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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|May 28, 2010}}
 
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Darkness Within }}
 
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'''General information'''
 
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===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
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{{Image|Darkness Within 2 The Dark Lineage video.png|In-game video settings.}}
 
{{Image|Darkness Within 2 The Dark Lineage video.png|In-game video settings.}}
 
{{Image|Darkness Within 2 The Dark Lineage advanced.png|In-game advanced video settings.}}
 
{{Image|Darkness Within 2 The Dark Lineage advanced.png|In-game advanced video settings.}}
 
{{--}} Switching on '''Ambient Occlusion''' or '''Depth of Field''' in '''Advanced settings''' switches off '''Antialiasing''' and disables its setting.
 
{{--}} Switching on '''Ambient Occlusion''' or '''Depth of Field''' in '''Advanced settings''' switches off '''Antialiasing''' and disables its setting.
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|antialiasing              = true
 
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|antialiasing notes        = [[MSAA]] up to 8x.
 
|antialiasing notes        = [[MSAA]] up to 8x.
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{{ii}} Game uses 4:3 aspect ratio by default.
 
{{ii}} Game uses 4:3 aspect ratio by default.
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# Go to {{code|{{P|userprofile\Documents}}\Darkness Within 2}}.
 
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{{Image|Darkness Within 2 The Dark Lineage gameplay.png|In-game input and gameplay settings.}}
 
{{Image|Darkness Within 2 The Dark Lineage gameplay.png|In-game input and gameplay settings.}}
 
{{Image|Darkness Within 2 The Dark Lineage keybinds.png|In-game keyboard bindings.}}
 
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{{Image|Darkness Within 2 The Dark Lineage audio.png|In-game audio settings.}}
 
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|separate volume          = true
 
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|notes    = Fan translation, [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=367383128 download].
 
|notes    = Fan translation, [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=367383128 download].
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Latest revision as of 01:11, 28 May 2023

Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage
Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage cover
Developers
Zoetrope Interactive
Publishers
Iceberg Interactive
Release dates
Windows May 28, 2010
Reception
IGDB 50
Taxonomy
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Adventure
Art styles Stylized
Themes Contemporary, Horror
Series Darkness Within
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Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage on HowLongToBeat
Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage on IGDB
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Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage on MobyGames
Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage on Wikipedia
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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
Retail
DRM-free
Windows
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 Russian copies use StarForce 5 DRM.
Windows
Steam
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Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Darkness Within 2\config.txt
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/298950/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Darkness Within 2\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/298950/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 video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
Switching on Ambient Occlusion or Depth of Field in Advanced settings switches off Antialiasing and disables its setting.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
 See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor
 
 See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen
 
 Stretched by default. See Aspect ratio.
4K Ultra HD
 
 Stretched by default. See Aspect ratio. Resolution can be in unusual place, e.g. leftmost.
Field of view (FOV)
Though fov setting is present in config.txt, it's autoreverted to 75 every time game starts. Making file readonly does not help.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
MSAA up to 8x.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Aspect ratio

Game uses 4:3 aspect ratio by default.
Set custom aspect ratio in config file[1]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Darkness Within 2.
  2. Open the config.txt file with Notepad or other text editor.
  3. Change value of aspect to the ratio of width/height of desired resolution, e.g.:
    1. 1.25000 - 5:4
    2. 1.33333 - 4:3
    3. 1.77778 - 16:9
    4. 2.33333 - 21:9
    5. 2.37037 - 2560x1080
  4. Save the file.
  5. Launch the game.

Input

In-game input and gameplay settings.
In-game input and gameplay settings.
In-game keyboard bindings.
In-game keyboard bindings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Local retail version. Official localization by «Новый диск» (ND)
Russian
Fan translation by «ENPY Studio»
Spanish
Fan translation, download.

Other information

API

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

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000 XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 1.8 GHz Intel Pentium 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 3.0 support		 512 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. ↑ Steam Community - last accessed on 26 May 2023