SOMA
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Optimize SOMA (Uncap FPS, increase FOV, HD Font, etc)
By HDxDaniel
Do you want to have unlimited FPS, increase your Field Of View or even replace the subitles font with an HD font?
This guide will be very helpful for you :D. I'll include more content if I find more tricks and mods.
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Welcome!
HELLO!! :D I hope you enjoy this guide.
UNCAP FPS (Unlimited FPS)
1 - Go here: %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Soma\Main\
2 - Open the file: username_alotofnumbers_user_settings.cfg
3 - Change this: Engine LimitFPS="true"
To: Engine LimitFPS="false"
4 - Open the game, go to Options > Display > choose the maximum refreash rate and set VSync to OFF.
CHANGE FOV
1 - Open the same file as the previous tutorial.
2 - Change the fov here: Gameplay FOV="XXXXXX"
WHERE XXXXXX IS your fov, for example: Gameplay FOV="90.000000"
HD FONTS
UPDATE: Screenshots added.

The actual font of the subtitles and other things on screen are a little bit blurry and at bad resolution, so I made a "remake" of that Bitmap font (I used the same original font, mplus-2p-medium).


Instructions:

1 - Download the font file from here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzULaxLmYUztVzJWaHNtY2g1dDA

2 - Enter this direction in Windows file explorer:
%HomeDrive%\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\SOMA

3 - Right click on "Fonts" folder > send to > compress folder (.zip). (This is a quick way of backing up your actual fonts, so if you want to use the default one just unzip the files into the "fonts" folder...).

4 - Extract the .zip you downloaded on the step 1 inside the "fonts" folder, it will replace 2 files.

5 - Open Steam and play the game! :D

Note: the bitmap font I made includes normal Latin caracters, therefore English, Spanish, French and more languages should be supported, if not, use the below config file and add more characters.

If you want to use my config but use another font just download this preset I made. Use BMFont program to load it, then choose the things you want and export it as a Bitmap font, also name the output file as "default_small.fnt".

HD FONT CONFIG:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzULaxLmYUztUVhrM2RsOTh2ck0
Font Used: https://www.google.es/search?q=M%2B+2p+medium&ie=&oe=
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Extra Stuff
Originally posted by nick:
From that same config you can also enable debug mode and view things like your framerate in-game and more.

Also for people uncapping who want high framerates - turn off the graphic setting SMAOO and antialiasing to off. Disabling both should give a massive boost and they're not necessary on 1080p or above. Also I recommend you disable mouse smoothing.

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25 Comments
excelatrate 28 Nov, 2024 @ 8:38am 
The font upgrade is awesome and worth using, especially if you use subtitles. It's also great to bump the FOV up to 90.

The FPS advice in this guide is...misguided however. The game simply cannot run above 60 FPS, disabling in game v-sync and setting the in game frame rate to 60 seemed to work best for me, higher frame rates felt choppier.
PerryTheQuad 21 May, 2022 @ 1:21am 
Thanks:dshound:
dinosauriac 11 Apr, 2022 @ 1:00pm 
Disabling the ambient occlusion (SMAOO) made it run miles better. Thanks!
Aiden 17 Nov, 2021 @ 9:30am 
:fishbones:
chumface 15 Dec, 2019 @ 8:15pm 
My Engine limit FPS was already set to false.
Misteris 1 Nov, 2018 @ 11:37am 
How to get a money for the game? The game did not even start, there were problems with Friction Games
KlinVid 29 Apr, 2018 @ 7:46am 
Thanks, man:steamhappy:
صوت ضرطة 23 Dec, 2017 @ 9:51am 
When I open username_alotofnumbers_user_settings.cfg I do not see a Engine LimitFP="True".
Mister Universe 20 Dec, 2017 @ 8:15am 
Big McThankies from McSpankies :tongue:
幽谷響子 27 Nov, 2017 @ 4:38pm 
THX a lot,before I do this ,it has only 15 FPS with my GTX 1060 and i7-7700.
after set 'Engine limitFPS="false" ',it has 90+FPS