South Park: The Stick of Truth

South Park
South Park	1999
South Park: Chef's Luv Shack	1999
South Park Rally	2000
South Park: The Stick of Truth	2014
South Park: The Fractured but Whole	2017
South Park: Snow Day!	2024

South Park: The Stick of Truth is a RPG game in the South Park series.

General information

Official forum

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Epic Games Store
GamersGate

Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam
Ubisoft Store		Included with Ubisoft+.
Amazon.com (unavailable)
Amazon.co.uk (unavailable)
Origin (unavailable)

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service	Available via Ubisoft+.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Ultimate Fellowship Pack
Super Samurai Spaceman Pack

All DLC is redeemable as Uplay rewards in the Uplay version.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\data\movies\
Move, delete or rename the following files:

000_autodesk.bk2
000_obsidian.bk2
000_spds.bk2
000_ubisoft.bk2

Notes

Even after removing the files, the audio will still play during the shortened pre-menu state.

Do not alter 000_test_load.bk2and 000_newday.bk2. Without 000_newday.bk2, the game will not save after a boss fight at the end of the first in-game day and won't proceed. 000_test_load.bk2 is used for transitions into battles.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\South Park - The Stick of Truth\ <path-to-game>\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/213670/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

user.ini stores the user specific configuration, in the user path. If the file is not present, you can copy typical contents from here. Or if you simply change any one of the available settings in-game the game will then create a user.ini at the mentioned location.

config.ini stores the global configuration, in the install path.

engine.ini stores the default configuration, in the install path.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Ubisoft-Connect-folder>\savegames\<user-id>\3584\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/213670/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Letter-boxed by default to 16:9. See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Use Flawless Widescreen.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See High frame rate.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Capped at 30 FPS. See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Enable additional aspect ratio support^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration files location.
Open user.ini.

Find the following settings:

support_aspect_ratio_16_10 = false
support_aspect_ratio_4_3 = false
support_aspect_ratio_custom = false

Change all of these to true
Afterwards make sure the following settings match your monitor:
```
full_screen_height =
full_screen_hz =
full_screen_width =
```

Notes

If any of the options are missing from the user.ini, copy them in.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Modify anti-aliasing settings^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration files location.
Open user.ini.
Change scaleform_edge_aa according to your liking. (Between 0 — ∞)

Notes

1.0 is the default, 0 turns off anti-aliasing. Higher values cause blurring.

High frame rate

The vsync setting is also responsible for frame rate limiting.

Manually disable vsync^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration files location.
Open user.ini.
Set vsync to 0.

Notes

Unlocked frame rate causes gameplay issues including slow character movement and severe cutscene video delay. Problems persists even when capping FPS at e.g. 60 or forcing Vsync through driver.^[1]^[2]

Input

If controller is present game defaults to it, disables most keyboard buttons, changes mouse behavior in menus and HUD will show 360 controller prompts. Simply unplug or disable controller if playing with keyboard and mouse.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput only.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Edit `player_options.ini`

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Button prompts		For DualShock prompts see DualShock 4 button prompts.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, music, voice, SFX
Surround sound		Up to 5.0 output^[3]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation, Download
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	Wwise
Interface	Scaleform
Cutscenes	Bink Video

Issues fixed

Game runs at wrong refresh rate

Game defaults to 60 Hz regardless of the refresh rate the system is running at.

Override refresh rate set by game^[4]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open user.ini.
Change full_screen_hz = 60 as needed; e.g.

full_screen_hz = 360

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3, Vista SP2, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2.0 GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 2.3 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 4.0 support	Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT ATI Radeon HD 4870

Notes

↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^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>/213670/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (213670) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Verified by User:Mars icecream on 2017-2
at 200fps the intro-cutscene plays in slow motion, it takes long for video-playback to start
↑ Verified by User:Marioysikax on April 27, 2016
↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Verified by User:Keith on 2022-10-10

[gamedir-1] When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-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>/213670/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (213670) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[3] Verified by User:Mars icecream on 2017-2
at 200fps the intro-cutscene plays in slow motion, it takes long for video-playback to start

[4] Verified by User:Marioysikax on April 27, 2016

[5] PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on May 2023

[6] Verified by User:Keith on 2022-10-10

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Developers

	Obsidian Entertainment
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Onyx
Release dates
Windows	March 4, 2014
Reception
Metacritic	85
OpenCritic	85
IGDB	80
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions	Cosmetic
Genres	RPG
Series	South Park