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The only known "solution" is to get closer before you throw the egg at the soft part. It may be difficult but seems to be the only way to circumvent the problem.
 
The only known "solution" is to get closer before you throw the egg at the soft part. It may be difficult but seems to be the only way to circumvent the problem.
 
die twice is another way
 
die twice is another way
===Alt+Tab will often result in crashing the game.===
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===When getting the Redemption, you can't use it because it didn't load itself. ( You can hear the 'klak' voice but nothing happened!)===
 
===When getting the Redemption, you can't use it because it didn't load itself. ( You can hear the 'klak' voice but nothing happened!)===

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Darksiders II
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Developers
Vigil Games
Publishers
THQ
Nordic Games
Engines
Phoenix
Release dates
Windows August 14, 2012
Darksiders II on Wikipedia
Darksiders
Darksiders 2010
Darksiders II 2012
Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition 2015
Darksiders Warmastered Edition 2016
Darksiders III 2018
Darksiders Genesis 2019

Key points

THQ promised to implement a configuration file to customise the experience, but this was never implemented.[1][2]
The game has been ported poorly with numerous configuration and launching issues.[3][4]

General information

THQ Darksider II Forum - General Discussion - not PC-specific.
THQ Darksider II Forum - Technical Help & Bug Reporting - not PC-specific.
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Template:Availability Table

All versions require Steam.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/50650/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/50650/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Template:Video settings

The settings are only available after the cinematic introduction displayed when starting a new game. No real "Main menu" before starting/loading a game.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Instructions

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

No in-game setting for Anisotropic Filtering. The type and amount of filtering used when not forced is unknown.
Instructions

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Natively available.[5]
Instructions

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Remapping

Remappable keys.[6]
Remapping menu is now added the options menu, as well as the previous location in the inventory menu, accessible with the 'O' key.
Some keyboard keys cannot be mapped to game commands, like Delete, or num_del, Insert keys. Also, Arrow keys, END, HOME, PGUP, PGDN, etc. are displayed as "UNKNOWN KEY" then setting it again displays as NUMPAD keys. Does not seem too bad, but UNKNOWN KEY can only be bound once. Arrows are functional still after this binding as NUM keys, but you cannot bind any NUMPAD keys as it is seen as already bound. "I" is hardbound to PAUSE, so that is also not "remappable".
If a key is already bound, you have to remap the action using that key before you can use it. This sends you on a goose chase if you need to remap the majority of the keys.
Each time you set a key your entire page scrolls back to the very top so you need to scroll all the way back down again (using your w,s,UP,DWN keys that require constant pressing as holding does not scroll, and cannot use the mouse scrollwheel) to get back to the section you were configuring.
The E key is hardcoded into the game and cannot be bound to certain actions (e.g. Move Horse Forward)

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Stuttering

Caused by uncapped frame rate.
Instructions
Instructions
Instructions

High System Temperatures

Caused by uncapped frame rate.
Instructions

Stuck after start game

Caused by slowdown in internet connection as game checks for THQ account.
Instructions

3D Vision effects not rendering correctly

Using 3D Vision in the game is subpar to what it could be, with effects and shadows not rendering at the correct depth.
Instructions

Using an Xbox 360 controller, only items from the first 3 rows can be sacrificed to upgrade a possessed weapon

Instructions

No dialogue voices or subtitles

Region locked copies may lack voices and subtitles, when language is changed to anything other than language native for their region.[7]

Instructions
Instructions

Issues unresolved

Freezing while exiting pause or inventory screens

If you are using a NVIDIA GPU, go to the NVIDIA Control Panel -> Manage 3D-settings (I think, mine is in Norwegian so I translated directly) -> Software settings tab -> Press the "Add" button and find Darksiders II -> When configuring the settings for Darksiders II in the control panel, scroll down to the Vertical Sync settings and set it to "Adaptive".

This should fix the problem.

This fix _can_ cause stuttering, and if that happens you can use this fix:

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/2581

Extract d3d9.dll and antilag.cfg into the installation folder.

Using the phasewalker at the first portal after Lilith gives it to you to reach Samael

Disable the DLC and it will work. There is a bug .

Karkinos Does Not React To Eggs Thrown (Thus UNBEATABLE)

The only known "solution" is to get closer before you throw the egg at the soft part. It may be difficult but seems to be the only way to circumvent the problem. die twice is another way

Alt+Tab will often result in crashing the game

When getting the Redemption, you can't use it because it didn't load itself. ( You can hear the 'klak' voice but nothing happened!)

A common, unresolved issue.[8]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista SP1, 7
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz Intel Core2 Duo Processor or AMD equivalent
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB (10 GB after install)
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA 9800 GT
AMD equivalent
512 MB of VRAM

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>/50650/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (50650) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References