Devil May Cry 5

Devil May Cry
Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition	2006
Devil May Cry 4	2008
DmC: Devil May Cry	2013
Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition	2015
Devil May Cry HD Collection	2018
Devil May Cry 5	2019

Key points

New features introduced in the Special Edition for PS5/Xbox Series X (Legendary Dark Knight Mode, ray tracing, and Turbo Mode) are not available for the PC version. Only Vergil is available on PC as DLC.^[1]^[2] See mods that provide special edition features for adding fan-made versions of them.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate		Deluxe Edition also available.
		Deluxe Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Deluxe Edition also available.
Humble Store		Deluxe Edition also available.
Steam		Deluxe Edition also available.

All versions require Steam DRM.

Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed on February 6, 2020.^[3]

Since September 2021, all purchases include the Vergil DLC.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Soundtrack	MP3, AAC, FLAC
1 Blue Orb
3 Blue Orbs
5 Blue Orbs
100,000 Red Orbs	Pre-order bonus.
200,000 Red Orbs
300,000 Red Orbs
500,000 Red Orbs
1,000,000 Red Orbs
Alt Hero Colors	Pre-order bonus - Available later in 2019 for everyone.
Alt Heroine Colors	Pre-order bonus - Available later in 2019 for everyone.
Alt Style Announcers	Part of the Deluxe Edition.
Alt Title Calls	Part of the Deluxe Edition.
Cavaliere R	Part of the Deluxe Edition.
DMC1 Battle Track 3-Pack	Part of the Deluxe Edition.
DMC2 Battle Track 3-Pack	Part of the Deluxe Edition.
DMC3 Battle Track 3-Pack	Part of the Deluxe Edition.
DMC4 Battle Track 3-Pack	Part of the Deluxe Edition.
Gerbera GP01	Part of the Deluxe Edition.
Live Action Cutscenes	Part of the Deluxe Edition.
Mega Buster	Part of the Deluxe Edition.
Monkey Business	Free.
Pasta Breaker	Part of the Deluxe Edition.
Playable Character: Vergil
Super Character 3-Pack
Sweet Surrender	Part of the Deluxe Edition.
Taunt Trio
V & Vergil Alt Colors

Mods

Mods that Provide Special Edition Features

SSSiyan Collab Cheat Trainer

A collected mod trainer that provides options for Turbo and Must Style Mode, restored reversals, redirectable inertia, extended practice options, PVP, and more.

Features options from included Devil May Cry Strive mod for tweaking character movesets and general gameplay

This mod now integrates the Legendary Dark Knights mod completely, with customizable enemy density.

Requires Fluffy Manager 5000 for installation.

COOP Trainer And Hidden Graphics Effects Enabler for Devil May Cry 5 by DanteSSS and Raz0r

Provides the ability to play as any of the three main characters in any mission (Divergence).

Enables up to 4 player online coop in most missions, including Bloody Palace.

Works with SSSiyan Collab Cheat Trainer, including the Legendary Dark Knights option (all players must have it enabled)

Enables activation of hidden graphical effects normally used only during cutscenes. Not even the Special Edition on next-gen consoles has these enabled during gameplay.

This includes Contact Shadows, More Anti-Aliasing options, Ambient Occlusion (and more AO options), Subsurface Scattering for skin, Screen Space Reflections, and Motion Blur.

The "Force Motion Blur" option only works if motion blur is set to "Variable" in graphics settings

The SSR (Screen Space Reflections) "On" option produces a large amount of ghosting on object surfaces and makes various surfaces in the game have a blurry, grainy moving pattern to them, especially when you move the camera. This appears to depend per-level and per-surface, having higher fps makes the issue less noticeable. Use at your discretion.

Enables importing of save files from other steam users

RTX Mod

Adds screen space ray traced lighting

Causes AO to "bleed" through alpha transparency effects, such as smoke/fog, volumetric lighting, hair, explosions, etc.

In-game AO should be turned off since it's replaced by RTGI, and has a big enough performance hit as is.

