Legacy of Kain: Defiance
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| Developers | |
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| 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 |
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General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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SecuROM V5 DRM | |
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| Publisher website | |
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Includes Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 and Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2. | |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Steam | |
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Essential improvements
Unofficial patches
- Unsupported Patch 1.1 patches the North American retail release to 1.1 version. Not required for any other version.
Skip intro videos
| Instructions |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Legacy of Kain - Defiance\ HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crystal Dynamics\Legacy of Kain: Defiance\1.00.000 |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/224300/pfx/[Note 1] |
- The config file is not in plain text format.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Legacy of Kain - Defiance\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/224300/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| 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) | Run defiance.exe with -setup command line argument and tick Vertical Sync |
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| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Widescreen resolution
| Widescreen fix[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Windowed
| Use DxWnd |
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Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| 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 |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Button prompts | Refers to the action and not the button tied to it. | |
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | Option to enable or disable. | |
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| 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 |
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| English | ||||
| French | Retail only | |||
| German | Retail only | |||
| Italian | Retail only. Download. | |||
| Hungarian | Fan translation | |||
| Spanish | Retail only. Download. |
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
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| Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Legacy of Kain: Defiance. | ||
| vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
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Issues fixed
Kain's cloak and Raziel's wings are deformed
| Limit the frame rate to 60 FPS[citation needed] |
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| Enable V-Sync and set the refresh rate to 60hz |
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Random crashes and freezes
| Force CPU affinity to one core[citation needed] |
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| Use DxWnd |
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Use the following configuration in DxWnd:
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Set the compatibility mode to Windows 98/Me[citation needed]
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 98SE, 2000, XP | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 700 MHz | Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 2 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible | 64 MB of VRAM | ||
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 (224300) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Legacy of kain defiance Wayback Machine [missing title] - last accessed on 2021-9-5