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Revision as of 04:16, 9 January 2024
Developers | |
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Ion Storm | |
Publishers | |
2000-2009 | Eidos Interactive |
2009-present | Square Enix |
Retail re-release | Sold Out Software |
Engines | |
id Tech 2[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 23, 2000[2] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Classical, Europe, Fantasy, Japan, Medieval, North America, Sci-fi |
Warnings
Daikatana is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game.
The game is well-known for its troubled development and resulting bugs. The unofficial 1.3 patch is highly recommended to resolve the game's numerous bugs.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc DRM[Note 1]. | |||
Amazon.com | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- Digital releases are already fully patched.
- Several demo and alpha versions have been released.
- The multiplayer-only Daikatana DM is available for free.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest patch for the game is v1.2 (v1.2.2 if using Daikatana DM). The patch is available from DaikatanaNews.net (mirror).
Unofficial 1.3 patch
- Compatible with Windows, OS X, Linux and FreeBSD.
- Adds support for widescreen resolutions, disabling mouse acceleration and AI sidekicks, bug fixes and more.
Map Pack
- This is the only official mappack released by ION Storm, it contains 11 multiplayer maps and its available at WinRetro.com [1]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\data[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/242980/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\data\save[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/242980/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Unofficial 1.3 patch. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | See Unofficial 1.3 patch. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Unofficial 1.3 patch. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See Unofficial 1.3 patch. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See Unofficial 1.3 patch. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See Unofficial 1.3 patch | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | See Frame rate (FPS). | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Field of view (FOV)
Set custom FOV[citation needed] |
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Frame rate (FPS)
- Frame rate is capped at 83 FPS by default.
Set maximum FPS[citation needed] |
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Brightness
- The game can be too dark to play at default settings.
Adjust gamma[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Forced on by default, see Mouse acceleration. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Limited modern controller support. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Mouse acceleration
- Daikatana causes Windows to enable the mouse 'Enhance pointer precision' feature, which adds mouse acceleration.[5]
Disable acceleration function[citation needed] |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | [6] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Apply 1.3 patch. | |
EAX support | A3D 1.0, A3D 2.0, DirectSound3D, EAX.[6] The 1.3 patch includes OpenAL, which can be replaced with OpenAL Soft one to enable 3D sound without a sound card. See Enable HRTF. | |
Royalty free audio |
Enable HRTF
Windows[citation needed] |
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[general] hrtf = true; 4. Copy the Notes
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Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Retail only. Available for Unofficial 1.3 patch in download section. | |||
German | Retail only; download for digital versions. Available for Unofficial 1.3 patch in its download section. | |||
Italian | Retail only. Available for Unofficial 1.3 patch in its download section. | |||
Japanese | Retail only. Can't be used for the 1.3 unofficial patch and is not available to choose this language as the patch does not support this language. | |||
Spanish | Retail only. Available for Unofficial 1.3 patch in its download section. | |||
Russian | Unofficial translation by Fargus Multimedia |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 32 | Versus, Co-op Co-op supports two players. |
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Online play | 32 | Versus, Co-op The official GameSpy service has been shut down; community server available here. Co-op supports two players. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP | Use the connect [IP]:[PORT] command in the console. |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 27982, 27992 |
UDP | 27992 |
- This game does not support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.
- These are the default ports used by the game. They can be changed externally by the user for dedicated servers.
- All servers will have 2 ports open: the first port is specified by the user, while the other one is 10 ports before the first; e.g. a server with
daikatana.exe -dedicated +exec server.cfg +set port 27998
will have ports 27998 and 27988 open). Make sure the second port is not being used.
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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OpenGL | 1.1 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | See Unofficial 1.3 patch for 64-bit. |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | 6.0c |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.0f |
Multiplayer | GameSpy |
Map packs, utilities, mods
All of the official content for the game, along with user created content and patches, can be found on DaikatanaNews.net (mirror).
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, NT 4.0, 2000 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 233 MHz AMD K6 233 MHz |
Intel Pentium II 300 MHz AMD K6-2 300 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 200 MB | 450 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.0 compatible | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0a compatible |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[3] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[4]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (242980) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ GameSpot Presents: Geoff Keighley: Behind the Games (retrieved) - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Daikatana is now in stores! (retrieved) - last accessed on 2023-11-07
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Windows Mouse Things: The MarkC Windows 10 + 8.1 + 8 + 7 Mouse Acceleration Fix - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Mike Montague's Plan File