Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

Developers
	MachineGames
Publishers
	Bethesda Softworks
Engines
	Id Tech 5
Release dates
Windows	May 5, 2015
Reception
Metacritic	76
OpenCritic	78
IGDB	76
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter, Stealth
Series	Wolfenstein

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood is a singleplayer first-person action, FPS, shooter and stealth game in the Wolfenstein series.

General information

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		Only released along with The New Order in a two-pack, Digital code only.
Epic Games Store
GamersGate
GOG.com
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 only includes the German language and has content differences (e.g. no swastikas).

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 Old Blood. 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 Old Blood 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 console during running of the game. It has to be inserted as parameter for WolfOldBlood_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 an SSD.

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos
Go to <path-to-game>\base\bink\ingame\oldgame. Copy oldgame_in.bik. Go to <path-to-game>\base\bink. Paste oldgame_in.bik. Delete or rename loadvideo_pc_xboxone.bik. Rename oldgame_in.bik to loadvideo_pc_xboxone.bik. Simply removing the intro or using an empty .bik file with the wrong resolution causes problems.

Use +com_skipIntroVideo 1 command line argument
Disables all intros except the ones from Bethesda and Machine Games.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\MachineGames\Wolfenstein The Old Blood\base\wolftobConfig.cfg
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/350080/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\MachineGames\Wolfenstein The Old Blood\base\savegame\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/350080/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

Graphic settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			Use Flawless Widescreen.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		From 80° to 100°. 4:3 base. See Field of view (FOV) for more.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Use id5 Tweaker for more options.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		2x-32x MSAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 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)

Adjust FOV values with id5 Tweaker
id5 Tweaker increases the upper limit of the FOV to 200 and allows changing the FOV of the hands and weapons. Install id5 Tweaker. Does not work on the Epic Games version. Edit id5Tweaker.ini. Find ;g_fov 100 and ;hands_fovscale 1.0. Remove the semicolons and set the desired values.

High frame rate

Increase FPS cap

Install id5 Tweaker. Does not work on the Epic Games version. 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: Uneven frame-pacing on G-Sync and FreeSync enabled displays The 'maxed out' ammo indicator may flash continuously Possible physics bugs when killing some enemies Possible stuttering during pre-rendered cutscenes Burst fire on the assault rifle fires much faster Crosshair may occasionally become faded out, can be fixed by opening and closing the menu or toggling the framerate limit

Post-processing

Disable only depth of field
Install id5 Tweaker. Does not work on the Epic Games version. Edit id5Tweaker.ini. Find ;r_postprocessdofmode -1 and remove the semicolon.

Disable rendering of fog effect
Install id5 Tweaker. Does not work on the Epic Games version. Edit id5Tweaker.ini. Find ;r_skipfog 1 and remove the semicolon.

Disable all post process effects
Install id5 Tweaker. Does not work on the Epic Games version. Edit id5Tweaker.ini. Find ;r_skippostprocess 1 and remove the semicolon.

Input

Control settings.

Controller settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Limited selection of controller layout presets.
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

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master volume and voice volume sliders.
Surround sound
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 includes the German language.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan translation, download.
French
German				German Edition only.
Italian				Unavailable on the GOG version.
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese				Unofficial translation; Download.
Russian				Fan translation, download.
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		Use 3D Surround Gaming fix.

Issues fixed

Vertical sync disables itself intermittently

Force Vsync
Disable in-game vertical sync. Force vertical sync externally. See Force Vsync for instructions.

Mouse thumb buttons not working

Experiencing this can be a nuisance if you prefer re-binding actions to these buttons, such as binding melee to mouse 5.

Disable any other devices that show in Device Manager under "Mice and other pointing devices."[citation needed]

Right Click the windows start button and click Device Manager Look under "Mice and other pointing devices" and try disabling devices other than your main mouse Usually any "Gamer" peripherals like the Razer DeathStalker could include mouse functions that prevent some games such as Wolfenstein to not recognize some functions of your main mouse. Notes Depending on which device was interfering that you had to disable, your peripheral may lose some functionality such as macro keys or any keybindings that mimicked mouse functions. However normal keys should still work fine.

Artifacts on textures appear when you move

Disable VirtualTexture Compression
Go to advanced video settings Disable the VirtualTexture Compression option The game will no longer show artifacts on textures. Notes In game performance and loading times may suffer greatly. Not advisable for use with GPU transcoding or on a lower end PC as it requires much more VRAM.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	3.2

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

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.

Enable the console

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

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2500 3.3 GHz AMD FX-8320 3.5 GHz	Intel Core i7 AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	38 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Radeon HD 6870 1 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon R9 280 3 GB of VRAM

32-bit systems are not supported.