Recommended to use via GShade instead of Reshade

Relies on RTGI beta shader from Pascal Gilcher's Patreon that costs US$5 to access

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\dmc5config.ini^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/601150/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\601150\remote\win64_save\*.bin
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/601150/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Video Settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Use the related PCGW community patcher.
Ultra-widescreen		Use the related PCGW community patcher.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Supports custom camera distances.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA, TAA+FXAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Automatically detected and activated on supported displays. No in-game Enable/Disable setting. Will disable upon Alt+Tab and requires a restart to reactivate.
Ray tracing (RT)		PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X only.^[4]

Post-processing

Toggle post-processing effects^[5]

Download Devil May Cry 5 3D Vision fix.
Extract its contents to the installation folder.

Hotkeys

F5: vignette toggle. Disabled by default.

4: depth of field toggle. Not disabled by default.

5: barrel distortion toggle (better not use chromatic aberration). Disabled by default.

6: temporal anti-aliasing (TAA) toggle. Enabled by default.

7: radial blur (it happens with the running fast skill) toggle. Not disabled by default.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Modify the game executable to disable anti-aliasing.
Open `<path-to-game>\DevilMayCry5.exe` in a hex editor (e.g. HxD). Search for `E9 3B 8F 65 00 8B D7` as hex. Replace it with `E9 3B 8F 65 00 B2 04`. Search for `74 48 66 0F 5A C8 48 8B CE E8` as hex. Replace it with `74 48 0F 57 C9 90 48 8B CE E8`. Save the changes.

Input

In-game Keyboard Settings

In-game Controller Settings

In-game Mouse Settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Can remap keyboard inputs per-character, some functional keys are unavailable
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Also supports x-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Can remap controller buttons per-character
Controller sensitivity		Only camera sensitivity (right analog stick)
Controller Y-axis inversion		Y and X axis

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers
DualShock button prompts		No native support for PlayStation Button Prompts (uses Xbox button prompts instead), but it can be modded in. The in-game Xbox Controller Overlay (seen in Options Menu, Pause Screen or The Void area) can also be modded in.^{[Note 3]}
Light bar support
Connection modes	wired

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Controller and Keyboard/Mouse button prompt flickers whenever both Input Methods are in used at the same time (became more apparent in The Void area, where the Input Overlay is shown on-screen), Gamepad Buttons icons will be prioritized. Mouse Camera is disabled whenever Joystick Camera is active.^[6]

Audio

Audio Settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Voice and Sound effect
Surround sound		Tested in 7.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic				Fan translation by AR Team, download.
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation.
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Devil May Cry 5.
vorpX		G3D, DirectVR Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Issues fixed

Game is infinitely scrolling after using the Steam Overlay or Alt-Tabbing

Enter Windows Device Manager and disable devices^{[citation needed]}

Open Device Manager from Windows Start Menu
Expand "Human Interface Devices" list
Find and disable device labeled "HID-compliant vendor-defined device"
- There may be more than one device with that label. Try disabling one by one to see which one is causing the issue.

Notes

When you reopen the game after you have disabled the device, the infinite scrolling shouldn't happen after using Steam Overlay or Alt-Tabbing.

Fix stuttering

Alternative solutions
Download and install Rivatuner, add `DevilMayCry5.exe` and limit Framerate to desired fps.

Use DirectX 11

Go to <path-to-game>
Open dmc5config.ini
Change TargetPlatform=DirectX12 to TargetPlatform=DirectX11
Save changes.

This seems to fix the issues for people with low RAM or VRAM, or is experiencing stuttering or desync issues during cutscenes, gameplay

Lens flare censorship in Mission 7

Use Lady's Censorship Removal mod^[7]

Download Fluffy Manager 5000 and unpack.
Run the tool once, it will detect all compatible games installed and will create the dedicated mods subfolders.
Download Lady's Censorship Removal mod and move the archive to Your Fluffy Manager 5000 folder\Games\DMC5\Mods\. The mod will now appear in Fluffy Manager 5000.
Enable the mod from Fluffy Manager 5000.

This mod removes the lens flare used in the cutscene at the beginning of Mission 7 without removing visual effects from other cutscenes in the game, unlike the .ini modification.

