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Hunted: The Demon's Forge

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Hunted: The Demon's Forge
Hunted: The Demon's Forge cover
Developers
inXile Entertainment
Publishers
Bethesda Softworks
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows May 30, 2011
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Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Error: DRM not recognised
Error: key type 'Windows' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Disable intro movies[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\DFGAME\MOVIES
  2. Delete or rename these files.
BETHESDA_LOGO.BIK
BINK.BIK
ESRB.BIK
GAMESPY.BIK
HUNTED_BETH_INX_LOGO.BIK
HUNTED_LEGALSCREENS_PC.BIK
HUNTED_LEGALSCREENS_XBOX.BIK
INXILE_LOGO.BIK
SCALEFORM.BIK
UNREAL.BIK
UNREAL_LOGO.BIK

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Hunted\DFGame\Config\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/22450/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Hunted\DFgame\SaveData\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/22450/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Anisotropic filtering (AF)[citation needed]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Hunted\DFGame\Config\
  2. Open DFENGINE.INI in a text editor.
  3. Find and change MaxAnisotropy=4 to MaxAnisotropy=16
  4. Save changes and exit.

Field of View (FOV)

Field of view (FOV)
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Hunted\DFGame\Config\
  2. Open DFCamera.ini in a text editor.
  3. Find "[DFGame.DFCam_Ranged]" sub-heading and change FOVAngle=90 to your desired FOV.
  4. Save changes and exit.

Notes

DFCamera.ini has 32 different FOVAngle values for various different camera positions. If adjusting FOV for ultrawide or multi-monitor setups, it's easiest to simply download the pre-edited files available on the WSGF entry page.
File may need to be set to read-only mode.

High frame rate

Unlock 60fps cap[citation needed]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Hunted\DFGame\Config\
  2. Open DFENGINE.INI.
  3. Find and change bSmoothFrameRate=true to false or increase the value for MaxSmoothedFrameRate to the desired value.
  4. Save changes and exit.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Mouse acceleration

Disable mouse smoothing[citation needed]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Hunted\DFGame\Config\
  2. Open DFINPUT.INI.
  3. Change bEnableMouseSmoothing=true to false
  4. Save changes and exit.

Mouse Sensitivity

Mouse Sensitivity
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Hunted\DFGame\Config\
  2. Open DFINPUT.INI.
  3. Change MouseSensitivity= to your desired sensitivity
  4. Save changes and exit.

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Korean
Spanish


Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
Use Nucleus Coop & Unofficial mod.
LAN play
2
Online play
2 GameSpy services have been shut down;[1] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

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

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: Hunted: The Demon's Forge for better support.
vorpX
G3D, Z3D
User Created Profile. (Unreal3 Engine). Excellent 3D in all modes.

Issues fixed

Crash at startup/New game/Prologue

On newer machines, the game may crash if no intro movie is available and/or when starting a new game/selecting the "Prologue" mission. Those crashes may be related to the DirectX renderer.
Fixing DirectX Crash[2]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Hunted\DFGame\Config\DFEngine.ini
  2. Locate the option AllowD3D10=False and change to True
  3. Save the changes and exit.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Interface Scaleform GFx
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer GameSpy GameSpy master servers have been shut down.

System requirements

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz or betterIntel Quad Core i5
System memory (RAM) 2 GB3 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 12 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX
AMD Radeon HD 4330		Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
AMD Radeon HD 5830

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References