This page is for 2011 version. For the current Steam version, see Sonic Adventure DX (Steam). For the original port, see Sonic Adventure DX.
Sonic Adventure DX (2011) is a cartoon third-person platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega, and was released for PC on March 4, 2011. It is an updated version of the original PC port of Sonic Adventure DX from 2004.
This version of Sonic Adventure DX was initially released to address some of the issues of the previous 2004 PC port, however, it also introduced some new problems of its own, such as limited screen resolutions options while the game screen is pillarboxed to a 4:3 aspect-ratio, poor frame-skipping, and re-uses the same poorly converted WMA audio files from the previous PC port. The configuration launcher also has problems of not saving the game's settings, and it is also missing some of the unlockable Game Gear games from the previous PC port and the GameCube version.
This version of the game was later replaced in 2014 with another updated version.
General information
- Sonic Retro - A huge fan site for everything Sonic the Hedgehog. Mods for all the games can be found here.
Availability
- This version of the game is no longer available digitally due to having been replaced with the current Steam version.
- A faithful higher resolution desktop icon can be downloaded from the Files section; it can also be applied to the game's executable with SADX Mod Installer
Essential improvements
- A modding and patching tool that features both advanced and beginner-friendly options for installing mods, in addition to coming pre-installed with mod presets, necessary dependencies, and compatibility fixes.
- Provides a custom configuration tool to customize game settings as well as keyboard and controller bindings.
- Enables the option to downgrade to the 2004 PC port, if desired.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- SADX Mod Installer moves the game's configuration file to
<path-to-game>
and the current version of SA Mod Manager moves its related files to %localappdata%\SAManager\SADX
.
- The 2011 version's configuration tool has problems with saving settings. See here for details.
Save game data location
-
SonicAdventure##.snc
is the game's save data for each save slot. Up to 10 save slots are available.
-
SonicAdventureChaoGarden.snc
is the game's Chao Garden save data.
- Save files from the 2011 version can be converted to be compatible with the 2004 port with SADX Mod Installer.
System |
Native |
Notes |
OneDrive |
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Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
Steam Cloud |
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Video
External configuration launcher settings.
Use Nvidia Profile Inspector (Nvidia only)[5]
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- Create an application profile.
- Add
Sonic Adventure DX.exe to the profile that was just created; for the Dreamcast Collection version, also add Sonic.exe .
- Change the value of
Antialiasing compatibility to 0x000000C1 .
Notes
- This fix allows MSAA, SGSSAA, OGSSAA, or OGSSAA-based HSAA (with or without SGSSAA) to be forced through Nvidia Profile Inspector.
- If using the Dreamcast Collection version for this fix, forced anti-aliasing will only work when the display resolution for the game is set to
640x480 .
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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SE, BGM, Voice |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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On by default. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Network
Multiplayer types
Issues fixed
Configuration tool does not save settings
- The Steam version's configuration tool does not save settings properly, and the Dreamcast Collection version's configuration tool does not write a new configuration file if one is missing without re-installing the game.
Steam version: add missing registry keys through Registry Editor[10]
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- Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
- Check if a registry key named
SEGA exists. If not, right-click on Uninstall, click New, then Key and name it SEGA .
- Right-click
SEGA , click New, then Key and name it Sonic Adventure DX .
- Right-click the newly created
Sonic Adventure DX and click New, then String Value, and name it Sonic Adventure DX .
- Double-click the
Sonic Adventure DX string and change the value to 1 .
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Dreamcast Collection version: create the necessary folders and configuration file manually[10]
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- Check if a series of folders from
%USERPROFILE%\Documents that goes up to SEGA\Dreamcast Collection\Sonic Adventure DX exists. If not, create a new folder in and name it SEGA .
- Go into the
SEGA , right-click and select New → Folder, and name it Dreamcast Collection .
- Go into the
Dreamcast Collection folder, right-click and select New → Folder, and name it Sonic Adventure DX .
- Go into the
Sonic Adventure DX folder, create a new text file and name it config.ini .
- Open the
config.ini file that was just created with a text editor, and then paste the following into this file:
[Sonic Adventure DX]
COLOURMODE=1
CONTROL2P_INDEX=1
CONTROL2P_TYPE=3
CONTROL_ATTACK1=1
CONTROL_ATTACK2=2
CONTROL_CAMERA_MINUS=36
CONTROL_CAMERA_PLUS=37
CONTROL_CANCEL=1
CONTROL_CONFIRM=0
CONTROL_DOWN=33
CONTROL_INDEX=0
CONTROL_JUMP=0
CONTROL_LEFT=34
CONTROL_RIGHT=35
CONTROL_TYPE=3
CONTROL_UP=32
CONTROL_WHISTLE=3
FOG=1
FULL_SCREEN=0
LANGUAGE=1
RESOLUTION=4
VOLUMN_BGM=80
VOLUMN_SE=80
VOLUMN_VOICE=80
- Save the file (File → Save or Ctrl+S) in this location. The Dreamcast Collection version's configuration tool should be able to read and write the configuration files again.
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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 |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Audio |
Criware |
The 2011 re-release uses the poor-quality WMA audio files from the 2004 port.[11] The original Dreamcast audio files can be restored with the Sound Overhaul mod included with SADX Mod Installer.[Note 2] |
Input |
SDL2 |
Use the Input Mod bundled with SADX Mod Installer for SDL2 support. |
Cutscenes |
Criware |
Sofdec format FMV files. |
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP |
7 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
| Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
1.8 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 7300 series ATI Radeon X1600 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce 8800 series ATI Radeon X1900 512 MB of VRAM |
Notes
References