Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder

Darkness Within
Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder	2007
Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage	2010

General information

Official website

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam

Game data

$External configuration tool accessed with <path-to-game>\Config.exe.$

External configuration tool accessed with <path-to-game>\Config.exe.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Darkness Within\config.txt %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Darkness Within\cmdline.txt
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/298930/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Darkness Within\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/298930/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

In-game video settings.

In-game advanced settings.

External configuration tool creates file cmdline.txt, which game applies during every launch. It has higher priority than main config file config.txt, see Configuration file(s) location.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Stretched by default. See Aspect ratio.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Stretched by default. See Aspect ratio.
4K Ultra HD		Stretched by default. See Aspect ratio.
Field of view (FOV)		Set with `external configuration tool` or in `config.txt`. Value defines vertical FOV.
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		Uncapped by default. Custom value can be set with `external configuration tool`. FMV cutscenes are 25 fps.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Aspect ratio

Game uses 4:3 aspect ratio by default.

FMV cutscenes are stretched with any aspect ratio except 4:3.

Set custom aspect ratio in config file^[1]
Go to `%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Darkness Within`. Open the `config.txt` file with Notepad or other text editor. Change value of `aspect` to the ratio of width/height of desired resolution, e.g.: `1.25000` - 5:4 `1.33333` - 4:3 `1.77778` - 16:9 `2.33333` - 21:9 `2.37037` - 2560x1080 Save the file. Launch the game.

Input

In-game gameplay settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Keyboard is not used during gameplay.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

In-game audio settings.

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish				Details
Russian
Spanish				Fan translation, download.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz Intel Pentium processor	1.4 GHz Intel Pentium processor
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	1100 MB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	256 MB of VRAM Shader model 2.0 support

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
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 (298930) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Steam Community - last accessed on 26 May 2023

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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 (298930) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

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

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

[4] The app ID (298930) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[2] Steam Community - last accessed on 26 May 2023

[Note 1]

[1]

Developers

	Zoetrope Interactive
Publishers
	Iceberg Interactive
Release dates
Windows	August 14, 2009
Reception
Metacritic	52
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Pre-rendered graphics, Stylized
Themes	Contemporary, Horror
Series	Darkness Within