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|introduction    = '''''Sonic Adventure DX (2011)''''' is a [[:Category:Cartoon|cartoon]] [[:Category:Third-person|third-person]] [[:Category:platform|platforming]] game developed by [[:Company:Sonic Team|Sonic Team]] and published by [[:Company:Sega|Sega]], and was released for PC on March 4, 2011. It is the updated version of the original ''[[Sonic Adventure DX]]'' from 2004.
 
|introduction    = '''''Sonic Adventure DX (2011)''''' is a [[:Category:Cartoon|cartoon]] [[:Category:Third-person|third-person]] [[:Category:platform|platforming]] game developed by [[:Company:Sonic Team|Sonic Team]] and published by [[:Company:Sega|Sega]], and was released for PC on March 4, 2011. It is the updated version of the original ''[[Sonic Adventure DX]]'' from 2004.
  
|release history = This [[Store:Steam|Steam]] re-release of ''Sonic Adventure DX'' originally served to address some of the issues of the previous PC port, however, it also introduced new problems of its own, such as limited screen resolutions options, and despite supporting widescreen resolutions, the game itself was {{Term|pillarboxed}} to a 4:3 aspect-ratio. It's configuration launcher also had issues of not saving the game's settings, and it is missing some of the unlockable Game Gear games from the previous PC port and GameCube version.  
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|release history = This [[Store:Steam|Steam]] re-release of ''Sonic Adventure DX'' originally served to address some of the issues of the previous PC port, however, it also introduced new problems of its own, such as limited screen resolutions options, and despite supporting widescreen resolutions, the game itself is {{Term|pillarboxed}} to a 4:3 aspect-ratio. Its configuration launcher also has issues of not saving the game's settings, and it is missing some of the unlockable Game Gear games from the previous PC port and GameCube version.
  
|current state  = This version of the game was later replaced with [[Sonic Adventure DX (Steam)|another version in 2014]] to address issues with this version.
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|current state  = This version of the game was later replaced with [[Sonic Adventure DX (Steam)|another version in 2014]] to address issues with this re-release.
 
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Revision as of 17:08, 11 January 2021

This page is for 2011 version. For the current Steam version, see Sonic Adventure DX (Steam). For the original port, see Sonic Adventure DX.

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Sonic Adventure DX (2011)
Sonic Adventure DX (2011) cover
Developers
Sonic Team
Publishers
Sega
Release dates
Windows March 4, 2011
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Adventure, Platform
Vehicles Flight
Art styles Cartoon
Themes Contemporary
Series Sonic Adventure, Dreamcast Collection
Sonic Adventure DX (2011) on IGDB
Sonic Adventure DX (2011) guide on StrategyWiki
Sonic Adventure DX (2011) on MobyGames
Sonic Adventure DX (2011) on Wikipedia
Sonic Adventure
Subseries of Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic Adventure DX 2003
Sonic Adventure DX (2011) 2011
Sonic Adventure 2 2012
Sonic Adventure DX (Steam) 2014

Sonic Adventure DX (2011) is a cartoon third-person platforming game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega, and was released for PC on March 4, 2011. It is the updated version of the original Sonic Adventure DX from 2004.

This Steam re-release of Sonic Adventure DX originally served to address some of the issues of the previous PC port, however, it also introduced new problems of its own, such as limited screen resolutions options, and despite supporting widescreen resolutions, the game itself is pillarboxed to a 4:3 aspect-ratio. Its configuration launcher also has issues of not saving the game's settings, and it is missing some of the unlockable Game Gear games from the previous PC port and GameCube version.

This version of the game was later replaced with another version in 2014 to address issues with this re-release.

General information

Sonic News Network - A massive wiki for the Sonic the Hedgehog universe
Sonic Retro - A huge fan site for everything Sonic the Hedgehog. Mods for all the games can be found here.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Part of Dreamcast Collection. StarForce DRM.[1]
Was only released physically in Russia.
Windows
GamersGate (unavailable)
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
Windows
This game is no longer available digitally due to having been replaced with the current Steam version.
A faithful higher resolution desktop icon can be downloaded from the Files section.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/71250/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SEGA\Sonic Adventure DX\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/71250/pfx/[Note 1]

Video

External options menu.
External options menu.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Pillarboxed to 4:3 in widescreen.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Limited up to 1280x720 only.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
No option in the Dreamcast Collection version, but is on by default anyway
60 FPS
In-engine cutscenes are capped at 30 FPS.
120+ FPS
Gameplay is capped to 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Use Nvidia Profile Inspector (Nvidia only)[2]
  1. Create an application profile.
  2. Add Sonic Adventure DX.exe to the profile you just created; for the Dreamcast Collection version, also add Sonic.exe.
  3. Change the value of Antialiasing compatibility to 0x000000C1.

Notes

This fix allows MSAA, SGSSAA, OGSSAA, or OGSSAA-based HSAA (with or without SGSSAA) to be forced through Nvidia Profile Inspector.
If using the Dreamcast Collection version for this fix, forced anti-aliasing will only work when your display resolution for the game is set to 640x480.

Input

Audio

In-game settings.
In-game settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
On by default.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish
Castilian.

Issues fixed

Configuration tool does not save settings

Add key through Registry Editor[citation needed]
  1. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
  2. Check if you have a folder named SEGA on it. If you don't, right click on Uninstall, click New, then Key and name it SEGA.
  3. Right click SEGA, click New, then Key and name it Sonic Adventure DX.
  4. Right click the newly created Sonic Adventure DX and click New, then String Value, and name it Sonic Adventure DX.
  5. Double click the Sonic Adventure DX string and change the value to 1

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Shader Model support 3.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.8 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 7300 series
ATI Radeon X1600
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

  1. 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>/71250/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (71250) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References