Wolfenstein: The New Order

Wolfenstein: The New Order

Developers
	MachineGames
Publishers
	Bethesda Softworks
Engines
	id Tech 5
Release dates
Windows	May 20, 2014
Reception
Metacritic	81
OpenCritic	81
IGDB	77
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	FPS, Shooter
Series	Wolfenstein

Wolfenstein: The New Order is a singleplayer first-person FPS and shooter game in the Wolfenstein series.

General information

PC Report

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Community Discussions (German Edition)

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		4 DVDs. Also released in a two-pack along with a digital code for The Old Blood.
Epic Games Store
GamersGate
GOG.com		Users reported crashes shortly after release, which seem to have been patched a few weeks after launch.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Game Pass for PC
Steam
Amazon.com (unavailable)
Bethesda.net (unavailable)

The Bethesda.net release is no longer available as the Bethesda.net Launcher has been retired. Users who owned games in their Bethesda.net Library are able to transfer their games to their Steam account for free, even now after the launcher has been officially retired.

Version differences

The German Edition (aka LV Release) only includes the German language and has content differences (e.g. no swastikas).

The Panzerhund Edition does not include the game or any in-game extras.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service	Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC.

Essential improvements

Restore cache files

The texture cache folder is not created by the game, so you need to create it manually to make the cache functional.

This can fix some stuttering in the game.

Manually create texture cache folder

Go to %LOCALAPPDATA% and create a folder named MachineGames. Go into that folder and create a folder named Wolfenstein The New Order. The game will now correctly store the texture cache between sessions. Notes The game creates two files there, one of which is 1 GB in size. This file is not deleted after uninstalling the game and has to be deleted manually. Normal Windows shortcuts do not work to relocate the MachineGames folder or the Wolfenstein The New Order folder to another drive. If your Windows OS supports it, an NTFS junction point (mklink /J <link> <target>) will allow redirecting the folder to a different location. Command line option +fs_cachepath "your_cache_path_here" will redirect the cache folder. Command cannot be inserted in the console during running of the game. It has to be inserted as parameter for WolfNewOrder_x64.exe. Slow HDD can prevent from achieving high FPS when texture cache is collected in this folder. Consider placing the cache (and the game itself) on a SSD.

Skip intro videos

Use +com_skipIntroVideo 1 command line argument

Rename the video files
Go to <path-to-game>\base\bink. Rename loadvideo_pc_xboxone.bik and menu_credits.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\MachineGames\Wolfenstein The New Order\base\wolfConfig.cfg
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/201810/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\MachineGames\Wolfenstein The New Order\base\savegame\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/201810/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

In-game general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			Use Flawless Widescreen.
Ultra-widescreen			Some U.I. elements (i.e. tutorial boxes) will improperly linger at the edges of the screen after being closed.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		From 80° to 100° horizontal. 4:3 base. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Listed as Fullscreen Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Always at 4x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS		Cutscenes are capped at 30 FPS.
120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS. See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

id5 Tweaker increases the upper limit of the FOV to 200 and allows changing viewmodel FOV as well.

It is recommended to keep g_fov at a maximum of 120 for a wide field of view without fish-eye effect at 16:9 resolutions and hands_fovscale at 1.0 to avoid making the character hands and weapons disproportinate to the screen or broken in certain situations.

Adjust FOV values
Install id5 Tweaker. To use with the Epic Games version use the Epic specific dinput8.dll. Edit id5Tweaker.ini. Find ;g_fov 100 and ;hands_fovscale 1.0. Remove the semicolons and set the desired values.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Tested up to 16x MSAA. Can drastically reduce performance and could cause some graphical issues with depth of field, shadows and screen-space reflections

This has no effect on many edges in the game but will help reduce jaggies on geometry edges.

Enable MSAA Anti-aliasing
Install id5 Tweaker. To use with the Epic Games version use the Epic specific dinput8.dll. Edit id5Tweaker.ini. Find ;r_multisamples 2. Remove the semicolon and set the desired value.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

The in-game Vsync option may not work correctly if used in conjunction with G-sync, and/or if using the unofficial high frame rate mod.

Alternative Vsync[citation needed]
Go to the Video Options menu, then set Vsync to Off. Open the console, and enter r_swapInterval 1 Notes Slightly less intensive than the default Vsync setting. Might cause the audio to desync during cutscenes.

High frame rate

Increase FPS cap

Install id5 Tweaker. To use with the Epic Games version use the Epic specific dinput8.dll. Edit id5Tweaker.ini. Find ;id5Tweaker_SetFpsLimit 140. Remove the semicolon and set the desired value. Notes Increasing the FPS cap causes some unintended side effects: In the early game, there is a softlock with the bathroom mini cutscene at 120 FPS and above, reducing to 90 FPS fixes the issue In Chapter 2, the two drones that are released from the truck that crashes through the gate get ejected faster than normal and can get stuck in the ground, making them unkillable In Chapter 16, you will be unable to move forward during the underwater segment Uneven frame-pacing on G-Sync and FreeSync enabled displays Keyboard and mouse input may stop working after some cutscenes The 'maxed out' ammo indicator may flash continuously Possible physics bugs when killing some enemies Possible stuttering during pre-rendered cutscenes Sped up drones The robot fought just before the final boss cannot be killed because its stunned animation is too fast id5 Tweaker allows the uncapped framerate to be toggled on and off in-game (default key is the numpad "*"). Possible solution for Epic version

Post-processing

Disable depth of field
Launch the game. Press Ctrl+~ to open the console. Enter cvaradd r_postprocessdofmode -1. Press Ctrl+~ again to close the console. or Install id5 Tweaker. To use with the Epic Games version use the Epic specific dinput8.dll. Edit id5Tweaker.ini. Find ;r_postprocessdofmode -1 and remove the semicolon.

