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Dangerous Waters is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person simulation and vehicle combat game.

General information

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Released on 2 CDs.
Publisher website
Epic Games Store
GamersGate
GOG.com
Steam
ZOOM Platform
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)

Essential Improvements

Patches

The latest version of the game is V104

Jiri Dvorak's Wrapper

Allows graphics to be drawn on Windows 8 and newer.

DxWnd

Allows widescreen resolution

Enable Mouse Cursor

Fix the mouse cursor being locked to the screen's center
Open the configuration file(s) location. Edit `dangerouswaters.ini` with a text editor. Change ".Software Cursor" from "No" to "Yes"

Skip Intro Videos

Skip splashscreen, intro videos, and credits
Open the configuration file(s) location. Edit `dangerouswaters.ini` with a text editor. Change "SkipOpening", "SkipCredits", and "SkipMovies" from "No" to "Yes"

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1600/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1600/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		800x600, 1024x768, and 1280x1024 only. Potential fix (only stretches window)
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See `dangerouswaters.ini` in game folder.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Unlocked
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail and ZOOM Platform only.
German				Retail only.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play		Readme.txt has info on configuring multiplayer.
Online play		No server browser, direct connection only.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98 SE, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 550 MHz	Intel Pentium III 1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	590 MB	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible	64 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
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 (1600) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[gamedir-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-2] 2.0 ^2.1 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 (1600) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

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

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

[5] The app ID (1600) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{stub}}
 {{Infobox game
 |cover        = Dangerous Waters cover.jpg
@@ Line 28: / Line 27: @@
 |steam appid  = 1600
 |steam appid side  =
-|gogcom id    =
+|gogcom id    = 1219067675
 |hltb         = 2193
 |lutris       = dangerous-waters
-|mobygames    = dangerous-waters
+|mobygames    = 17079
 |strategywiki = Dangerous Waters
 |wikipedia    = Dangerous Waters (video game)
@@ Line 47: / Line 46: @@
 '''General information'''
+{{GOG.com links|1219067675|}}
 {{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/1600/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| Retail | | unknown |  |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | drm-free | Released on 2 CDs. |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Publisher | http://www.strategyfirst.com/product/dangerous-waters-2/ | unknown | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Epic Games Store | dangerous-waters-61ea56 | unknown | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Gamersgate | dangerous-waters | Steam |  |  | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| GMG | dangerous-waters | Steam |  |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| GOG.com | dangerous_waters | DRM-free |  |  | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Steam | 1600 | Steam |  |  | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| ZOOM | dangerous-waters | DRM-free |  | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| GMG | dangerous-waters | Steam |  |  | Windows | unavailable }}
+}}
+==Essential Improvements==
+===Patches===
+{{ii}} The latest version of the game is [http://www.sonalystscombatsimulations.com/game_downloads/game_downloads.html V104]
+===[https://www.jiri-dvorak.cz/dangw/ Jiri Dvorak's Wrapper]===
+{{ii}} Allows graphics to be drawn on Windows 8 and newer.
+===[https://sourceforge.net/projects/dxwnd/ DxWnd]===
+{{ii}} Allows widescreen resolution
+===Enable Mouse Cursor===
+{{Fixbox|description=Fix the mouse cursor being locked to the screen's center|fix=
+# Open the [[#Game data|configuration file(s) location]].
+# Edit {{file|dangerouswaters.ini}} with a text editor.
+# Change ".Software Cursor" from "No" to "Yes"
+}}
+===Skip Intro Videos===
+{{Fixbox|description=Skip splashscreen, intro videos, and credits|fix=
+# Open the [[#Game data|configuration file(s) location]].
+# Edit {{file|dangerouswaters.ini}} with a text editor.
+# Change "SkipOpening", "SkipCredits", and "SkipMovies" from "No" to "Yes"
 }}
@@ Line 76: / Line 102: @@
 |epic games launcher       = false
 |epic games launcher notes =
-|gog galaxy                =
+|gog galaxy                = false
 |gog galaxy notes          =
 |origin                    =
@@ Line 96: / Line 122: @@
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     =
 |widescreen resolution      = false
-|widescreen resolution notes= not out of the box, [https://steamcommunity.com/app/1600/discussions/0/613958868352271103/ potential fix(only stretches window)]
+|widescreen resolution notes= 800x600, 1024x768, and 1280x1024 only. [https://steamcommunity.com/app/1600/discussions/0/613958868352271103/ Potential fix (only stretches window)]
 |multimonitor               = false
 |multimonitor notes         =
@@ Line 103: / Line 129: @@
 |4k ultra hd                = false
 |4k ultra hd notes          =
-|fov                        = true
+|fov                        = hackable
-|fov notes                  = See dangerouswaters.ini in game folder
+|fov notes                  = See {{file|dangerouswaters.ini}} in game folder.
-|windowed                   = unknown
+|windowed                   = true
-|windowed notes             = Wine only supports fullscreen lower bit depth
+|windowed notes             =
-|borderless windowed        = unknown
+|borderless windowed        = false
 |borderless windowed notes  =
 |anisotropic                = false
@@ Line 116: / Line 142: @@
 |upscaling tech             =
 |upscaling notes            =
-|vsync                      = unknown
+|vsync                      = false
-|vsync notes                = No setting
+|vsync notes                =
 |60 fps                     = true
 |60 fps notes               = Unlocked
@@ Line 198: / Line 224: @@
 |surround sound           = false
 |surround sound notes     =
-|subtitles                = true
+|subtitles                = false
 |subtitles notes          =
-|closed captions          = n/a
+|closed captions          = false
 |closed captions notes    =
 |mute on focus lost       = true
@@ Line 214: / Line 240: @@
 |language  = English
 |interface = true
-|audio     = n/a
+|audio     = true
-|subtitles = n/a
+|subtitles = false
 |notes     =
 |fan       =
@@ Line 222: / Line 248: @@
 |language  = French
 |interface = true
-|audio     = n/a
+|audio     = false
-|subtitles = n/a
+|subtitles = false
 |notes     = Retail and ZOOM Platform only.
 |fan       =
@@ Line 230: / Line 256: @@
 |language  = German
 |interface = true
-|audio     = n/a
+|audio     = false
-|subtitles = n/a
+|subtitles = false
 |notes     = Retail only.
 |fan       =
@@ Line 242: / Line 268: @@
 |local play players   =
 |local play modes     =
-|local play notes     = Readme.txt has info on configuring multiplayer
+|local play notes     =
-|lan play             = unknown
+|lan play             = true
 |lan play players     =
 |lan play modes       =
-|lan play notes       =
+|lan play notes       = Readme.txt has info on configuring multiplayer.
-|online play          = unknown
+|online play          = false
 |online play players  =
 |online play modes    =
-|online play notes    = No server browser, direct connection only
+|online play notes    = No server browser, direct connection only.
 |asynchronous         =
 |asynchronous notes   =
@@ Line 260: / Line 286: @@
 |dedicated          =
 |dedicated notes    =
-|self-hosting       =
+|self-hosting       = true
 |self-hosting notes =
-|direct ip          =
+|direct ip          = true
 |direct ip notes    =
 }}{{Network/Ports
@@ Line 273: / Line 299: @@
 ===API===
 {{API
-|direct3d versions      = 9
+|direct3d versions      = 8
 |direct3d notes         =
 |directdraw versions    =

Developers

	Sonalysts Combat Simulations
Publishers
	Strategy First
Release dates
Windows	February 7, 2006
Reception
Metacritic	82
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control, Point and select, Voice control
Genres	Simulation, Vehicle combat
Vehicles	Naval/watercraft
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary