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Revision as of 07:57, 14 September 2021
This page is for the original release. For the Definitive Edition, see Dead Island: Definitive Edition.
Developers | |
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Techland | |
macOS (OS X) | Virtual Programming |
Publishers | |
Deep Silver | |
Engines | |
Chrome Engine 5 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 6, 2011 |
macOS (OS X) | April 2, 2014 |
Linux | October 24, 2014 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 80 |
IGDB | 70 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Dead Island | |
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Dead Island | 2011 |
Dead Island: Riptide | 2013 |
Escape Dead Island | 2014 |
Dead Island: Epidemic | 2016 |
Dead Island: Definitive Edition | 2016 |
Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition | 2016 |
Dead Island: Retro Revenge | 2016 |
Dead Island 2 | 2023 |
Key points
- The Dead Island Helper utility can be used to fix many bugs and tweak advanced graphics settings.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Mac App Store | OS X only. Cannot play with Steam players.[1] | |||
Origin | Game of the Year Edition only. | |||
Steam (unavailable) |
- All Windows and Linux versions require Steam DRM.
- Following the release of Dead Island: Definitive Edition, the game has been pulled from most digital distribution platforms.
Version differences
- Steam and Mac App Store players cannot play together.[1]
- The Game of the Year edition contains all DLC.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Dead Island Upgrade Pack | Contains all DLC. Available on Amazon.com. | |
Bloodbath Arena | ||
Ryder White | ||
Blueprint "The Ripper" Weapon |
Essential improvements
Analog Mod
- Allows to enable analog fighting mode using keyboard and mouse.
Dead Island Helper
- Utility to apply fixes and tweaks to the game.
- Not compatible with Dead Island: Definitive Edition.[2]
Dead Island Save Editor
- Allows you to reset your skill points.
- PS3/Xbox 360 save files can be converted to PC.
Skip intro videos
Use the -nologos command line argument[3]
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\DeadIsland\out\Settings\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | <path-to-game>/DI/out/Settings/ |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\91310\remote\out\ |
- The game uses different paths for Windows (
remote\out\save\
) and Linux (remote/out/save/out/save/
) [4].
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | Syncs save games and settings. |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Use Widescreen Fixer or see Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Enable windowed mode with desktop's resolution. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Nvidia users can force SGSSAA using Nvidia Profile Inspector with the flag 0x000010C1 and the AA fix.[5] |
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Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Disabling in-game Vsync caps the frame rate at 60 FPS. See Run the game at screen refresh rate. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Field of view (FOV)
- Changing your Field of View may cause issues when hip firing guns.
Edit default_levels.xml[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | completely broken | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | XInput and DirectInput, designed for XInput controllers. OS X controller support requires the Tattiebogle OS X driver.[1] |
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Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Renders most DirectInput controllers unuseable, use XInput wrapper to bypass. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | Not available in some menus. | |
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Tracked motion controllers | Native Razer Hydra support.[6] | |
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Button/gesture prompts |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, SFX, Speech | |
Surround sound | Possibly up to 7.1.[7] See below if problems | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Network
- If you have installed mods or edited the .xml for characters, all clients need the same mods in order to play.
It should also be noted that challenges are global, so if you are close to killing for instance 1 million zombies with one characters, and you play co-op with another and hit one million total kills, this character will gain all the XP from completing the challenge - Steam and Mac App Store players cannot play together.[1]
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 4 | Co-op Use Nucleus Coop & Unofficial mod. |
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LAN play | 4 | Co-op |
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Online play | 4 | Co-op |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
VR support
3D modes | State | GG3D | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Dead Island for better support. | |||
vorpX | G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Issues fixed
- You can find various fixes in the FAQ on the Steam Community Discussions page for Dead Island.
- If you don't want to manually apply some of these tweaks check out tools section at end of the page.
Game won't launch on older open source Mesa radeonsi AMD drivers on Linux
- This fix should no longer be needed with newer drivers.
