Difference between revisions of "Dracula 4: The Shadow of the Dragon"

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Dracula
Dracula: The Resurrection	1999
Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary	2000
Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon	2008
Dracula 4: The Shadow of the Dragon	2013
Dracula 5: The Blood Legacy	2014

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS

		Bundled with Dracula 5: The Blood Legacy.
GOG.com		Bundled with Dracula 5: The Blood Legacy.
GamersGate		Bundled with Dracula 5: The Blood Legacy.
Green Man Gaming		Bundled with Dracula 5: The Blood Legacy.
Mac App Store
Microsoft Store
Steam		Bundled with Dracula 5: The Blood Legacy.
ZOOM Platform

Essential improvements

Skip splash screens

Delete or rename splash files^[1]
Go to `<path-to-game>\2D\Menus\Splashes\HD\`. Delete or rename `cnc.png`, `Koalabs.png`, `Microids.png`, and `Totem_Mzone.png`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dracula 4 Special Steam Edition\Profile*\options.xml
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/279560/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dracula 4 Special Steam Edition\Profile*\save.xml
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/279560/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Limited to max 1920x1080. Set Desktop to that resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

General settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		The Rotation of the view: Reversed setting inverts both the X-axis and Y-axis.
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound Effects, Music, Videos, Voice
Surround sound		2.0 Stereo^[2]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	1 GB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6
Processor (CPU)	2 GHz	3 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (279560) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-04-07
↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-02-28
Tested using Special K Volume Control widget.

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (279560) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (279560) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-04-07

[3] Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-02-28
Tested using Special K Volume Control widget.

[1]

[Note 1]

[2]

Developers

	Koalabs
Publishers
	Microids
Release dates
Windows	June 18, 2013
macOS (OS X)	June 18, 2013
Reception
Metacritic	32
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Realistic, Pre-rendered graphics
Themes	Contemporary, Europe, Supernatural
Series	Dracula

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@@ Line 57: / Line 81: @@
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 |widescreen wsgf award      =
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+|vsync                      = false
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 |120 fps notes              =
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@@ Line 106: / Line 137: @@
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-==Input settings==
+==Input==
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@@ Line 170: / Line 202: @@
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
-{{Audio settings
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-|subtitles                = unknown
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@@ Line 189: / Line 224: @@
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@@ Line 197: / Line 232: @@
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@@ Line 205: / Line 240: @@
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@@ Line 213: / Line 248: @@
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@@ Line 221: / Line 256: @@
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@@ Line 252: / Line 289: @@
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