General information
- Official wiki
- The Sinking City subreddit
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability[edit]
Version differences[edit]
- Digital pre-orders included Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter, Chicago Organ Grinder, Extra Skill Point DLC, and two days of early access.
- Day One physical edition includes a printed map of Oakmont, the Investigator Pack and Chicago Organ Grinder DLC.
- Necronomicon Edition included Worshipers of the Necronomicon and Investigator Pack DLC.
- Deluxe Edition includes Worshipers of the Necronomicon and Merciful Madness DLC.
- Deluxe Edition on Steam included all DLC.
Monetization[edit]
DLC and expansion packs
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| Worshipers of the Necronomicon |
Extra side quests - Breaking News, Blood from A Stone, Mystic Tomes.[3] Completing the latter grants the Cultist outfit. |
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| Merciful Madness |
Extra side quests, including Fool's Gold and Defunct Brain Cylinders. Previously exclusive to the Nintendo Switch version.[4] |
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| Investigator Pack |
Daywear outfit, 21 crafting materials, first aid kit and antipsychotics always available at the Devil's Reef hotel.[3] |
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| Chicago Organ Grinder |
A golden submachine gun available in the inventory from the start of the game.[3] |
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Extra Skill Point
Experience Boost |
An extra knowledge point and 500 XP available from the start of the game.[3] |
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Microtransactions[edit]
| Type |
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| Cosmetic
| A character outfit sold as inexpensive DLC. |
| Finite spend
| A limited amount of experience available as inexpensive DLC. |
Essential improvements[edit]
Skip intro videos[edit]
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Remove the video files[5]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\TSCGame\Content\Movies\
- Remove or rename
Start_video_Frog.mp4, UE4_Logo.mp4 and UE4_Logo_BB.mp4.
- A game update may restore the files.
- The image-based intros will remain, although easily skippable with button presses.
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Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
Save game data location[edit]
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Use an external tool to fine-tune FOV[5]
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- Download the FOV changer.
- Launch the game and wait for it to load.
- Run the tool and press the buttons to increase and decrease FOV as instructed.
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Increase FOV by making it vertical through a config file[11]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
Engine.ini in a text editor.
- Add the following lines:
[/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer]
AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV
- A significant increase from the default 16:9 value.
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Edit the config file[12]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
GameUserSettings.ini in a text editor.
- Locate
FrameRateLimit=0.000000 and set the value to the desired FPS cap.
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Enable TAA sharpening through the config file[13]
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- This makes the game appear less blurry when anti-aliasing is on.
- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
Engine.ini in a text editor.
- Add the following lines:
[SystemSettings]
r.TemporalAACurrentFrameWeight=0.2
r.Tonemapper.Sharpen=1
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Enable super-sampling through the config file[11]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
Engine.ini in a text editor.
- Add the following lines:
[SystemSettings]
r.ScreenPercentage=150
- The 150 stands for percentage of the base resolution, equal to 1.5x. Any other value above 100 can be used.
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Disable bloom through the config file[13]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
Engine.ini in a text editor.
- Add the following lines:
[SystemSettings]
r.BloomQuality=0
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Chromatic aberration[edit]
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Disable chromatic aberration through the config file[14]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
Engine.ini in a text editor.
- Add the following lines and save the file:
[SystemSettings]
r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0
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Depth of field[edit]
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Disable depth of field through the config file[15]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
Engine.ini in a text editor.
- Add the following lines:
[SystemSettings]
r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0
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Film grain[edit]
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Disable film grain through the config file[13]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
Engine.ini in a text editor.
- Add the following lines:
[SystemSettings]
r.Tonemapper.Quality=0
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Notes |
| Separate volume controls |
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Master, SFX, music, voices, ambient, interface. |
| Surround sound |
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| Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
- Language selection is only available from the main menu Gameplay settings.
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VR support[edit]
Issues unresolved[edit]
Game stuttering[edit]
Multiple high-end hardware users have reported stuttering unrelated to FPS drops.[20][21][22][23] The developers acknowledged the issue.[24]
Issues fixed[edit]
Crashing at gun pickup[edit]
AMD users have reported crashing upon picking up the pistol at the starting location.
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Set Post process to Low in the Video settings until after the pistol is picked up.[25]
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Crashing at boat interaction[edit]
Pressing A on an Xbox 360 controller to get on the protagonist's small boat may cause the game to crash.[26]
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Press X to get on and off the boat.[27]
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Other information[edit]
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| Direct3D |
11 |
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| Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
| Windows |
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Middleware[edit]
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Middleware |
Notes |
| Physics |
PhysX |
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System requirements[edit]
| Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
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10 |
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Intel Core i3 3 GHz
AMD Phenom X6 3 GHz |
Intel Core i7-3770 3.5 GHz
AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz
AMD Ryzen 5 1400 |
| System memory (RAM) |
6 GB |
8 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
35 GB |
40 GB |
| Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 760
ATI Radeon R9 380X
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon R9 290
4 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Shader model 5.0 support |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Despite being listed as DRM-free on the storefront, the game uses an account-based DRM and requires installation and launching through the Frogwares Launcher.[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>/1151760/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1151760) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ [1] - last accessed on 2021-01-05
- ↑ Verified by User:Aemony on 2020-07-01
- Verified myself by purchasing the game through the official website. The Frogwares Launcher looks to be a variant of the Xsolla Launcher, and is seemingly only used to launch and update The Sinking City. Launching the game outside of the launcher is not possible as the executables throws the error message: "Please use Frogwares Launcher to launch the game."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 FAQ - last accessed on 2019-06-27
- ↑ [2] - last accessed on 2020-07-02
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-25
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-25
- Tested at the custom resolutions of 3840x1080 and 5160x1080, screenshots compared to 16:9.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-25
- Tested at the native resolution of 2560x1080, screenshots compared to 16:9.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-25
- Tested at the custom resolution of 3840x2160.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-11-22
- r.MaxAnisotropy gets set from 0 to 8 depending on the quality setting, as seen in the console.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-26
- TAA is commonly used in Unreal Engine 4 games. The other things pointing at it are the blurriness of the image, config-forced TAA quality options affecting it, and config-forced FXAA removing the blur.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-26
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-25
- Set to 120.000000 and saw it reflected in the game.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-26
- Screenshots taken and compared.
- ↑ Verified by User:Darktalon on 2019-12-17
- ↑ [3], Steam Discussion: Disable depth of field in dialogues?
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-25
- No dedicated option and no acceleration in my testing at the lowest sensitivity.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-29
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-25
- Tested with an Xbox 360 Razer Onza controller.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-25
- The rear speakers were properly used.
- ↑ The Sinking City - PC Stuttering Issues + Benchmark Scene - last accessed on 2019-06-26
- ↑ (PC) Stuttering/hitching, any fix? - last accessed on 2019-06-26
- ↑ No longer get 60FPS? - last accessed on 2019-06-26
- ↑ Frame rate is not stable - last accessed on 2019-06-27
- ↑ The Sinking City - Official feedback thread - last accessed on 2019-06-28
- ↑ The Sinking City - Official feedback thread - user comments - last accessed on 2019-06-28
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-07-03
- Tried and crashed to "Fatal error" 5 times with different boats, with an Xbox 360 Razer Onza controller.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-07-05
- This helps, although pressing A by mistake will still lead to a crash.
