Dungeon Siege III

Dungeon Siege
Dungeon Siege	2002
Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna	2003
Dungeon Siege II	2005
Dungeon Siege III	2011

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com

GOG.com		Bundled with Dungeon Siege, Dungeon Siege II, and the Treasures of the Sun DLC.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam		Free demo: `steam://install/39230`

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Treasures of the Sun

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename videos^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\data\movies\` Delete or rename `000_obsidian.bik` and `000_square.bik`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dungeon Siege III\user.ini %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dungeon Siege III\save\*.opt
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39160/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dungeon Siege III\save\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39160/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		Despite a quota of 100 MB and each save being about 500-600 KB in size, only 10 save files can be synced online. Files must be saved in the "Steam Saves" folder to be synced.

Video

General settings.

Video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Force with Borderless Gaming
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Single selection enables 8x AF.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Game has built in MSAA but it does not actually work.^[2] SMAA/FXAA in combination with Nvidia DSR/AMD VSR is highly recommended.^[3]
Vertical sync (Vsync)	In-game Vsync caps frame rate at 60 FPS.^[4]
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Disable in-game Vsync to remove 60 FPS cap; force externally if desired.^[4]
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Full key remapping with secondary options.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput controllers only. Local co-op does not support mouse and keyboard.^[5]
Full controller support		Can be toggled in main menu options - if enabled, prevents keyboard/mouse usage.
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Voice, Effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Enables only in cinematics.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Co-op Both players must use controllers.^[5]
LAN play
Online play	Co-op

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Multiplayer

Online and Local Multiplayer stores all progress data on the host's save file, so that while it's possible to play through the game from start to finish in multiplayer, you cannot import your singleplayer character into someone's multiplayer game.

Online Multiplayer

Online Multiplayer requires all characters to stay on the same screen by default. However, you can change this by enabling the in-game console with the Enable Console mod.

You can then access the console by pressing Esc and clicking Help Topics, entering the command multiplayer_tether_screen 0 to allow each player to be on their own screen, and finally entering the command modal_close_all to close the console.

If the host has the Treasures of the Sun DLC, all connecting players also need the same expansion.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3, Vista SP1, 7	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5 GHz or equivalent	Intel Core i5-750 2.67 GHz or equivalent
System memory (RAM)	1.5 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 3870 Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT DirectX 9.0c compatible	ATI Radeon HD 4870 Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 DirectX 9.0c compatible

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.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/39160/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (39160) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ An Interview with Dungeon Siege III's Rich Taylor - Prima Games - last accessed on 2016-12-24
↑ http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.php?p=4672620&postcount=1461
↑ http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/135299
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 New 120Hz Games Report
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Dungeon Siege III local co-op - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)

[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.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/39160/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (39160) 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] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/39160/.

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

[5] The app ID (39160) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[1] An Interview with Dungeon Siege III's Rich Taylor - Prima Games - last accessed on 2016-12-24

[3] ttp://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.php?p=4672620&postcount=1461

[4] ttp://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/135299

[120Hz-5] 4.0 ^4.1 New 120Hz Games Report

[co-op-6] 5.0 ^5.1 Dungeon Siege III local co-op - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)

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Developers

	Obsidian Entertainment
Publishers
	Square Enix
Engines
	Onyx^[1]
Release dates
Windows	June 17, 2011
Reception
Metacritic	72
IGDB	76
Taxonomy
Monetization	DLC
Series	Dungeon Siege