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Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

General information

DaikatanaNews.net

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
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.

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\data^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/242980/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
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
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
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.
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]}
Install Daikatana 1.3. While in game open the console with `~`. Type in `fov x` where `x` is the desired FOV.

Frame rate (FPS)

Frame rate is capped at 83 FPS by default.

Set maximum FPS^{[citation needed]}
Install Unofficial 1.3 patch. Go to `<path-to-game>\data\`. Create and edit `autoexec.cfg`. Add `r_maxfps x` where `x` is the maximum FPS cap. Add `cl_maxfps x` instead if async refresh is disabled.

Brightness

The game can be too dark to play at default settings.

Adjust gamma^{[citation needed]}
Install Unofficial 1.3 patch. While in game open the console with `~`. Type in `gl_ignorehwgamma 1` Type in `vid_gamma 1.0` Type in `gl_modulate 3` Type in `vid_restart` to apply changes.

Input

In-game key map settings.

In-game mouse settings.

In-game joystick settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
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

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
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.^[4]

Disable acceleration function^{[citation needed]}
Install Unofficial 1.3 patch While in game open the console with `~`. Type in and enter `m_noaccel 1`.

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		^[5]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Apply 1.3 patch.
EAX support		A3D 1.0, A3D 2.0, DirectSound3D, EAX.^[5] 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]}

Apply the unofficial 1.3 patch and download OpenAL Soft (both source code and the Windows binary)
From Windows binary folder rename soft_oal.dll in bin/Win32 folder into OpenAL32.dll and then replace the one included with the patch located in main folder.
Create a text file called alsoftrc.ini in %APPDATA% directory and then add:

[general]
hrtf = true;

4. Copy the hrtf folder from the source code archive into %APPDATA%/openal/ directory. 5. Make sure OpenAL is set in Sound options.

Notes

The Windows binary archive also contains a ALSoft Configurator which lets you change any sound-related elements such as Ambisonic format, Stereo Encoding or emulate EAX Reverb.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail only.
German				Retail only; download for digital versions.
Italian				Retail only.
Russian				Unofficial translation by Fargus Multimedia
Spanish				^{[citation needed]}

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		32	Versus, Co-op Co-op supports two players.
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
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)
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 (ex. 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
vorpX		G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	1.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			See Unofficial 1.3 patch for 64-bit.

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
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
	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^[2] 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.^[3]
↑ ^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)
↑ 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
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Mike Montague's Plan File

[4] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[2] 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.^[3]

[gamedir-5] 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).

[Proton_path_note-6] 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.

[4] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (242980) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] GameSpot Presents: Geoff Keighley: Behind the Games (retrieved)

[2] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[3] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[7] Windows Mouse Things: The MarkC Windows 10 + 8.1 + 8 + 7 Mouse Acceleration Fix

