Uncharted PC Controls & Launcher Settings

Default controls

The default controller column uses the launcher's button names. A / Cross, for example, is the default south face button. Keep the PS4 prompt name in the first column in mind when using a controller with different printed labels.

Left Alt releases the captured pointer while held. Use it when you need to reach another window, then return to the game. Insert opens the runtime's settings menu. These two keys are reserved by the program.

Esc and Enter both send Options. Use the game screen's prompts for the action you want; these keys are not a dedicated exit command. The default Tab binding sends the touchpad action, while the default controller mapping sends Back / Share for that action.

Change a binding

Make changes in the launcher's Controls page. Start the game again after editing bindings so it uses the new input configuration.

1. Open Controls in the launcher.
2. Find the action you want to change.
3. Click one of its keyboard binding boxes.
4. Press the key or mouse button, or move the wheel, to assign it.
5. Start the game with the new binding.

Each keyboard action has two binding slots. Use the second slot when you want another key for the same action. The clear control beside a slot removes that binding. If you assign a key that was already used by another action, it moves away from the old action; check both rows after changing it.

Side mouse buttons and the wheel can be bound. Keep Insert and Left Alt for their reserved functions. Use Default keys if you want to return the keyboard mapping to the table above.

For a controller, use the Controller section's per-action button choices. Set a different button for the PS4 action you want, then restart the game. Default controller buttons restores the controller mapping.

The launcher writes bindings to input.ini. Prefer the launcher when editing them so the saved settings and generated input file stay together. On Linux, an explicitly set BB_INPUT_CONFIG can select another input-file path; otherwise the file is under the program's data directory.

Game settings

Windows — Game

Use Game files & version before changing directories. If only one game is missing, check that game's executable and its separate-folder field. Preserve the selected saves location when you move the program.

Linux — Files

The current Linux interface puts the folder and cache controls in Files. Language and Player name are in Settings, in its Console section. The per-game save folders are named Uncharted 1, Uncharted 2 and Uncharted 3.

Clear the shader cache only when you need to rebuild it, such as a broken picture after an update. The next game start will need to build shaders again. Keep saves and shader cache distinct when deciding what to change.

Display settings

Windows — Display

Start with 60 FPS and the default AA and frame-generation settings while checking a new installation. Change one option at a time so you can identify the setting involved if a problem appears.

Window size changes output size; the games' internal picture remains 1920×1080. The upscaling choice enlarges or resizes that picture. Anti-aliasing is a separate setting that works before the games' post-processing.

Frame generation inserts frames between the game's own frames. FSR 3 offers 2× on any GPU; DLSS frame generation uses RTX 40 for 2×, or RTX 50 for up to 4×. Use Mailbox or Immediate presentation and a display suited to that output rate. Generated frames add latency, and menus and prerecorded cutscenes keep their own presentation. Start with a 60 or 120 FPS game rate if you enable it.

The FSR 4.1.1 choice appears only when its model assets are present. Choose from the options actually shown by your installed program. For a 4 GB graphics card, keep both anti-aliasing and frame generation off to reduce video-memory pressure.

Linux — Settings

Linux carries the base display choices above and adds 30 FPS, 1280×800, Steam Deck mode, and the Console settings. Outside Steam Deck mode, the base display defaults are the same as the Windows defaults above.

Turn Steam Deck mode off to restore the values you had before enabling it. While it is on, the output size, presentation and fullscreen fields are locked. Use 30 FPS when you want a lower target without changing the other Deck settings.

Controls settings

These controls apply to both recommended projects.

If the camera is too slow or fast, change Mouse sensitivity before rebinding unrelated actions. If vertical movement feels reversed, change the corresponding invert-Y option. Apply one change, restart the game and check it again.

Advanced settings

Windows — Advanced

Linux — Advanced

Keep GPU readbacks → Default (relaxed) for ordinary play. Off is experimental for floating NPCs or characters inside walls and can turn weapons into black cubes. Precise is slower. If you try a different value for a particular problem, record it so you can restore the default.

Leave Environment empty unless you are applying a specific setting you understand. For update behavior and keeping your current saves, use Update the port program.

Play and Log

Windows — Play

Windows — Log

Linux — Library

On Linux, open the log through Advanced → Show the log. Its last_run.log is saved in the chosen saves folder, with older logs rotated through last_run.4.log. Copy the relevant log before another launch replaces the latest one.

When input does not respond

Before changing a binding:

1. Close the in-game settings menu if it is open.
2. Release held keys, mouse buttons and controller buttons, then try the input again.
3. If a controller still does not respond and several are connected, close the game, disconnect the other controllers, then restart with only the intended controller connected.

The game receives neutral input while the settings menu is open. Buttons held as a menu or text dialog closes stay blocked until released. The runtime selects the first controller it finds, so isolating your intended controller avoids selecting another device.

If the problem remains, open Controls and check the binding for the exact action. If you just changed it, restart the game. If another action stopped responding, check whether its key moved when you reused that key elsewhere.

For mouse-camera problems, check Look around with the mouse, sensitivity and the mouse invert-Y option. Hold Left Alt only while you want to free the pointer. For a controller action, check the per-action controller mapping and try restoring its default before changing other settings.

If the problem continues, record the selected game, project version, controller model, affected action and current binding. Include the last-run log in a problem report. Keep hardware-model details with that report so the maintainer can distinguish detection from a remapping problem.

Sources

• Windows player instructions
• Windows launcher settings and bindings
• Windows runtime input
• SuperMedo Uncharted README
• Linux launcher settings and bindings
• Linux interface and Steam Deck mode
• Linux runtime input
• Linux README
• Linux v0.3.6-linux.81 release

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