Contact Shadows

How to use сontact shadows constantly:

Go to <path-to-game>
Open dmc5config.ini
Change ContactShadowSetting=CUSTOM to ContactShadowSetting=ON
Save your changes.

Contact shadows will be used during gameplay, not just for the cutscenes.

Cutscene Black Screen Fix

How to fix Black Screen during cutscenes:

Go to <path-to-game>
Open dmc5config.ini
Change UseVendorExtention=Enable to UseVendorExtention=Disable
Save your changes.

Might fix the issue on some devices.

DirectX 12 Audio De-Sync Fix (NVIDIA GPU)

How to fix the audio De-Sync on DX12 for NVIDIA GPU's:

Open Nvidia Control Panel.
Click on Program Settings and select the game from the list.
Set Vertical Sync to Fast.
Save your changes.

Might fix the issue on some devices.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12	Not changable in-game. Must be changed via editing the "TargetPlatform" line in dmc5config.ini to "DirectX11" or "DirectX12".^[8]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-4460 AMD FX-6300	Intel Core i7-3770 AMD FX-9590
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	35 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon R7 260X 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 480 6 GB (Nvidia), 8 GB (AMD) of VRAM
Other	XInput controllers

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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>/601150/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (601150) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
↑ Do note that the Button presses images aren't properly aligned due the the Overlay being based around Xbox Layout; This is evident with Joystick, D-PAD and Shoulder buttons

References

↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOwWapeleug
↑ https://twitter.com/PatStaresAt/status/1306408688593272835
↑ Devil May Cry 5 · AppID: 601150 · Steam Database - last accessed on 2020-02-06
"Removed 3rd-Party DRM – Denuvo Anti-tamper, 5 different PC within a day machine activation limit"
↑ Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition Won't Have Ray-Tracing on PC - last accessed on 2022-09-25
↑ Helix Mod: Devil May Cry 5
↑ Verified by User:Al2009man on 2022-08-27
Tested by physically using Gamepad and Mouse input device, Steam Controller (mapping the Touchpad as a Mouse input) and DualSense Controller (mapping the Gyro as a Mouse Input.
↑ Verified by User:Jigen123 on 2022-03-16
↑ Digital Foundry - Devil May Cry 5 PC Tech Analysis + Xbox One X Comparison: Everything You Need to Know! - last accessed on 2021-05-24
"The only way to change to the other API is by editing the .ini file in the game directory where the .exe is located, and changing the 11 in this file to a 12 and vice versa."

[gamedir-4] When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-5] 2.0 ^2.1 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>/601150/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (601150) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[Note-8] Do note that the Button presses images aren't properly aligned due the the Overlay being based around Xbox Layout; This is evident with Joystick, D-PAD and Shoulder buttons

[1] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOwWapeleug

[2] ttps://twitter.com/PatStaresAt/status/1306408688593272835

[3] Devil May Cry 5 · AppID: 601150 · Steam Database - last accessed on 2020-02-06
"Removed 3rd-Party DRM – Denuvo Anti-tamper, 5 different PC within a day machine activation limit"

[6] Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition Won't Have Ray-Tracing on PC - last accessed on 2022-09-25

[7] Helix Mod: Devil May Cry 5

[9] Verified by User:Al2009man on 2022-08-27
Tested by physically using Gamepad and Mouse input device, Steam Controller (mapping the Touchpad as a Mouse input) and DualSense Controller (mapping the Gyro as a Mouse Input.

[10] Verified by User:Jigen123 on 2022-03-16

[11] Digital Foundry - Devil May Cry 5 PC Tech Analysis + Xbox One X Comparison: Everything You Need to Know! - last accessed on 2021-05-24
"The only way to change to the other API is by editing the .ini file in the game directory where the .exe is located, and changing the 11 in this file to a 12 and vice versa."

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Developers

	Capcom
Engines
	RE Engine
Release dates
Windows	March 8, 2019
Reception
Metacritic	89
OpenCritic	88
IGDB	90
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Hack and slash
Art styles	Realistic
Series	Devil May Cry