The Outer Worlds

Not to be confused with Outer Wilds.

This page is for the 2019 original. For the 2023 remaster, see The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition.

The Outer Worlds

Developers
	Obsidian Entertainment
Publishers
	Private Division
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	October 25, 2019
Reception
Metacritic	82
OpenCritic	83
IGDB	86
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Adventure, Exploration, FPS, RPG, Shooter
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Comedy, Sci-fi, Space
Series	The Outer Worlds

The Outer Worlds
The Outer Worlds	2019
The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition	2023
The Outer Worlds 2	TBA

The Outer Worlds is a singleplayer first-person action, adventure, exploration, FPS, RPG and shooter game in the The Outer Worlds series.

The game was first released on Epic Games Store and Microsoft Store on October 25, 2019, followed by its release on GOG.com and Steam on October 23, 2020. On February 27, 2023, it was announced that an improved Spacer's Choice Edition would release on March 7, 2023 on all stores as a paid upgrade for all owners of the base game with all its DLC.

General information

Official forums

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Base game does not require Epic Games Launcher. DLC will not be recognized when run outside of the launcher. Non-Mandatory Corporate-Sponsored Bundle also available.
GamersGate		Non-Mandatory Corporate-Sponsored Bundle also available.
GamersGate		Non-Mandatory Corporate-Sponsored Bundle also available.
		Non-Mandatory Corporate-Sponsored Bundle also available.
		Non-Mandatory Corporate-Sponsored Bundle also available.
GOG.com		Non-Mandatory Corporate-Sponsored Bundle also available.
Green Man Gaming		Non-Mandatory Corporate-Sponsored Bundle also available.
Green Man Gaming		Non-Mandatory Corporate-Sponsored Bundle also available.
Humble Store		Choice between Epic Games Store activation and Steam key. Non-Mandatory Corporate-Sponsored Bundle also available.
Microsoft Store		Xbox Game Pass for PC Board-Approved Bundle also available.
Steam		Base game is DRM-free when run directly from executable. DLC will not be recognized when run outside of the Steam client.. Non-Mandatory Corporate-Sponsored Bundle and Spacer's Choice Edition Upgrade Bundle also available.

Version differences

The Board-Approved Bundle contains the base game and the Expansion Pass.

The Non-Mandatory Corporate-Sponsored Bundle includes the base game, the Expansion Pass, and the soundtrack.

The Spacer's Choice Edition Upgrade Bundle includes the base game, the Expansion Pass and the Spacer's Choice Edition Upgrade.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Expansion Pass
Peril on Gorgon	Included in the Expansion Pass.
Murder on Eridanos	Included in the Expansion Pass.
Spacer's Choice Edition Upgrade	Upgrades the game to the Spacer's Choice Edition. Upgradable only when owning the base game and the Peril on Gorgon and Murder on Eridanos DLC.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Disable intro videos through the config
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Game.ini with a text editor. Add the following lines to the bottom of the file and save the changes: [/Script/MoviePlayer.MoviePlayerSettings] StartupMovies=

Remove the video files
Go to <path-to-game>\Indiana\Content\Movies. Delete or rename Startup_Splash_1.mp4 and Startup_Splash_2.mp4.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Indiana\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\PrivateDivision.TheOuterWorldsWindows10_hv3d7yfbgr2rp\LocalCache\Local\Indiana\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/578650/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\The Outer Worlds\
Microsoft Store	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\The Outer Worlds Windows 10\<user-id>\ %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\PrivateDivision.TheOuterWorldsWindows10_hv3d7yfbgr2rp\SystemAppData\wgs\<user-id>\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/578650/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

Graphics settings.

Gameplay settings.

UI settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			See Field of view (FOV).
Ultra-widescreen			Vert- gameplay with an FOV slider to compensate, stretched FMVs, 16:9 pillarboxed dialog, menu and rendered cutscenes. See Ultra-widescreen for workarounds.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		60° to 120° horizontal. See Field of view (FOV) for higher values. Player model is unaffected.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		2x to 8x depending on Textures setting.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA. See Anti-aliasing (AA) for modifying anti-aliasing settings.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Framerate can optionally be capped from 30 FPS to 240 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		Game is built from the ground-up to be playable without color information.

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

Ultra-widescreen

Use The Outer Worlds ultrawide & superwide tool.
Removes pillarboxing from real-time rendered cutscenes, menu and dialog screens. Adjusts vertical FOV for all scenes and resolutions to fully match 16:9. Applies to all game versions. Corrects viewmodel cropping. Stretched FMVs will remain unchanged.

