Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark
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Developers | |
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Edge of Reality | |
Publishers | |
Activision | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 24, 2014 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 49 |
OpenCritic | 45 |
IGDB | 48 |
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
Availability[edit]
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Amazon.com |
- 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 | |
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Electro Bolter Weapon | ||
Glass Gas Cannon Weapon | ||
Skywarp Character | ||
Stinger Character | ||
Thundercracker Character |
Essential improvements[edit]
Skip intro videos[edit]
Delete/rename video files[citation needed] |
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Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
System | Location |
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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 |
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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 |
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Steam Cloud |
Video settings[edit]
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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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 |
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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] |
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Input settings[edit]
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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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 | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio settings[edit]
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | FX, Music and Dialog | |
Surround sound | 5.1 | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
Italian | ||||
German | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Russian |
Network[edit]
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play | 4 | Co-op |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | You can only join game lobbies. | |
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
VR support[edit]
3D modes | Native | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | Use Helix Mod: Transformers - Rise of the Dark Spark. |
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements[edit]
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Vista, 7, 8 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6 GHz AMD Phenom X3 8750 |
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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
- ↑ 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>/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.