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Dead Island: Riptide

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

Dead Island: Riptide
Dead Island: Riptide cover
Developers
Techland
Publishers
Deep Silver
Engines
Chrome Engine 5
Release dates
Windows April 22, 2013
Reception
Metacritic 61
IGDB 64
Taxonomy
Series Dead Island
Dead Island: Riptide on HowLongToBeat
Dead Island: Riptide on IGDB
Dead Island: Riptide on MobyGames
Dead Island: Riptide on Wikipedia
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

Key points

Dead Island: Riptide Helper utility is highly recommended for editing hidden settings.
Reports of poor frame rates[1] and problems connecting to multiplayer/cooperative games.

General information

Port Report: Dead Island: Riptide
Steam fixes thread
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
Amazon.co.uk
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Complete Edition only.
Windows
Origin
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Fashion Victim
Windows
Survivor Pack
Windows

Essential improvements

Dead Island: Riptide Helper

Allows you to tweak a variety of normally inaccessible game settings to disable certain visual effects, modify key binds and much more.
Not compatible with Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition.[2]

Dead Island Save Editor

Allows you to reset your skill points.
PS3/Xbox 360 save files can be converted to PC.
Not compatible with Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition.

Skip intro videos

Use -nologos command line argument[citation needed]

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Riptide\out\Settings\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/216250/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\91310\remote\out\save
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/216250/pfx/[Note 1]
Dead Island: Riptide saves in the same folder where Dead Island saves, but uses different extensions for its files (*.prr, *.sar).

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Field of view (FOV)

Affects gun physics.[3] Refer to Dead Island: Riptide Helper.
Edit default_levels.xml[4]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Riptide\
  2. Make a new folder called data and a folder inside that one called skills
  3. Go to DI in the installation folder.
  4. Open Data0.pak with 7-Zip or similar.
  5. Go into the skills folder.
  6. Copy default_levels.xml to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Riptide\data\skills\
  7. Edit default_levels.xml
  8. Change the FOV to what you want and save your changes.

Input

In-game keyboard/mouse settings.
In-game keyboard/mouse settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game general gamepad settings.
In-game general gamepad settings.
In-game gamepad layout settings.
In-game gamepad layout settings.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, sound effects, dialogue.
Surround sound
Up to 7.1 output.[5]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Always muted.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

In-game network settings.
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
Supports public and private lobbies.
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

Issues unresolved

Audio problems

Some dialogue cannot be heard.[6]

Audio recording and many conversations do not have sound when playing in Spanish.

Audio disappears when leaving a vehicle and a crackling sounds appears when entering a vehicle.

Crash to desktop

Reports of crashing to desktop on startup[7]

To prevent game from crashing to desktop, go to Options -> Online and select Single Player as Game Type.

If you're using Proton to play on Linux, try changing the version from 5.0-9 to 4.11-13. "Properties" -> "General" -> "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool" -> "Proton 4.11-13"

Issues fixed

Cannot connect to multiplayer games

Error message "Connection to game session is unavailable at this moment." is a catch-all for any form of failed connection.
Multiplayer workaround using VPN[8]
You can only join other people who have tunngle installed and are connected to the same Tunngle Network.

Detailed explanation on this forum thread.

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Refresh rate is limited to 60 Hz.
Edit video config[9][10]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Riptide\out\Settings\ or <path-to-game>\DI\Out\Settings\.
  2. Open Video.scr.
  3. Set MaxRefresh(60) to above 60, e.g. MaxRefresh(120) and save.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Shader Model support 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Interface Berkelium
Multiplayer Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 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


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>/216250/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (216250) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References