Zeno Clash

Zeno Clash
Zeno Clash	2009
Zeno Clash II	2013
Clash: Artifacts of Chaos	2022

General information

Official forum

Steam Community Discussions

Zeno Clash wiki

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use `-novid` command line argument^{[citation needed]}

Enable quick save

Add key binding^[1]

Go to <path-to-game>\zenozoik\cfg\.
Open config.cfg with a text editor.
Add the line bind "F6" "save quick"

Notes

Press F6 to quick save. Quick load is bound to F9 by default.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\zenozoik\cfg\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/22200/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\zenozoik\SAVE\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/22200/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Use `-autoconfig -w # -h #` parameters and run in windowed mode.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Use launch option `-windowed -noborder`.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)	MSAA up to 4x, CSAA up to 16xQ.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Camera locked to 60 FPS, which may cause jerkiness.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	Rendered image uses SDR color space. In-game HDR option refers only to HDR Rendering.

Field of view (FOV)

Edit script files^[2]

Go to <path-to-game>\zenozoik\scripts\.
Open each of the weapon_zeno_*.txt files.
Find the VisualData section.
Change the values of "FOV" and "zoom_FOV".
Open weapon_zeno_noweapon.txt and add:

VisualData
{
  "FOV" 80
}

High frame rate

Set max frame rate^{[citation needed]}
Use the command line argument `+fps_max #` where `#` is the maximum frame rate (defaults to 300, set to 0 for unlimited).

Input

In-game key map settings.

In-game mouse/gamepad settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Use the `m_customaccel 1` console command to enable.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		Some combat-based subtitles are mismatched.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Store page not listing, but available in-game.
Finnish				Store page not listing, but available in-game.
French
German
Hungarian				Store page not listing, but available in-game.
Italian
Polish				Store page not listing, but available in-game.
Brazilian Portuguese				Available but not advertised
Russian				Fan translation by «TTL T.Community».
Spanish				Change lang to spanish - HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\Steam = 2 cliques em language = dados do valor = spanish HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\Steam\Apps\22200 = 2 cliques em language = dados do valor = 4

Issues fixed

AI disabled

Start new game^[3]
Launch the game with `-console` command line argument. Open the console and type in `sv_unlockedchapters 18` to unlock all chapters. Start a new game and select the chapter the player is in right now. Load the saved game and they should now have working AI.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D Officially supported game, currently not on official vorpx game list but listed under vorpx local factory profile list.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	2, 3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok	Heavily modified variant.
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video

Enable developer console

Launch the game with `-console` command argument^{[citation needed]}

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon 9600 Nvidia GeForce 6600 128 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce 7600 ATI Radeon X1600 256 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^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>/22200/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (22200) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Want out Zeno Clash - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
↑ FOV fix? :: Zeno Clash General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
↑ AI DISABLED... :: Zeno Clash General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023

[gamedir-2] 1.0 ^1.1 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).

[Proton_path_note-3] 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>/22200/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (22200) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Want out Zeno Clash - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)

[4] FOV fix? :: Zeno Clash General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023

[5] AI DISABLED... :: Zeno Clash General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023

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Developers

	ACE Team
Publishers
	Tripwire Interactive
	Iceberg Interactive
Engines
	Source
Release dates
Windows	April 21, 2009
Reception
Metacritic	77
IGDB	80
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Series	Zeno Clash