Dangerous Waters
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Developers | |
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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 |
Dangerous Waters is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person simulation and vehicle combat game.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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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 |
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Skip Intro Videos
Skip splashscreen, intro videos, and credits |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1600/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1600/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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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. |
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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 |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Retail and ZOOM Platform only. | |||
German | Retail only. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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Local play | |||
LAN play | Readme.txt has info on configuring multiplayer. | ||
Online play | No server browser, direct connection only. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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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.