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Revision as of 22:17, 20 November 2017

Dead by Daylight
Dead by Daylight cover
Developers
Behaviour Interactive
Publishers
Starbreeze Studios
Engines
Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows June 14, 2016
Dead by Daylight on Wikipedia

Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Humble Store
Icon overlay.png
Windows
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\DeadByDaylight\Content\Movies\
  2. Delete or rename LoadingScreen.mp4.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/381210/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/381210/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Changing the resolution[citation needed]

Put "-resx= -resy=" with the desired values in the game launch options (e.g. -resx=1920 -resy=1080).

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Change anisotropic filtering[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration files location.
  2. Open Scalability.ini.
  3. Add the following lines:
[TextureQuality@1]
r.MaxAnisotropy=16

[TextureQuality@2]
r.MaxAnisotropy=16

[TextureQuality@3]
r.MaxAnisotropy=16

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration files location.
  2. Open GameUserSettings.ini.
  3. Find the following line, and set to the desired value.
sg.AntiAliasingQuality=1

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration files location.
  2. Open GameUserSettings.ini.
  3. Find the following line, and set to the desired value.
bUseVSync=True

High frame rate

Change frame rate smoothing[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration files location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following lines:
[/script/engine.engine]
bSmoothFrameRate=false

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Mouse sensitivity

Set mouse sensitivity[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration files location.
  2. Open Input.ini.
  3. Add the following lines:
[/Script/Engine.InputSettings]
AxisConfig=(AxisKeyName="MouseX",AxisProperties=(DeadZone=0.000000,Sensitivity=0.015000,Exponent=1.000000,bInvert=False))
AxisConfig=(AxisKeyName="MouseY",AxisProperties=(DeadZone=0.000000,Sensitivity=0.015000,Exponent=1.000000,bInvert=False))

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Network

"Play as Killer", "Play as Survivor" and "Survive with Friends" will affect ranks, "Kill your Friends" mode will not.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
5 Versus

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX 3.3 with APEX 1.3
Audio Wwise
Interface Scaleform
Multiplayer Steamworks Uses EasyAntiCheat

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) AMD FX-8120
Intel Core i3-4170
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 15 GB
Video card (GPU) AMD Radeon HD 6850
Nvidia GeForce GTX 360
DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX 11 compatible
Other Broadband internet connection

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References