Difference between revisions of "Dark Sector"

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General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
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]}
Go to `<path-to-game>` Delete/rename the `apyr720.avi` file.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
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
Windows	%APPDATA%\Dark Sector\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/29900/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Native widescreen support results in vertically stretched picture in fullscreen.

Enable widescreen without vertical distortion^[1]
Go to `<path-to-game>\Configs` Open `DS.cfg` Find `[Windows_Config,/Types/Config]` Add `Graphics.DisplayAspectRatio=FullScreen4x3` underneath it. Set the file as read-only.

Field of view (FOV)

Change the default value^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\Configs` Open `DS.cfg` Find `[Windows_Config,/Types/Config]` Add `Graphics.FOV=XX` underneath it, where XX is your desired FOV (e.g. `Graphics.FOV=90`). Set the file as read-only.

Windowed

Enable windowed mode^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\Configs
Open DS.cfg
Find [Windows_Config,/Types/Config]
Add Graphics.FullScreen=0 underneath it.
Open Editor.cfg
Find [MainGameWindowed,/Editor/WinRect]
Set the SizeX and SizeY lines to the desired resolution.

Notes

The game fails to run at any resolution wider than 2048 pixels.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Nvidia only solution. Not supported in windowed mode.

Enable SGSSAA using Nvidia Profile Inspector^[2]

Download and run Nvidia Profile Inspector.
Search for Dark Sector in the profiles list.
Set Antialiasing - Behavior flags to None
Set Antialiasing compatibility to 0x004000C0
Set Antialiasing - Mode to Override any application setting
Set Antialiasing - Setting to 2x/4x/8x Multisampling
Set Antialiasing - Transparency supersampling to 2x/4x/8x Sparse Grid Supersampling (the level must match the previous setting).
Set Texture filtering - LOD Bias to either -0.500 (if using 2x MSAA + 2x SGSSAA), -1.000 (if using 4x) or -1.500 (if using 8x).
Click Apply to save the changes.

Input settings

In-game general control settings.

In-game key map settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
Italian
Slovak				Use unofficial Slovak language file (Windows).
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		32
Online play

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	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.

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 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.

[3] Dark Sector | WSGF

[4] NVidia Anti-Aliasing Guide (updated) - Guru3D.com Forums

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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Developers
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	Digital Extremes
Publishers
	Aspyr Media
	Noviy Disk
	City Interactive
Engines
	Evolution
Release dates
Windows	March 23, 2009