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Dark Void

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Dark Void
Dark Void cover
Developers
Airtight Games
Publishers
Capcom
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows January 19, 2010
Dark Void guide on StrategyWiki
Dark Void on Wikipedia

Warnings

For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.
Dark Void
Dark Void 2010
Dark Void Zero 2010

Key points

A standalone Dark Void PhysX benchmark is available for download.

General information

Dark Void Website
MobyGames page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Requires online activation
SecuROM 7 and SecuROM PA DRM.
Windows
GamersGate
Requires online activation
SecuROM PA DRM.
Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
Requires online activation
SecuROM PA DRM.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
Icon overlay.png
Requires online activation
Windows
Humble Store
Icon overlay.png
Requires online activation
Windows
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Requires online activation
Additional SecuROM PA DRM.
Windows
All versions require SecuROM PA DRM.

Demo

A demo is available; here, here or here. It includes the level Into The Void.

Essential improvements

Patches

Two patches are available for the game's PhysX engine; main PhysX patch and second PhysX patch. Retail version of Dark Void requires the main PhysX patch to be applied first.

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos[1]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\nativePC\SkyGame\.
  2. Delete or rename the Movies folder.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Airtight\Dark Void\SkyGame\Config\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/45710/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Airtight\Dark Void\SavedGames\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/45710/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings menu.
Video settings menu.

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

The Dark Void plugin for Flawless Widescreen can change the base FOV by -20 to +20, but this can be modified to get a much wider FOV.
Adjust FOV range[1]
  1. Install Flawless Widescreen.
  2. Run it and install the Dark Void plugin.
  3. Go to the Flawless Widescreen installation folder.
  4. Go into PluginCache\FWS_Plugins\Modules\DarkVoid\Dependencies\Scripts\.
  5. Open DarkVoid.lua with a text editor.
  6. Find fAdditionalFOV = Sender:GetScaledFloat(5).
  7. Change it to fAdditionalFOV = Sender:GetScaledFloat(2). This will make the FOV slider go from -50 to +50.
  8. Restart Flawless Widescreen and adjust the slider.

Additional video settings

Change additional video settings[1]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open SkyEngine.ini.
  3. Change the setting values under SystemSettings to your liking:
  • DepthOfField=True - Disabling depth of field also disables bloom and god rays.
  • Fullscreen=True - Toggles fullscreen/window mode.
  • MaxAnisotropy=4 - Anisotropic filtering quality can be set to 0, 2, 4, 8 or 16.
  • Godrays=True
  • FilmGrain=True

Input settings

Controls settings menu.
Controls settings menu.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings menu.
Audio settings menu.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Debug controls

Enable debug controls[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open SkyInput.ini.
  3. Change DebugBindings to Bindings to enable a control. Changing the value under Name changes the input key, if the key is already used for another control it will not work.
  • DebugBindings=(Name="G",Command="god") - Toggles God mode.
  • DebugBindings=(Name="I",Command="ToggleInvisible") - Toggles invisibility.
  • DebugBindings=(Name="M",Command="allammo") - Gives full ammo.
  • DebugBindings=(Name="P",Command="PlayersOnly") - Freezes every dynamic object except the player.
  • DebugBindings=(Name="O",Command="Slomo 0.5") - Changes the game speed (another key needs to be set to 1.0 to restore the original speed).
  • DebugBindings=(Name="NumPadOne",Command="FOV 60") - Can be used to change the FOV to a custom value, but it gets reset to a small value after cutscenes. Default is around 65.
  • DebugBindings=(Name="B",Command="ToggleHud") - Toggles HUD rendering.
  • DebugBindings=(Name="F1",Command="viewmode wireframe") - Wireframe rendering.
  • DebugBindings=(Name="F2",Command="viewmode unlit") - Disables light, shadows and post-processing effects.
  • DebugBindings=(Name="F3",Command="viewmode lit") - Restores normal rendering mode.
  • DebugBindings=(Name="F5",Command="tiledshot 4") - Takes a high resolution screenshot (7680x4320) and stores it in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Airtight\Dark Void\SkyGame\ScreenShots\.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel 2.4 GHz
AMD 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 7900
ATI Radeon HD 3850

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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>/45710/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (45710) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References