Legacy of Kain: Defiance

Legacy of Kain
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain	1997
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver	1999
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2	2001
Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2	2002
Legacy of Kain: Defiance	2003
Nosgoth	Cancelled

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM V5 DRM
		Includes Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 and Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2.
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

Essential improvements

Unofficial patches

Unsupported Patch 1.1 patches the North American retail release to 1.1. Not required for any other version.

Skip intro videos

Instructions^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\movies` Delete/Rename `eidos.bik`

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Legacy of Kain - Defiance\ HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crystal Dynamics\Legacy of Kain: Defiance\1.00.000
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/224300/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

The config file is not in plain text format.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Legacy of Kain - Defiance\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/224300/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	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		See Widescreen resolution
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	See Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See Windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Enabled/disabled, no description of method.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Widescreen fix^{[citation needed]}

Download Widescreen fix by nemesis2000.
Extract sr3.7z files to the installation folder (password=sr3).
Edit sr3.ini to set the resolution.

Notes

Supported exe size: 1 421 312 bytes.

Windowed

Use DxWnd^{[citation needed]}
Download and run DxWnd as administrator. Click on Edit, then Add. Set name to Legacy of Kain - Defiance. Set path to `<path-to-game>\defiance.exe`. Set Acquire admin caps. Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed. Click on Mouse tab, set Cursor visibility to Hide. Click OK, then File and Save.

Use D3DWindower^{[citation needed]}

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Uses DirectInput, XInput controllers may experience issues.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts		Refers to the action and not the button tied to it.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Option to enable or disable.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Has on/off options for sound and music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Game pauses when focus is lost.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail only
German				Retail only
Italian				Retail only. Download.
Hungarian				Fan translation
Spanish				Retail only. Download.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Legacy of Kain: Defiance.
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

Kain's cloak and Raziel's wings are deformed

Limit the frame rate to 60 FPS^{[citation needed]}

Enable V-Sync and set refresh rate to 60hz^{[citation needed]}

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98, XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0b compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/224300/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (224300) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Legacy of kain defiance Wayback Machine [missing title] - last accessed on 2021-9-5

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/224300/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (224300) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[Nixxes-1] Legacy of kain defiance Wayback Machine [missing title] - last accessed on 2021-9-5

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[Note 1]

Developers

	Crystal Dynamics
Windows	Nixxes Software^[1]
Publishers
Retail	Eidos Interactive
Digital	Square Enix
Release dates
Windows	December 17, 2003
Reception
Metacritic	70
Taxonomy
Series	Legacy of Kain