Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark

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Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark cover
Developers
Edge of Reality
Publishers
Activision
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows June 24, 2014
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Transformers
Beast Wars: Transformers 1998
Transformers: The Game 2007
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2009
Transformers: War for Cybertron 2010
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron 2012
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark 2014
Transformers: Devastation 2015
Transformers: Battlegrounds 2020

Key points

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS in Escalation co-op mode.[1]
Activision shut down the multiplayer master server on April 17, 2020.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.
No longer available digitally, due to Activision losing the license for the IP, But Amazon is still selling it for unknown reasons.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Electro Bolter Weapon
Windows
Glass Gas Cannon Weapon
Windows
Skywarp Character
Windows
Stinger Character
Windows
Thundercracker Character
Windows

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\TransGame\Movies\
  2. Delete or rename EOR_TF_Logo.bik, Logo_Activision.bik, Logo_Hasbro.bik, and TF_InitialStartup.bik.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\TransGame\Config\PC\Cooked\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/245760/pfx/[Note 2]
Use TF Games Configuration Utility to edit the file.

Save game data location[edit]

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\TransformersRotDS\TransGame\SaveData\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/245760/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
The game runs fine on 1440p and 1620p, but on 2160p the textures get bugged and load only low-res textures.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Toggled in options menu, or by Alt+↵ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Default is 4 samples. Force in the graphics card control panel.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Nvidia users can force SGSSAA with Nvidia Profile Inspector, using the compatibility bits 0x000012C1
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
30 FPS for co-op.[1]
120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS for single player, For single player, use the -silent FPS=118 launch option.[2] Breaks interaction with levers.

Borderless fullscreen windowed[edit]

Use GeDoSaTo[citation needed]
  1. Install GeDoSaTo.
  2. Add TransGame to the user whitelist.
  3. Create new profile for the game with this setting: forceBorderlessFullscreen 1
  4. Set the game to run in fullscreen mode.

Input settings[edit]

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
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Choice of presets
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
FX, Music and Dialog
Surround sound
5.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Italian
German
Spanish
Russian

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
4 Co-op

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
You can only join game lobbies.
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support[edit]

3D modes Native Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
Use Helix Mod: Transformers - Rise of the Dark Spark.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6 GHz
AMD Phenom X3 8750
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT series
ATI Radeon HD 4850
512 MB of VRAM

Notes

  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).
  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>/245760/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (245760) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Locked at 30FPS (Escalation only) :: TRANSFORMERS: Rise of the Dark Spark General Discussions
  2. ↑ New 120Hz Games Report - Page 19