This page is for the original release. For the Warmastered Edition, see Darksiders Warmastered Edition.
General information
- Official manual
- Darksiders Community Forums
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- All owners of any Steam copy of Darksiders will automatically see the Warmastered Edition as part of their library.[2]
Essential improvements
"New Game" Crash Fix
DLL to fix the crash that happens when selecting New Game or loading a Save File[citation needed]
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- Download New Game Crash Fix
- Extract to where the games EXE file is located.
Alternatively use Special K's "Spoof CPU Core Count" setting within the FPS Limiter's "Advanced" section and set it to 6 or less CPU cores. Do not combine the above fix with Special K.
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Skip intro videos
Rename/delete files[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\media\videos\
- Delete or rename
AMD_Logo_movie.wmv , kaiko_logo.wmv , main_menu_intro.wmv , start_screen_intro.wmv , THQ_Logo1280x720.wmv , THQNORDIC_LOGO_Color_white.wmv and Vigil_Logo1280x720.wmv .
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Stuttering fix
Run the game through Steam Big Picture[3]
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Responsive Alt Tab & stability fix
Instructions[citation needed]
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Use Special K and configure it as follows:
- In the Display menu bar along the top change Fullscreen to Windowed and tick "Force Override". Ensure the game is now set to Borderless mode by re-opening the menu.
- In the Window Management section tick Borderless and if desired, Borderless Fullscreen. Change Window Layering to Prevent-Always-On-Top.
optional, and recommended: Enable Special K's FPS Limiter and double click the FPS value to set it to your desire.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Manually edit options.dopt[citation needed]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
options.dopt with a hex editor such as HxD.
- Press Ctrl+G and go to offset 0x15 (hexadecimal).
- Type in
00 , replacing the 01 .
- Save the file and launch the game.
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Input
- Keyboard and mouse controls are disabled if a controller is plugged in.
Audio
- Global hotkeys (for example volume keys on some keyboards) are disabled when game is in focus.
Audio feature |
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Separate volume controls |
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Sliders for music, sound, voice and videos. |
Surround sound |
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Auto-detection, 7.1 audio is supported. |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
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Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Czech |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Polish |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Fan translation, download. |
Russian |
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Spanish |
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Turkish |
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Fan translation. Details missing—please edit this page
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VR support
Issues fixed
Steam achievements not unlocking
- Steam achievements will fail to unlock if the game has already been launched on the current instance of Steam.
Restart Steam[citation needed]
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- Restart Steam each time you launch Darksiders. Achievements that should have been awarded will not be awarded until the task is completed again.
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Cutscenes do not play
Cutscenes do not play[citation needed]
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- Check that Windows Media Player 11 or better is installed on your system.
- Codec Packs have been known to interfere as well (e.g. LAV Filters). Uninstall any codec packs.
- You may also try using the K-Lite Basic Codec Pack and concentrate every option into Windows Media Player, then use it's Codec Tweak Tools' Fix option.
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Game doesn't reach menu[citation needed]
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- Could be caused by the AMD logo video.
- Rename
<path-to-game>\media\videos\AMD_Logo_movie to something else.
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Game freezes at initial black screen
Game freezes at initial black screen[citation needed]
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- Unplug your keyboard, then start the game, then plug the keyboard back in.
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Cutscenes are only visible on half of the screen
- This can be caused by the MS13-057/KB2803821 update; reinstall the update to resolve the issue.[5]
Reinstall KB2803821[5]
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- Open Programs and Features:
- Vista and later: Open the Start screen/Start menu, type
appwiz.cpl and press ↵ Enter.
- Windows XP: Press ⊞ Win+R, type
appwiz.cpl and press ↵ Enter.
- View the installed updates:
- Vista and later: choose View installed updates.
- Windows XP: choose Show updates.
- Locate KB2803821 and remove it.
- Run Windows Update and install the update again to get a newer version that does not have this problem.
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Unresponsive controls, Controller buttons with keyboard
- This is most likely caused by game detecting some of computers devices as controller.
Remove unused controllers, set main controller as primary one[citation needed]
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- Push ⊞ Win+R and type joy.cpl then push OK.
- From Advanced settings... set your used controller as primary one and then push OK.
- Locate all unused controllers listed and either unplug them physically, disable them from device manager or with virtual controllers uninstall from control panel.
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Game causes system reboot when it crashes
Game causes system reboot when it crashes[citation needed]
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- Launching game through exe may solve system reboot problems when game crashes.
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Black screen on multi-monitor systems
When playing on a system with multiple monitors, the game will default to fullscreen on the primary monitor. When the game is alt-tabbed out of and reopened, the screen will go black. Once there simply wiggle the mouse. Sometimes the game will go back to normal, and sometimes the game will crash instead.
Can't Alt+Tab ↹ with the GOG.com version
- The game becomes very prone to crashing after Alt-Tabbing on some machines.
Use Command Prompt[6]
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- Open the Start menu, search for
Command Prompt and open it.
- Copy this:
sdbinst -u -g {c0728393-3782-4e36-a2cd-b3aa27cd6836}
- Right-click and paste in the Command Prompt, then press ↵ Enter.
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Rename executable[citation needed]
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- Go to the installation folder.
- Rename
DarksidersPC.exe to anything else.
- Edit the shortcut properties to target the correct file.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0c |
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Shader Model support |
3.0 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
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Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Physics |
Havok |
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Audio |
FMOD |
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Interface |
Scaleform |
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Cutscenes |
Windows Media |
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Increase performance
- As the game doesn't feature many graphical options, for lower end machines, this disables most of the game's effects.
Rename/delete files[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\media\
- Delete or rename all files including 'fx', except
Impact_FX.oppc and vfx_shared.oppc .
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
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XP SP3, Vista SP1, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.4 GHz |
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 2.13 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.6 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista, 7) |
2 GB (XP) 3 GB (Vista, 7) |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
12 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 8800 Nvidia GeForce GT 220 ATI Radeon X1900 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce GTS 240 ATI Radeon HD 3870 |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References