Use a specific library for Mesa and override the OpenGL Mesa version at launch |
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MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=4.5 MESA_GLSL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=450 %command% Launch the game. |
Long loading times
- Some users are experiencing ridiculously long load times when doing things like loading the menu, game, etc. It can literally take over 5–10 minutes for some people. Oddly enough, this may relate to error logging that is done by the game.
Mark crash.log as a Read Only[citation needed] |
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Co-op error message: "The game you have tried to join is no longer available"
Hamachi[8] |
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Poor performance
Change your CPU affinity[9] |
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Notes
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Loud distorted audio
- Dead Island has a compatibility problem with 7.1 output devices, this includes Logitech USB headsets (G35, G930) and 7.1 sound devices that use 3.5 mm analog connections. This issue is typically immediately recognizable when reaching the title screen and hearing a loud, frightening, distorted noise; this issue also carries over into the gameplay. This issue was present in Dead Island: Riptide, but was corrected by Techland. Techland has yet to correct the issue with the first Dead Island game. The definitive solution is to set your device to anything below 7.1 but other options exist that may help.
Change Windows Speaker Configuration[citation needed] |
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Edit Audio.scr[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Empty Audio.scr[citation needed] |
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Game crashes with message: "Problem Event: BEX"
- Users whose player names have non-English characters experience game crashes with this error message:
Problem event name: BEX App Name: DeadIslandGame.exe App version: 1.0.0.0 App timestamp: 4f100716 Fault module name: MSVCR90.dll Fault module version: 9.0.30729.6161 Fault module timestamp: 4dace5b9 Exception offset: 00036d36 Exception code: c0000417 Exception data 00000000 OS version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3 Locale ID: 1033 Additional info 1: 364e Additional info 2:364ecf2f9e26d8075e002643326a0340 Additional info 3: 1f40 Additional info 4: 1f4001d1190a4d768106236129b38e30c.
Change your player name, such as your Steam name, to exclude non-English characters[citation needed] |
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Run the game at screen refresh rate
- Fullscreen mode only offers the option to use a refresh rate of 100 Hz or less, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Set screen refresh rate[10] |
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Black screen on startup or freezes on intro logo (Windows 8)
Run the game in compatibility mode[11] |
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Run the game in windowed mode[11] |
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Game stutters and is capped at 60 FPS with Vsync off
Enable in-game Vsync[10] |
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Frame rate does not get capped with Vsync on
See Frame rate capping to cap the frame rate manually[10] |
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Issues unresolved
Aim Assist
The PC port of Dead Island has aim assist. There is no way to disable this.[12]
Game crashes
After some time, the game can crash randomly. It can be somewhat mitigated by lowering some video settings, especially if you raised them above the minimum manually in Video.scr
.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
OpenGL | 2 | OS X and Linux only. |
Shader Model support | 3 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. | ||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Multiplayer | Steamworks | |
Anti-cheat | Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66 GHz AMD Athlon II X2 245 2.9 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 7 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce 9600 ATI Radeon HD 3850 1 GB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.8 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5 2.7 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 7 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GT 640M 512 MB of VRAM |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 12.04 | Ubuntu 14.04 |
Processor (CPU) | 2.8 GHz Dual Core | Intel Core i7 3.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 7 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GT 430 ATI Radeon HD 5570 1 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2 GB of VRAM |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Dead Island GOTY on the Mac App Store - last accessed on 2016-06-04
- ""Please note: Multiplayer between the Mac App Store version and the Steam version is not possible.""
- ↑ Playwrite: Regarding Dead Island Helper for Dead Island: Definitive Edition
- ↑ Verified by User:Faalagorn on July 23, 2021
- ↑ (Linux) How to get my old windows save game file from steam cloud? :: Dead Island General Discussions
- ↑ https://www.forum-3dcenter.org/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=9766133&postcount=4225
- ↑ Razer Hydra Control Profile - Dead Island
- ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up
- ↑ "The game you have tried to join is no longer available" - can't connect to others! - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ Dead Island/ Win8.1, and CPU affinity :: Steam General Discussions - last accessed on
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Verified by User:Keith on 2017-09-28
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Black Screen on startup :: Dead Island General Discussions
- ↑ Dead Island - Aim Assist on PC - YouTube - last accessed on