Frank Herbert's Dune
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| Developers | |
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| Widescreen Games[1] | |
| Publishers | |
| Europe | Cryo Interactive[1] |
| North America | DreamCatcher Interactive[1][2] |
| Engines | |
| RenderWare | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 25, 2001 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action |
| Themes | Sci-fi |
| Series | Dune |
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| Dune | |
|---|---|
| Dune | 1992 |
| Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty | 1992 |
| Dune 2000 | 1998 |
| Emperor: Battle for Dune | 2001 |
| Frank Herbert's Dune | 2001 |
| OpenRA (unofficial) | 2010 |
| Dune: Spice Wars | 2023 |
| Dune: Imperium | 2024 |
| Dune: Awakening | 2025 |
Warnings
- RenderWare games may not work on Windows 11 24H2 or later without using a DirectSound wrapper (see the engine page for details).
General information
- Official Website (retrieved)
- Dune Wiki - The Duniverse
- Dune2K.com - A major Dune fansite with an active community
Key points
- A seriously flawed PS2 port, with major rendering glitches on modern systems.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\configpc.cfg[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Dune_*.sav[Note 1] |
Video
External Configuration Tool
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Can be set by editing configuration file(s) location | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Can be set by editing configuration file(s) location | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
- An external Configuration Tool can be accessed with
<path-to-game>\VideoCfg.exeor through a Start Menu shortcut
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
Audio settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music and Sound Effects/Speech | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | Released as "Duna" (Infogrames do Brasil) | |||
| Russian | 1C Localization | |||
| Spanish | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Portuguese | Retail only |
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| vorpX | G3D User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.55.4, read importent hints in profile introdution. Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum. |
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Issues fixed
Vsync (Enabled by default) not working
| Use dgVoodoo2 |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 7 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 98 | ME, XP | ||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 400 MHz | Intel Pentium III 500 MHz | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 540 MB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible | 32 MB of VRAM | ||
Notes
- ↑ 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).