Difference between revisions of "Daemonica"

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General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		English, Polish (Monthly gaming magzine "Play") and German releases.
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
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Only cutscenes have voice acting.
Czech
German				Only cutscenes have voice acting.
Polish				Retail only. Details
Russian

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
Download WineD3D here and unpack it. Copy d3d9.dll and wined3d.dll into the game folder (where the .exe is). Now you can start the game without problems.

Alternatively:

Edit daemonica.cfg
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	9.0c

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)	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Pentium, 1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	700 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 2 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

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%\VirtualStore on 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

[gamedir-1] 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[2] Error codes of the engine (German) - last accessed on 2021-01-23

[3] Error codes of the engine (English) - last accessed on 2021-03-18

[4] Microsoft error codes - last accessed on 2021-01-23

[Note 1]

[1]

[2]

[3]

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 |cover        = Daemonica_cover_English.jpg
 |developers   =
+{{Infobox game/row/developer|RA Images}}
 {{Infobox game/row/developer|Cinemax}}
-{{Infobox game/row/developer|RA Images}}
 |publishers   =
 {{Infobox game/row/publisher|Meridian4|North America}}
@@ Line 10: / Line 10: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/publisher|Frogster Interactive Pictures AG|Germany}}
 |engines      =
-{{Infobox game/row/engine|Gamestudio|name=3D GameStudio (ACKNEX)}}
+{{Infobox game/row/engine|Gamestudio|name=3D GameStudio A6}}
 |release dates=
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|May 13, 2005}}
@@ Line 18: / Line 18: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|link|rating}}
 |taxonomy     =
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-Time Game Purchase}}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | None }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Isometric }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Bird's-Eye View }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Adventure }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Realistic }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Detective/mystery, Medieval, Supernatural}}
 |official site=
-|hltb         =
+|hltb         = 16838
-|igdb         = <!-- Only needs to be set if there is no IGDB reception row -->
+|igdb         = daemonica
-|mobygames    = Daemonica
+|mobygames    = 21983
 |strategywiki =
 |wikipedia    = Daemonica
 |winehq       = 15132
+|lutris       = daemonica
 |license      = commercial
 }}
@@ Line 39: / Line 42: @@
 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| retail | | unknown | German<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.amazon.de/Eclypse-Daemonica/dp/B000G8P06K|title=German version of Daemonica on Amazon|date=2021-01-23}}</ref> and English<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Daemonica-pc/dp/B000ES5S2S English version of Daemonica on Amazon]</ref> versions are available on Amazon. German version is also available [https://www.kaufland.de/product/44557 here] (only in Germany).<br>Disc is only required for installation, not to play. |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| retail | | DRM-free | English, Polish (Monthly gaming magzine "Play") and German releases. |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| retail | | Disc | {{DRM|StarForce}} in Polish and Russian releases. |  | Windows }}
 }}
 ===Demo===
@@ Line 67: / Line 71: @@
 |widescreen resolution      = false
 |widescreen resolution notes= Locked to 4:3.
-|multimonitor               = unknown
+|multimonitor               = false
 |multimonitor notes         =
 |ultrawidescreen            = false
@@ Line 83: / Line 87: @@
 |antialiasing               = unknown
 |antialiasing notes         =
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = unknown
 |vsync notes                =
@@ Line 91: / Line 98: @@
 |hdr                        = unknown
 |hdr notes                  =
-|ray tracing                = false
+|ray tracing                = unknown
 |ray tracing notes          =
 |color blind                = false
@@ Line 128: / Line 135: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 |red book cd audio        =
 |red book cd audio notes  =
@@ Line 140: / Line 149: @@
   |subtitles = true
   |notes     = Only cutscenes have voice acting.
+ |fan       =
+ |ref       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Czech
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = true
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     =
   |fan       =
   |ref       =
@@ Line 149: / Line 167: @@
   |subtitles = true
   |notes     = Only cutscenes have voice acting.
+ |fan       =
+ |ref       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Polish
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = true
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     = Retail only. [https://dubbingpedia.pl/wiki/Daemonica Details]
+ |fan       =
+ |ref       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Russian
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = true
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     =
   |fan       =
   |ref       =
@@ Line 156: / Line 192: @@
 ==Issues fixed==
 ===Crash on startup===
-When the game crashes on startup with the message <i>Error E2000: D3D Error: D3DERR_NOTAVAILABLE</i><ref>{{Refurl|url=http://www.conitec.com/manual_d/engineerrors.htm|title=Error codes of the engine (German)|date=2021-01-23}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=http://www.conitec.net/beta/engineerrors.htm|title=Error codes of the engine (English)|date=2021-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3d9/d3derr|title=Microsoft error codes|date=2021-01-23}}</ref>, or with the error <i>Malfunction W-2113929204: Unnamed Error no. -2113929204</i> (the error hash is <i>{289a12fb-10fd-bb5b-3edc-4567046643a5}</i>), then apply the following fix. This is a DirectX-error.
+When the game crashes on startup with the message ''Error E2000: D3D Error: D3DERR_NOTAVAILABLE'',<ref>{{Refurl|url=http://www.conitec.com/manual_d/engineerrors.htm|title=Error codes of the engine (German)|date=2021-01-23}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=http://www.conitec.net/beta/engineerrors.htm|title=Error codes of the engine (English)|date=2021-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3d9/d3derr|title=Microsoft error codes|date=2021-01-23}}</ref> 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.
 {{Fixbox|description=Use WineD3D|fix=
 # Download WineD3D [https://fdossena.com/?p=wined3d/index.frag here] and unpack it.
@@ Line 171: / Line 207: @@
 ===API===
 {{API
-|direct3d versions      = 9
+|direct3d versions      = 9.0c
 |direct3d notes         =
 |directdraw versions    =
@@ Line 195: / Line 231: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = false
 |windows exe notes      = 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).
@@ Line 215: / Line 252: @@
 |anticheat        =
 |anticheat notes  =
+}}
+==System requirements==
+{{System requirements
+|OSfamily = Windows
+|minOS    = 98, ME, 2000, XP
+|minCPU   = Pentium, 1 GHz
+|minRAM   = 256 MB
+|minHD    = 700 MB
+|minGPU   = Nvidia GeForce 2
+|minVRAM  = 64 MB
+|minDX    = 9.0c
+|recOS    =
+|recCPU   =
+|recRAM   =
+|recHD    =
+|recGPU   =
+|notes    =
 }}
 {{References}}

Developers

	RA Images
	Cinemax
Publishers
North America	Meridian4
Czech Republic	Cinemax
Russia	Akella
Germany	Frogster Interactive Pictures AG
Engines
	3D GameStudio A6
Release dates
Windows	May 13, 2005
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Detective/mystery, Medieval, Supernatural