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Die by the Sword
Die by the Sword cover
Developers
Treyarch
Publishers
Interplay Entertainment
Engines
Vsim
Release dates
Windows March 24, 1998
Die by the Sword on MobyGames
Die by the Sword on Wikipedia

Key points

Active combat system giving direct control over the character's weapon arm with the mouse, controller or number pad.
Die by the Sword - Xtended removes the 20 FPS cap,[1] adds an updated renderer with widescreen support and many other fixes and improvements.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Includes the Limb from Limb expansion and move editor.
Windows

Essential improvements

Peixoto's patch

Peixoto's patch

  • Fixes the SetEntries:Generic error in software mode
  • Adds nearest neighbor or xBRz scaling in software mode
  • Gets Direct3D mode running correctly and in high resolution
  • Better compatibility with Xbox (360, one, etc...) gamepads with several options to remap the commands and even emulate the keyboard\mouse

Die by the Sword - Xtended

Die by the Sword - Xtended fixes numerous issues, adds native widescreen support and makes modding easier. Using it is highly recommended. The Limb from Limb expansion is required.

Launch the game through xLauncher.exe or directly with xwindie.exe (do not use the original WINDIE.EXE).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\DBTS.INI[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\saves[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

Die by the Sword - Xtended general settings.
Die by the Sword - Xtended general settings.
In-game settings.
In-game settings.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound and Music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

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

Connection types

Issues fixed

"SetEntries:Generic" crash at launch

Use Die by the Sword - Xtended[citation needed]
  1. Install Die by the Sword - Xtended.
  2. Launch the game with xLauncher.exe instead of the normal WINDIE.EXE.
If the error still appears ensure the Activate Extended setting is enabled in the launcher's options.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 100 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 80 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX certified video card
1 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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).

References