Dead Space 3
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Developers | |
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Visceral Games | |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Release dates | |
Windows | February 5, 2013 |
Dead Space | |
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Dead Space | 2008 |
Dead Space 2 | 2011 |
Dead Space 3 | 2013 |
Dead Space (2023) | 2023 |
Key points
- Although developer announced Dead Space 3 will be straight port with no additional graphical enhancements, [1] game features wide variety of graphical and control options.[2]
General information
- Steam Users' Forums for Dead Space series.
- Neoseeker Forums PC-specific.
- Aegis7 forums non PC-specific, less active.
Availability
- All digital and retail versions must be redeemed through Origin.
Game data
Save game location
Save game cloud syncing
Template:Save Game Cloud Syncing
Video settings
Field of view (FOV)
- There is deliberately no in-game option to modify the FOV
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
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Input settings
Mouse acceleration
- As with previous games in the Dead Space series, the game uses negative mouse acceleration. Faster mouse movements results in slower cursor movements. This makes aiming much harder and breaks immersion. It only affects when not aiming, there no negative mouse acceleration while aiming.
Negative mouse acceleration can be mitigated or almost completely removed by setting controller sensitivity = 10 and mouse sensitivity = 05 in the options
Audio settings
Issues unresolved
Cannot retrieve information from Origin when accessing DLC store ingame
- EA has responded to this issue with a workaround[3]
- Many users are reporting that the workaround does not fix the issue[4][5]
- Several users affected by the issue have started posting tracerouting logs of their connection to the Origin servers to help EA identify the cause of the issue[6]
Possible fixes:
- Uninstall Origin and reinstall the latest version at http://www.origin.com/download
- Run Origin as administrator
- Add Dead Space 3 and Origin to your firewall's exception list
- Temporarily disable your antivirus while playing Dead Space 3 [Not recommended]
- Temporarily disable your firewall while playing Dead Space 3 [Not recommended]
- Port forward the following ports:
TCP | UDP |
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80 | 3659 |
443 | 14000-14016 |
9988 | 22990-23006 |
20000-20100 | 25200-25300 |
22990 | |
17502 | |
42127 |
Issues Fixed
Could not initialize display hardware
- Dead Space 3 tries launching with a video resolution unsupported by the video card/monitor.
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Windows XP (SP3), Vista (SP1) or Windows 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 10 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256MB Video Card and Shader Model 3.0 required* The latest version of DirectX 9.0c NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or better ATI X1600 Pro or better |
- nVidia GeForce 7300, 7600 GS, 8500 and Ati Radeon X1300, X1300 Pro, HD2400 are below minimum system requirements
References
- ↑ http://games.on.net/2013/01/dead-space-3-on-pc-to-be-straight-port-no-additional-features-added
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atpxaM5F0Ps&t=2m10s
- ↑ http://answers.ea.com/t5/Dead-Space-3/Unable-to-access-Downloadable-Content-in-Dead-Space-3-Limited/m-p/476536/highlight/true#M565
- ↑ http://answers.ea.com/t5/Dead-Space-3/Unable-to-access-Downloadable-Content-in-Dead-Space-3-Limited/m-p/476612/highlight/true#M573
- ↑ http://answers.ea.com/t5/Dead-Space-3/Downloadable-Contents-Connection-Issue/m-p/475760/highlight/true#M500
- ↑ http://answers.ea.com/t5/Dead-Space-3/Downloadable-Contents-Connection-Issue/m-p/1401320/highlight/true#M7326