Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a 2010 slow-burn survival/horror game with puzzle elements, developed and published by Frictional Games on their custom HPL Engine 2 (Penumbra used HPL1, Amnesia uses 2, Soma uses 3, and Amnesia Rebirth 3.5)
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Support summary

Screen change:

Hor+

Widescreen Method:

Native

Widescreen HUD:

Proper

Ultra/Super-Wide Method:

Native

Ultra/Super-Wide HUD:

Optimized

Multi-monitor Method:

Native

Multi-monitor HUD:

Optimized

4k UHD Method:

cmd line

4k UHD HUD:

Optimized

Rendered cut-scenes:

Hor+

FMV cut-scenes:

Game information

Game status:

Released

Release Date:

Wednesday, 8 September, 2010

Tested Version:

1.2

Setting:

Horror, Historical Fantasy

Genre:

Survival Horror, Action-Adventure

Play styles:

Single player

Developer:

Frictional Games

Links:

Website ⋅ Facebook ⋅ Twitter ⋅ Wikipedia ⋅ PCGamingWiki

Developer feedback:

Steam ID's:

57300, , , ,

Comparison Screenshots

4:3 Screenshot
16:10 Screenshot
16:9 Screenshot
Ultra-Wide (21:9) Screenshot
Super-Wide (32:9) Screenshot
Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot

Solutions & Issues

Baseline (Widescreen) Solution & Issues

Native, use configuration utility.

Custom resolutions can be added manually. There is no scaling of any kind, so this is mostly useful in windowed mode.
Display settings are saved in Documents\Amnesia\Main\main_settings.cfg

Some "inverted stretching" going on on 2D screens... Although the inventory looks ok in all ARs, proportions are not maintained.

Ultra/Super-Wide (21:9/32:9) Specific Solution & Issues

Eyefinity / Surround Specific Solution & Issues

HUD is centered, it is worth mentioning that on the main menu the menu items are on the right monitor, but this may be a design choice, not a flaw. Only real HUD in this game is the inventory, which is centered properly.

4k UHD Specific Solution & Issues

To fix the zoom to the left upon launching, right click the game exe and edit its properties, in the compatibility tab you click "change high DPI settings" then make sure that "High DPI scaling override" is on and set to application. Works for "Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs" as well.

Stereoscopic-3D Solution & Issues