Dead Island: Definitive Edition

Dead Island: Definitive Edition

Developers
	Techland
Publishers
	Deep Silver
Engines
	Chrome Engine 6
Release dates
Windows	May 31, 2016
Linux	June 3, 2016

Dead Island
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

This page is for the Definitive Edition. For the original release, see Dead Island.

Key points

Updated version of Dead Island running on the latest version of Chrome Engine. Includes all DLC built-in.

Uses updated U.I. and inventory/combat system from Dead Island: Riptide.

General information

Official website

Dead Island Wiki

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Bundled with Riptide Definitive Edition and Retro Revenge.
Steam

All the DLC released with the previous version is included with the game.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename file
Go to <path-to-game>\DI\ Open Data0.pak with 7-Zip. Inside Data0.pak navigate to data\menu\movies. Delete or rename intromovies.scr.

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\DeadIslandDE\out\settings\
Linux

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\383150\remote\out\

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud		Save files and key bindings.

Video settings

In-game video settings.

Field of view (FOV)

This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.

Changing your Field of View may cause issues with recoil when hip firing guns.

Edit default_levels.xml
Go to <path-to-game>\DI\ Open Data0.pak with 7-Zip. Inside Data0.pak navigate to data\skills and open default_levels.xml. Find CameraDefaultFOV and replace 62.5 with your desired FOV. Save. If 7-Zip asks if you want to update the file in the archive click Yes.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Use Borderless Gaming
Install Borderless Gaming and run it alongside the game. In the app, right-click Dead Island and select Add to Favorites by the process binary name Under Favorites, right-click DeadIslandGame and disable Auto-Maximize Turn off Fullscreen in the game options

Remove Chromatic Aberration

Has to be modded out because the setting in the Options menu doesn't fully disable Chromatic Aberration.

The mod only works when antialiasing are turned on.

Use pre-modded Data0.pak
Backup Data0.pak in <path-to-game>\DI\. Download the fixed Data0.pak. Move the newly renamed Data0.pak to <path-to-game>\DI\.

Modify Data0.pak manually[citation needed]
Backup Data0.pak in <path-to-game>\DI\. Download the Chromatic Aberration Removal v3 mod. Extract the data folder from the download; ignore the data3.pak. In the extracted data folder, go to scripts and delete frame_script_game.scr. Go to <path-to-game>\DI\ Open Data0.pak with 7-Zip. Copy/add the modded data folder to Data0.pak.

Remove crosshair

Edit hud.xui
Go to <path-to-game>\DI\ Open Data0.pak with 7-Zip. Inside Data0.pak navigate to data\menu\hud and extract hud.xui. Right-click hud.xui, open Properties, uncheck Read-only, click OK. Open hud.xui with a text editor. Find the line <Id>HudCrosshair</Id> Below that, add this on a new line: <Opacity>0.000000</Opacity> Save the file, and drag and drop it back into the hud folder.

Input settings

In-game keyboard/mouse settings.

In-game key map settings.

In-game general gamepad settings.

In-game gamepad layout settings.

Audio settings

Localizations

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

Network

In-game network settings.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		4	Co-op
Online play		4	Co-op

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues unresolved

Aim Assist

The PC port of DIDE has aim assist. There is no way to disable this.

Issues fixed

Game won't launch on open source AMD drivers on Linux

Use a specific library for Mesa and override the OpenGL Mesa verison at launch
Download and unpack the library file into the installation folder In Set Launch Options... on Steam add this code at the beginning MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=4.5 MESA_GLSL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=450 %command% Launch the game.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
Shader Model support	5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD	4.44.38
Input	SDL	2.0.3
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.995b
Multiplayer	Steamworks

System requirements

Windows

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2500 3.3 GHz AMD FX-8320 3.5 GHz	Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4 GHz AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti AMD Radeon HD 6870 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 AMD Radeon R9 290 2 GB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible
Controller	Windows-compatible keyboards, mouse, optional controller (Xbox 360 Controller for Windows recommended)
Other	Broadband internet connection

64-bit OS is required.

Laptop versions of graphics cards may work but are not officially supported.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.04.03, Mint 17.1	Ubuntu 15.04, SteamOS brewmaster
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-4170 AMD Athlon X4 860K	Intel Core i5-4670K AMD FX-8320
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD equivalent 1 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 AMD equivalent 2 GB of VRAM
Other	Broadband internet connection

64-bit OS is required.

Laptop versions of graphics cards may work but are not officially supported.