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==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
{{Availability| | {{Availability| | ||
| − | {{Availability/row| retail | | | + | {{Availability/row| retail | | DRM-free | English and German releases. | | Windows }} |
| + | {{Availability/row| retail | | Disc | {{DRM|StarForce}} in Polish and Russian releases. | | Windows }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
===Demo=== | ===Demo=== | ||
Revision as of 12:08, 19 October 2021
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| Developers | |
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| Cinemax | |
| RA Images | |
| Publishers | |
| North America | Meridian4 |
| Czech Republic | Cinemax |
| Russia | Akella |
| Germany | Frogster Interactive Pictures AG |
| Engines | |
| 3D GameStudio (ACKNEX) | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | May 13, 2005 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Isometric |
| Genres | Adventure |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Detective/mystery, Medieval, Supernatural |
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General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
English and German releases. | |
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| Retail | |
StarForce DRM in Polish and Russian releases. | |
Demo
Links for English demo and German demo.
Patch
The patch 1.1 (for the English version only!) is available here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Data[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\savedgames[Note 1] |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Locked to 4:3. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | Isometric view. | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Can be set in daemonica.cfg. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | Can be set in daemonica.cfg. | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | Can be set in daemonica.cfg. | |
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | Isometric view, all texts are written in text boxes. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Only cutscenes have voice acting. | |||
| German | Only cutscenes have voice acting. |
Issues fixed
Crash on startup
When the game crashes on startup with the message Error E2000: D3D Error: D3DERR_NOTAVAILABLE,[1][2][3] or with the error Malfunction W-2113929204: Unnamed Error no. -2113929204 (the error hash is {289a12fb-10fd-bb5b-3edc-4567046643a5}), then apply the following fix. This is a DirectX-error.
| Use WineD3D |
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Alternatively:
| Edit daemonica.cfg |
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Another suggested fix includes editing the daemonica.cfg. in the \Data folder, read here for more info. This has not been tested. |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 9 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | Executes via maindata.dae, which is an exe with a changed file type (.dae). Maindata.dae gets called with parameters by daemonica.exe (-nc -nx 200, and -langger for German version). |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP | |
| Processor (CPU) | Pentium, 1 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 700 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | GeForce 2, 64 MB | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Error codes of the engine (German) - last accessed on 2021-01-23
- ↑ Error codes of the engine (English) - last accessed on 2021-03-18
- ↑ Microsoft error codes - last accessed on 2021-01-23