8. Credits to the users Oscuro and B01scout, who provided this fix through a Steam Guide.

Ambient occlusion

Force HBAO+ (Nvidia only)[5][6]
  1. Download and run Nvidia Profile Inspector.
  2. Select the Resident Evil 6 / Biohazard 6 profile.
  3. Change Ambient Occlusion compatibility value to Option #1: 0x000C0000
  4. Change Ambient Occlusion compatibility value to Option #2: 0x0000000E
  5. Change Ambient Occlusion compatibility value to Option #3: 0x0000002F
  6. Change Ambient Occlusion setting to High Quality (or Performance/High Quality; depends on your system).
  7. Change Ambient Occlusion usage to Enabled.
  8. Press "Apply Changes" in the top-right corner.
  9. Credits to the users Oscuro and B01scout, who provided this fix through a Steam Guide.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\capcom\RESIDENT EVIL 6\config.ini
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\capcom\RESIDENT EVIL 6\mapping.ini
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/221040/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\221040\remote\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/221040/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud
Approx. 100 KB are available.

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.
FOV settings.
FOV settings.
Default FOV vs FOV+15.
Default FOV vs FOV+15.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Flawless Widescreen disables cutscene letterbox (change cutscene FOV to +5.00 for 16:9 and turn off subtitles in-game)
Multi-monitor
Use Resident Evil 6 Fusion Fix or Widescreen Fixer.[7]
Ultra-widescreen
Use Resident Evil 6 Fusion Fix or Widescreen Fixer.[7]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
37-52° vertical. Use Flawless Widescreen for more. Higher values may disable DOF.[8]
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Use Resident Evil 6 Fusion Fix.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA, up to FXAA3HQ.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Triple buffering [9]
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Can be capped at 30, 60, or 120 FPS ('Variable').
Use Resident Evil 6 Fusion Fix to uncap FPS when Frame Rate is set to Variable.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
HDR in Screen Quality refers to HDR Rendering.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
5.1[11]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Hungarian
Fan translation.
Indonesian
Fan translation by IGTC Team, download.
Italian
Japanese
Japanese voices were not released in Japan.
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Fan voice-over by «R.G. RED»
Spanish
A patch puts the audio in English, but it can be changed to Spanish.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Use Resident Evil 6 Fusion Fix for full-screen co-op and screen swap.
LAN play
Online play
6 Co-op, Versus
6 players can play in Survivor, Predator, and Siege modes. In the Survivor mode, players can fight as a team; in the Predator mode, one player plays as Ustanak to destroy other agents; and in the Siege mode, teams play as human agents and monster zombies.

Connection types

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues unresolved

Jake Mission 4-4 Co-op glitch

Some players may be dropped upon entering the level.

Issues fixed

Black screen on startup

Wait 10 minutes without interacting with the window
Changing graphical settings might restart the glitch.

Leon Mission 1-1 Co-op glitch

The professor may get stuck on a table and a chair in the ballroom.
Wait at the checkpoint for 3 minutes[citation needed]

Chris Mission 4-4 Co-op glitch

After collecting the three passcodes, you enter a quicktime event; the co-op partner might not see the enemies that must be shot.
Complete that section in single-player and continue the game upon boarding the plane[12]

ERROR 08 - Out of video memory

Crash can happen during prelude, Chapter 2 beginning of Leon, etc.
If the video memory is sufficient the issue can be fixed by using devreorder in conjunction with setting the game to windowed mode. Also disable Special-K Injection as otherwise, the game freezes after multiple controller un/pluggings (add "SpecialK.deny.BH6" empty file in main game folder).
Install devreorder[citation needed]
  1. Copy the files from the x86 folder into the game's main folder
  2. Edit the devreorder.ini to the following and enable Steam Input for the game.

[order]
Steam Link Virtual Gamepad (#1)
Steam Link Virtual Gamepad (#2)

[visible]
Steam Link Virtual Gamepad (#1)
Steam Link Virtual Gamepad (#2)

ERR09: Unsupported function

Error message ERR09: Unsupported function caused by aspect ratio containing decimal number. For example 3440x1440 is 21.5:9.
Edit configuration file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Config.ini.
  3. In the [DISPLAY] section, set FullScreen="OFF", or create those sections and lines as necessary.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Anti-cheat Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)

Mods

1440p / 60fps Upscaled Pre-Rendered Cutscenes

Steam Guide[13]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 8.1
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
AMD Athlon X2 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 16 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) Standard audio device
Other Broadband Internet connection
Windows XP, Vista and 7 delisted from requirements since April 24th 2022.[14]


Notes

  1. 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>/221040/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (221040) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Left 4 Dead 2 infects Resident Evil 6 - Brelston's blog - last accessed on May 2023
  2. Widescreen Fixes Pack - last accessed on 2023-06-13
  3. NVidia Profile Inspector - AA Flags - Google Drive - last accessed on May 2023
  4. forums.guru3d.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
  5. HBAO+ Compatibility Flags - last accessed on May 2023
  6. Original HBAO+ Post at Guru3D.com Forums - last accessed on May 2023
  7. 7.0 7.1 WSGF entry - last accessed on 2023-06-17
  8. Increasing FOV disables ingame DoF - last accessed on May 2023
  9. RE6 Vsync Triple buffer - last accessed on 2024
  10. no thumb mouse button support? - - GameSpot forums - last accessed on May 2023
  11. PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on May 2023
  12. Chris Campaign Chapter 4 bug/glitch (spoilers) GameFAQs - last accessed on 2013-04-20
  13. Verified by User:No_one_17 on 2021-12-25
  14. store.steampowered.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023