Manually modify a game file of the Epic Games Store version

Open <path-to-game>\Indiana\Binaries\Win64\IndianaEpicGameStore-Win64-Shipping.exe in a hex editor (e.g. HxD). Jump (Ctrl+G) to offset 1C3F5DA as hex and look for the bytes 01 31 41 30. Replace 01 with 00. Jump (Ctrl+G) to offset 283CECD as hex and look for the bytes FA 0E 3C A1. Replace FA 0E with 20 2A. Notes An open source patcher based on these values is available on GitHub. Removes pillarboxing from real-time rendered cutscenes, menu and dialog screens. Adjusts vertical FOV for 21:9 resolutions for parity with 16:9. Cutscenes and dialog screens FOV is simultaneously Hor+ and Vert-. Cropped viewmodel and stretched FMVs will remain unchanged.

Field of view (FOV)

Set custom FOV value through the config
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open GameUserSettings.ini. Assuming X is the desired FOV value, change CustomFieldOfView=X to the desired value. Save the file. Notes Extreme FOV values, such as 180, render the game unplayable at 16:9.

Disable or modify sprint FOV

Download and install Cheat Engine. Copy the script behind the Show button on this post. The script contains dd (float)2.0 to increase the FOV slightly when running, change this to dd (float)0 to disable any FOV change on sprint. Run The Outer Worlds. In Cheat Engine, File → Open Process and open The Outer Worlds. Click the Memory View button. In the Memory Viewer window, Tools → Auto Assemble. Paste in the script and click Execute. Click Yes to inject the code. Click either Yes or No to dismiss the final dialog.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Modify Engine.ini to improve TAA quality or disable it

Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini with a text editor. Add the section [SystemSettings] to the file, if it doesn't exist already. Under that section add r.TemporalAACurrentFrameWeight=0.2 r.TemporalAASamples=4 r.Tonemapper.Sharpen=1.0 can be added to further improve the image quality. The 1.0 can be raised for an increased effect. Save the file. Notes Modifying the value of FrameWeight reduces ghosting at the cost of increasing flickering. To disable TAA, under [SystemSettings], instead add r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=0 or r.PostProcessAAQuality=0 Disabling TAA can add light strobing. This can be fixed by adding r.BloomQuality=0, which disables the bloom effect.

Small UI and text on large resolutions

Change scaling value
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini with a text editor. Add the following to the bottom of the file and save: [/Script/Engine.UserInterfaceSettings] ApplicationScale=1.15 Run the game, check the size of Text and UI and adjust the value 1.15 as necessary. In most cases it's only needed to adjust the .15 part of the value.

Reduce pop-in

Increase view distance

Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini with a text editor. Add [SystemSettings] to the bottom of the file, if that section doesn't already exist. Inside that section, add the following and save the file foliage.LODDistanceScale=5 r.ViewDistanceScale=5 r.StaticMeshLODDistanceScale=0.25 r.SkeletalMeshLODBias=-2 r.MipMapLODBias=-1 To increase performance and reduce view distance, mainly lower foliage.LODDistanceScale and r.ViewDistanceScale and raise r.MipMapLODBias and less importantly raise r.StaticMeshLODDistanceScale and r.SkeletalMeshLODBias Since r.MipMapLODBias=-1 and r.SkeletalMeshLODBias=-2 are negative, raising them by 1 looks like r.MipMapLODBias=0 and r.SkeletalMeshLODBias=-1

Input

Controls settings.

Keybindings.

Controls settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Menu hotkeys (inventory, log etc) cannot be rebound
Mouse acceleration		On by default. See Mouse acceleration to disable.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Presets only.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Using controller disables mouse aiming.

Keybinds being reset

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The game can have the same key assigned to different functions, but some unexpected issues may occur.

Back up the configuration file before proceeding.