[audio-8] 5.0 ^5.1 Mike Montague's Plan File

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@@ Line 54: / Line 54: @@
 ==Essential improvements==
 ===Patches===
-The latest patch for the game is v1.2 (v1.2.2 if using Daikatana DM). The patch is available from [http://www.daikatananews.net/files.html DaikatanaNews.net] ([http://dk.toastednet.org/files.html#Off mirror]).
+{{ii}} The latest patch for the game is v1.2 (v1.2.2 if using Daikatana DM). The patch is available from [http://www.daikatananews.net/files.html DaikatanaNews.net] ([http://dk.toastednet.org/files.html#Off mirror]).
-===Map packs, Utilities, etc.===
+===[https://bitbucket.org/daikatana13/daikatana/wiki/Downloads Unofficial 1.3 patch]===
-All of the official content for the game, along with user created content and patches, can be found on [http://www.daikatananews.net/files.html DaikatanaNews.net] ([http://dk.toastednet.org/files.html#Off mirror]).
-===GameSpy shutdown workaround===
-A guide on fixing the in-game server browser can be found [http://www.daikatananews.net/gamespyshutdown.html here].
-===[https://bitbucket.org/daikatana13/daikatana/wiki/Downloads Daikatana 1.3]===
 {{ii}} Compatible with Windows, OS X, Linux and FreeBSD.
-{{++}} Adds support for widescreen resolutions, disabling mouse acceleration and AI sidekicks, and more.
+{{++}} Adds support for widescreen resolutions, disabling mouse acceleration and AI sidekicks, bug fixes and more.
 ==Game data==
@@ Line 106: / Line 100: @@
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     = limited
 |widescreen resolution      = hackable
-|widescreen resolution notes= See [[#Daikatana 1.3|Daikatana 1.3]].
+|widescreen resolution notes= See [[#Unofficial 1.3 patch|Unofficial 1.3 patch]].
 |multimonitor               = false
 |multimonitor notes         =
 |ultrawidescreen            = hackable
-|ultrawidescreen notes      = See [[#Daikatana 1.3|Daikatana 1.3]].
+|ultrawidescreen notes      = See [[#Unofficial 1.3 patch|Unofficial 1.3 patch]].
 |4k ultra hd                = hackable
-|4k ultra hd notes          = See [[#Daikatana 1.3|Daikatana 1.3]].
+|4k ultra hd notes          = See [[#Unofficial 1.3 patch|Unofficial 1.3 patch]].
 |fov                        = hackable
 |fov notes                  = See [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]].
@@ Line 120: / Line 114: @@
 |borderless windowed notes  =
 |anisotropic                = hackable
-|anisotropic notes          = See [[#Daikatana 1.3|Daikatana 1.3]].
+|anisotropic notes          = See [[#Unofficial 1.3 patch|Unofficial 1.3 patch]].
 |antialiasing               = hackable
-|antialiasing notes         = See [[#Daikatana 1.3|Daikatana 1.3]]
+|antialiasing notes         = See [[#Unofficial 1.3 patch|Unofficial 1.3 patch]].
 |upscaling                  = unknown
 |upscaling tech             =
 |upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = hackable
-|vsync notes                = See [[#Daikatana 1.3|Daikatana 1.3]].
+|vsync notes                = See [[#Unofficial 1.3 patch|Unofficial 1.3 patch]]
 |60 fps                     = true
 |60 fps notes               =
@@ Line 149: / Line 143: @@
 {{Fixbox|description=Set maximum FPS|ref={{cn|date=November 2016}}|fix=
-# Install [[#Daikatana 1.3|Daikatana 1.3]].
+# Install [[#Unofficial 1.3 patch|Unofficial 1.3 patch]].
 # Go to <code>{{p|game}}\data\</code>.
 # Create and edit {{file|autoexec.cfg}}.
@@ Line 160: / Line 154: @@
 {{Fixbox|description=Adjust gamma|ref={{cn|date=November 2016}}|fix=
-# Install [[#Daikatana 1.3|Daikatana 1.3]].
+# Install [[#Unofficial 1.3 patch|Unofficial 1.3 patch]].
 # While in game open the console with {{key|~}}.
 # Type in <code>gl_ignorehwgamma 1</code>
@@ Line 239: / Line 233: @@
 {{Fixbox|description=Disable acceleration function|ref={{cn|date=November 2016}}|fix=
-# Install [[#Daikatana 1.3|Daikatana 1.3]].
+# Install [[#Unofficial 1.3 patch|Unofficial 1.3 patch]]
 # While in game open the console with {{key|~}}.
 # Type in and enter <code>m_noaccel 1</code>.
@@ Line 265: / Line 259: @@
 ===Enable HRTF===
 {{Fixbox|description=Windows|ref={{cn|date=March 2018}}|fix=
-# Apply the [[#Daikatana 1.3|1.3 patch]] and download [http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html OpenAL Soft] (both source code and the Windows binary)
+# Apply the [[#Unofficial 1.3 patch|unofficial 1.3 patch]] and download [http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html OpenAL Soft] (both source code and the Windows binary)
 # From Windows binary folder rename '''soft_oal.dll''' in '''bin/Win32''' folder into '''OpenAL32.dll''' and then replace the one included with the patch located in main folder.
 # Create a text file called '''alsoftrc.ini''' in '''%APPDATA%''' directory and then add:
@@ Line 317: / Line 311: @@
   |audio     = hackable
   |subtitles = hackable
-  |notes     = [https://enpy.net/forum/files/file/115-daikatana-русификация-от-«фаргус»/ Unofficial translation by «Fargus Multimedia»]
+  |notes     = [https://enpy.net/forum/files/file/115-daikatana-русификация-от-«фаргус»/ Unofficial translation by Fargus Multimedia]
   |fan       = true
 }}
@@ Line 340: / Line 334: @@
 |lan play modes       = Versus, Co-op
 |lan play notes       = Co-op supports two players.
-|online play          = false
+|online play          = hackable
 |online play players  = 32
 |online play modes    = Versus, Co-op
-|online play notes    = The official [[GameSpy]] service has been shut down.<br>Co-op supports two players.
+|online play notes    = The official [[GameSpy]] service has been shut down; community server available [http://www.daikatananews.net/gamespyshutdown.html here]. <br>Co-op supports two players.
 |asynchronous         =
 |asynchronous notes   =
@@ Line 439: / Line 433: @@
 |windows 64-bit exe     = hackable
 |windows arm app        = unknown
-|windows exe notes      = See [[#Daikatana 1.3|Daikatana 1.3]] for 64-bit.
+|windows exe notes      = See [[#Unofficial 1.3 patch|Unofficial 1.3 patch]] for 64-bit.
 |mac os x powerpc app   =
 |macos intel 32-bit app = unknown
@@ Line 466: / Line 460: @@
 |multiplayer notes=
 }}
+===Map packs, utilities, mods===
+All of the official content for the game, along with user created content and patches, can be found on [http://www.daikatananews.net/files.html DaikatanaNews.net] ([http://dk.toastednet.org/files.html#Off mirror]).
 ==System requirements==

Developers

	Ion Storm
Publishers
2000-2009	Eidos Interactive
2009-present	Square Enix
Engines
	id Tech 2^[1]
Release dates
Windows	May 22, 2000
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