Dark Sector
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Developers | |
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Digital Extremes | |
Windows | CD Projekt Black[1] |
Publishers | |
Aspyr Media | |
Noviy Disk | |
City Interactive | |
Engines | |
Evolution | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 23, 2009 |
Key points
- Online multiplayer from the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions has been removed.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | English/French version | |||
Retail | ProtectDISC Software v9 DRM (German version) | |||
Retail | Hungarian/Polish version | |||
Retail | StarForce 5.60.2.4 DRM (Russian version) | |||
GamersGate | StarForce DRM. Not available in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, France, Japan and South Africa. | |||
Green Man Gaming | SecuROM PA DRM. | |||
Steam |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Skip intro video[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Configs\[Note 1] %USERPROFILE%\Aspyr\Dark Sector\settings |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/29900/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\Dark Sector\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/29900/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video settings
- Game defaults to an 800x600 resolution, changing it from within the game rather than the config might cause it to crash.
Widescreen resolution
- Native widescreen support results in vertically stretched picture in fullscreen.
Enable widescreen without vertical distortion[2] |
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Field of view (FOV)
Change the default value[citation needed] |
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Windowed
Enable windowed mode[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Anti-aliasing (AA)
SGSSAA (Nvidia only)[3] |
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Note
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | Retail only. | |||
Hungarian | Retail only. Available to download. | |||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Retail only. | |||
Russian | Retail only. Patch for digital release here. | |||
Slovak | Use unofficial Slovak language file (Windows). | |||
Spanish | Retail only. |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created game profile. Requires important settings, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 32 | |||
Online play |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Graphical Distortion on bottom right of screen
Turn off Post Processing in the game options. |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
Shader Model support | 3.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP SP2, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or similar AMD Athlon 64 | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 6.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 6600 ATI Radeon X1300 DirectX 9 compatible Shader model 3 support |
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 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/29900/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (29900) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.