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Ruiner

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Ruiner
Ruiner cover
Developers
Reikon Games
Publishers
Devolver Digital
Engines
Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows September 26, 2017
Linux April 17, 2018[1]
Reception
Metacritic 75
IGDB 76
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Direct control
Genres Shooter
Themes Cyberpunk
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Ruiner on Wikipedia
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General information

Publisher Discord server
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
 DRM-free when launched directly from executable.[2]
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Linux
Humble Store
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Windows
Linux
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
 Xbox Play Anywhere
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
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Windows
Linux


Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Modify video files[4]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Ruiner\content\movies\.
  2. Delete or rename UE4_Logo.bik.

Game data

In-game gameplay settings.
In-game gameplay settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Ruiner\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store
Linux $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/Epic/Ruiner/Saved/Config/
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Ruiner\Saved\SaveGames\
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\DevolverDigital.Ruiner_6kzv4j18v0c96\SystemAppData\wgs\000900000254A507_ECED0100ED114094AF25077B0598D10C\8FC1BBA561974E9EAAD4526E5963654A\
Linux $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/Epic/Ruiner/Saved/SaveGames/
To carry over the progress from the UWP version to a different one, copy the biggest file without extension and rename it to RuinerSaveSlot.sav.

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
 16:10 resolutions are letterboxed.
Multi-monitor
 
 See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen
 
 [5]
4K Ultra HD
 
 Higher resolutions may appear offscreen due to a lack of scrolling in the menu.
Field of view (FOV)
Default FOV is 45°. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
TAA always enabled with adjustable quality. See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Color blind mode
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Field of view (FOV)

Change FOV[6]
  1. Start the game.
  2. Download and inject the UE4 Console Unlocker into the game process.
  3. Once it's injected, open the in-game console with ~.
  4. Type in and enter fov x where x is the desired FOV.

Notes

FOV resets to default after loading screens.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Change AA method[4]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following to the file and change the variable to 1 for FXAA and 0 to disable Anti-aliasing.
[SystemSettings]
r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=2

Motion blur

Disable motion blur[4]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following and save the file.
[SystemSettings]
r.MotionBlurQuality=0

Custom resolution

Modify user settings file[7]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open GameUserSettings.ini.
  3. Change the ResolutionSizeX= number to the desired resolution width.
  4. Change the ResolutionSizeY= number to the desired resolution height.
  5. Change FullscreenMode= to 2 for windowed or 0 for exclusive fullscreen.

Input

In-game controller layout overview.
In-game controller layout overview.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
No acceleration.
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support
DirectInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Motion sensors support
Light bar support
Static blue.
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes
Nintendo controllers
Other controller(s)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Can be disabled.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Moving with controller and aiming with mouse causes input issues.

  • In-game movement controls settings.

  • In-game actions controls settings.

  • In-game interface controls settings.

Audio

In-game sound settings.
In-game sound settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Ukrainian

Change language

Steam users can change the language via the game properties.
Modify Engine.ini[4]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following and change the variable to a supported ISO 639-1 code (e.g. en for English, de for German).
[Internationalization]
Culture=en

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Native 3D
Dual-View Rendering (3D Ultra) or Single-View Depth Reprojection (3D+)
Use TrueGame for Acer SpatialLabs, or NewAxis on other Eye-Tracked Lightfield displays.
Nvidia 3D Vision
Dual-View Rendering
Use Use Geo-11[8] for Frame Sequential, Interleaved, SBS, TAB or Anaglyph displays.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
OpenGL 3.3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio FMOD
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS) 78.1, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-760
AMD Athlon II X4 645 AM3		Intel Core i5-4670K
AMD FX-6350
System memory (RAM) 4 GB6 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
AMD Radeon HD 6850
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible		Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon HD 7970
2 GB of VRAM
A 64-bit system is required.
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 16.04
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-760
AMD Athlon II X4 645 AM3
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
AMD Radeon HD 6850
1 GB of VRAM
A 64-bit system is required.


References