Disable all post process effects
This disables the DOF effect as well as color grading and film grain. Install id5 Tweaker. To use with the Epic Games version use the Epic specific dinput8.dll. Edit id5Tweaker.ini. Find ;r_skippostprocess 1 and remove the semicolon.

Input

Some useful console commands would be listBinds, unbind in order to force certain keys to be unbound and unbindAll

In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Certain keys such as E and J cannot be completely rebound (see Remapping to fix).
Mouse acceleration		Disabled by default.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Can be changed by editing .cfg.[citation needed]
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Rapidly changes button prompts

Remapping

Binding keys through the console[citation needed]
Open the console with Ctrl+~ or Ctrl+\ or Ctrl+^. Use bind "key" "_action" in order to bind your keys. Notes Use listBinds in order to view a list of actions every key is set to.

Binding keys by editing configuration files

Go to the configuration file(s) location. Edit wolfConfig.cfg. Search/replace "hidden duplicate" bindings such as "_use" Alternatively, and in case the above doesn't work, open the console (ctrl+`) and type: bindset 4 <enter> bind e "_moveforward" <enter> Notes This is useful for altering WSAD => EDSF layouts, as the action to exit the submarine (in the appropriate level) is bound to the "_use" action.

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master and dialogue.
Surround sound		Up to 7.0.
Subtitles		None, foreign languages only, or always on.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Lines spoken in the game utilize different languages with a subtitle available if a line is in foreign language.

Localizations

The German Edition only has German language.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan translation.
French
German				German Edition only.
Hungarian				Fan translation.
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation, download.
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	GG3D	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision			Use 3D Surround Gaming fix.
TriDef 3D
iZ3D

Devices
3RD Space Gaming Vest

Issues fixed

Vertical sync disables itself intermittently

Force Vsync and triple buffering
Disable in-game vertical sync. Force Vsync. See Force Vsync for instructions.

"Wolfenstein is not responding" crash

The game may crash soon after starting when using outdated graphics card drivers.

Install recommended graphics card drivers
Update your graphics card drivers: Nvidia GeForce 335.23 or newer AMD: Catalyst 14.4 or newer Start the game again.

Game crashes to desktop on random intervals on AMD graphics cards

There is an issue where Catalyst AI causes the crashes. In older drivers this could be turned off in the software, but now it must be done manually.

Unknown if this issue has been fixed by AMD graphics driver updates.

Disable Catalyst AI
Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\ATI\ACE. Back up Profiles.xml. Open Profiles.xml with a text editor. Search for the Catalyst AI entries and change the value to Disable. There are two entries in the file. Save the file and restart the computer. Notes If the game continues to crash, exit out of Raptr and AMD Gaming Evolved.

Displayed game exceeds range of visibility on the screen

Disable DPI scaling in Windows
Go to display settings (RMB on desktop) In field "Change the size of text, apps and other items" set parameter to 100% Now game works/scales properly in QHD resolution.

Major FPS issues on AMD cards

The AMD's OpenGL driver is notorious for low performance.
Since 22.7.1 driver on Polaris and newer architectures, the Old Blood received a major FPS increase, while New Order still works poorly.

Use these id5Tweaker config settings:

jobs_numthreads 1 vt_maxPPF 144 vt_uncompressedPhysicalImages 0 vt_useCudaTranscode 0 image_useCompression 1 r_useHardwareTextures 1 vt_pageimagesizevmtr 8192 vt_pageimagesizeUnique 8192 vt_pageImageSizeUniqueDiffuseonly 512 vt_pageimagesizeUniqueDiffuseonly2 16384 Fullscreen window set From 27-32 to 47-52 FPS in narrow empty room (with cache on RAMDisk - safe for min. 6GB RAM) Friendly for 2GB VRAM AMD cards (e.g. Polaris and higher) and old 4/4 CPUs (e.g. Penryn and higher). Steam version tested. FHD, last 5 in-game details set to lowest Increase jobs_numthreads for CPUs with more than 4 threads vt_useCudaTranscode 1 may be beneficial on Nvidia cards (only)

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	3.2

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

Disable camera sway

Instructions[citation needed]
Open the console. Enter cvaradd pm_nobob 1, to reset use -1 Notes Aiming and crouching will be almost instant, feeling considerably odd. Using the scope on the AR Marksman Rifle will no longer be possible as the sight seems to default to the laser ammo version - thus you will look straight at the scope mount.

Enable the console

Open the console with Ctrl+~ or Ctrl+\.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i7 AMD equivalent
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	50 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 6850

A 64-bit operating system is required.