Manually edit key binds[citation needed]

Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open GameUserSettings.ini with a text editor. Locate the bottom of the [/Script/Indiana.IndianaGameUserSettings] section If a key has been (re)bound more than once, there may be extra RemovedActionKeyBinds entires, which can cause issues. If this occurs, edit using the following as a guide. Notes: There are multiple bindings for some functions, for example, the Inhaler (Quickslot 0) keybind has 3: QuickSelect0, QuickSelect0HoldStart and QuickSelect0HoldEnd. For example, rebinding Interact from E to F and moving Inhaler from F to Z: AddedActionKeyBinds=(ActionName="Interact",bShift=False,bCtrl=False,bAlt=False,bCmd=False,EventType=IE_PressAndRelease,HoldTime=0.000000,bRespectTD=True,bCanRebind=True,bCanRebindEventType=True,Key=F) AddedActionKeyBinds=(ActionName="InteractHold",bShift=False,bCtrl=False,bAlt=False,bCmd=False,EventType=IE_Hold,HoldTime=1.000000,bRespectTD=False,bCanRebind=True,bCanRebindEventType=True,Key=F) AddedActionKeyBinds=(ActionName="QuickSelect0",bShift=False,bCtrl=False,bAlt=False,bCmd=False,EventType=IE_Pressed,HoldTime=0.000000,bRespectTD=True,bCanRebind=True,bCanRebindEventType=True,Key=Z) AddedActionKeyBinds=(ActionName="QuickSelect0HoldStart",bShift=False,bCtrl=False,bAlt=False,bCmd=False,EventType=IE_Pressed,HoldTime=1.000000,bRespectTD=False,bCanRebind=True,bCanRebindEventType=True,Key=Z) AddedActionKeyBinds=(ActionName="QuickSelect0HoldEnd",bShift=False,bCtrl=False,bAlt=False,bCmd=False,EventType=IE_Released,HoldTime=0.000000,bRespectTD=True,bCanRebind=True,bCanRebindEventType=True,Key=Z) RemovedActionKeyBinds=(ActionName="Interact",bShift=False,bCtrl=False,bAlt=False,bCmd=False,EventType=IE_PressAndRelease,HoldTime=0.000000,bRespectTD=True,bCanRebind=True,bCanRebindEventType=True,Key=E) RemovedActionKeyBinds=(ActionName="InteractHold",bShift=False,bCtrl=False,bAlt=False,bCmd=False,EventType=IE_Hold,HoldTime=1.000000,bRespectTD=False,bCanRebind=True,bCanRebindEventType=True,Key=E) RemovedActionKeyBinds=(ActionName="QuickSelect0",bShift=False,bCtrl=False,bAlt=False,bCmd=False,EventType=IE_Pressed,HoldTime=0.000000,bRespectTD=True,bCanRebind=True,bCanRebindEventType=True,Key=F) RemovedActionKeyBinds=(ActionName="QuickSelect0HoldStart",bShift=False,bCtrl=False,bAlt=False,bCmd=False,EventType=IE_Pressed,HoldTime=1.000000,bRespectTD=False,bCanRebind=True,bCanRebindEventType=True,Key=F) RemovedActionKeyBinds=(ActionName="QuickSelect0HoldEnd",bShift=False,bCtrl=False,bAlt=False,bCmd=False,EventType=IE_Released,HoldTime=0.000000,bRespectTD=True,bCanRebind=True,bCanRebindEventType=True,Key=F)

Off-centered crosshairs

Toggle offset crosshairs[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open GameUserSettings.ini Find bOffsetReticle= and set it to True or False This will center the crosshair (if set to False), or offset it towards the bottom of the screen (if set to True)

Mouse acceleration

Disable mouse acceleration
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Input.ini with a text editor. Add the following to the bottom of the file and save: [/Script/Engine.InputSettings] bEnableMouseSmoothing=false

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Effects, Music, Menu, Voice
Surround sound		5.0 surround. Non-front speakers tend to be utilized primarily during combat.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Cannot be enabled.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

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

Issues fixed

Game Pass version doesn't start with an error 0x803F8001

Change the region in Windows to USA.

Game crashes to desktop after a black screen

Install the Windows 10 Media Feature Pack.

Nyoka companion quest fails to start

Some have reported the "Passion Pills" companion quest may fail to start, effectively soft-locking the game as it seems to be required to continue the main quest.

Fortunately, a developer command can be used to force the quest to begin.

Force the "Passion Pills" quest to start
Enable the developer console. While in-game, press ~ to access the console. Type QuestStart Passion to force the quest to begin (Game language should be "English").

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: The Outer Worlds - 3D-Vision-Ready-Fix - DHR-Masterotaku-Losti - V1.11.
vorpX		Official support profile removed for legal reasons.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
Shader Model support	5.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise

Enable developer console

The developer console can be enabled by following the steps on the Unreal Engine 4 page.

A list of console commands supported by the game can be found here (use the last part of the command name).

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 SP1	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-3225 AMD Phenom II X6 1100T	Intel Core i7-7700K AMD Ryzen 5 1600
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	40 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti AMD Radeon HD 7850 DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 470 6 GB (Nvidia) of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.