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

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 re-release of Sonic Adventure DX originally served to address some of the issues of the previous 2004 PC port, however, it also introduced new problems of its own, such as limited screen resolutions options, the game screen is pillarboxed to a 4:3 aspect-ratio, poor frame-skipping, and re-uses the poorly converted WMA audio files from the 2004 port. 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 the issues with this re-release.

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Part of Dreamcast Collection. StarForce DRM.^[1] Was only released physically in Russia.
GamersGate (unavailable)
Steam (unavailable)		Replaced by the 2014 version.^[2]

This version of the 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; it can also be applied to the game's executable with SADX Mod Installer.

Essential improvements

SADX Mod Installer

A mod and patching tool that offers bleeding-edge mod updates, downgrading the later PC re-releases to the 2004 port, advanced and beginner-friendly options for installing mods, multiple mod presets (Dreamcast, Enhanced SADX, Minimal), install necessary dependencies, apply compatibility fixes, and configure SADX Mod Loader's settings before installation.

Provides a custom configuration tool to customize game settings as well as keyboard and controller bindings.

After downgrading to the 2004 port with SADX Mod Installer, see here and here for recommended mods.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\SEGA\Sonic Adventure DX\config.ini %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SEGA\Dreamcast Collection\Sonic Adventure DX\config.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/71250/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

SADX Mod Installer moves the game and SADX Mod Loader settings to <path-to-game> and <path-to-game>\mods, respectively.

The 2011 re-release's configuration tool has problems with saving settings. See here for details.

Save game data location

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

SonicAdventure##.snc is the game's save data for each save slot. Up to 10 save slots are available.

SonicAdventureChaoGarden.snc is the game's Chao Garden save data.

Save files from the 2011 re-release can be converted to be compatible with the 2004 port with SADX Mod Installer.

Video

External configuration launcher settings.

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)^[3]

Create an application profile.
Add Sonic Adventure DX.exe to the profile you just created; for the Dreamcast Collection version, also add Sonic.exe.
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

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Mouse is not used at all in-game.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		The Start button in is hardcoded to Button 8 and the Right Stick camera axes cannot be remapped in this version.^[4]
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		The 2011 re-release only uses keyboard prompts. Use SADX Mod Installer then install either the Xbox 360 Prompts or Xbox One Prompts mods.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		Although the game recognizes DualShock 4 controllers as a generic DirectInput controller, the extra trigger axes causes uncontrollable camera spinning similarly to the 2004 port, which cannot be remapped in this version.^[5] Use the Input Mod included with SADX Mod Installer for improved DualShock 4 support, however, its configuration tool does have an issue with remapping controls (see here).
PlayStation button prompts		Use SADX Mod Installer, then install the DualShock 3 Prompts or PlayStation 4 Prompts mod.
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth) V2 tested.^[5]

Generic/other controllers		Some DirectInput controllers may not work properly with this game.
Button prompts		No controller prompts whatsoever.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

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				Dubtitles only. Use SADX Mod Installer, then install Sonic Adventure Retranslated if playing with Japanese voice-overs and English subtitles.
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish				Castilian.

Issues fixed

Configuration tool does not save settings

The Steam version's configuration tool does not save settings properly, and the Dreamcast Collection version's configuration tool does not write a new configuration file if one is missing without re-installing the game.

Steam version: Add key through Registry Editor^[6]

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
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.
Right-click SEGA, click New, then Key and name it Sonic Adventure DX.
Right-click the newly created Sonic Adventure DX and click New, then String Value, and name it Sonic Adventure DX.
Double-click the Sonic Adventure DX string and change the value to 1.

Dreamcast Collection version: create the configuration file manually^[6]

Check if you have a series of folders from %USERPROFILE%\Documents that goes up to SEGA\Dreamcast Collection\Sonic Adventure DX. If not, create a new folder in %USERPROFILE%\Documents and name it SEGA.
Go into the SEGA, right-click and select New → Folder, and name it Dreamcast Collection.
Go into the Dreamcast Collection folder, right-click and select New → Folder, and name it Sonic Adventure DX.
Go into the Sonic Adventure DX folder, create a new text file and name it config.ini.

Open the config.ini file you created with a text editor, and paste the following in this file.

[Sonic Adventure DX]
COLOURMODE=1
CONTROL2P_INDEX=1
CONTROL2P_TYPE=3
CONTROL_ATTACK1=1
CONTROL_ATTACK2=2
CONTROL_CAMERA_MINUS=36
CONTROL_CAMERA_PLUS=37
CONTROL_CANCEL=1
CONTROL_CONFIRM=0
CONTROL_DOWN=33
CONTROL_INDEX=0
CONTROL_JUMP=0
CONTROL_LEFT=34
CONTROL_RIGHT=35
CONTROL_TYPE=3
CONTROL_UP=32
CONTROL_WHISTLE=3
FOG=1
FULL_SCREEN=0
LANGUAGE=1
RESOLUTION=4
VOLUMN_BGM=80
VOLUMN_SE=80
VOLUMN_VOICE=80

Save the file (File → Save or Ctrl+S) in this location. The Dreamcast Collection version's configuration tool should be able to read and write the configuration files again.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Criware	The 2011 re-release uses the poor-quality WMA audio files from the 2004 port.^[7] The original Dreamcast audio files can be restored with the Sound Overhaul mod included with SADX Mod Installer.^{[Note 2]}
Input	SDL2	Use the Input Mod bundled with SADX Mod Installer for SDL2 support.
Cutscenes	Criware	Sofdec format FMV files.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 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	Nvidia GeForce 8800 series ATI Radeon X1900 512 MB of VRAM

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>/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.
↑ More Information about CRI Middleware (in Japanese).

References

↑ Dreamcast Collection PC..? - Page 2
↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-01-28
Accessed the older 2011 version via Steam Depot Downloader.
↑ NVidia Anti-Aliasing Guide (updated)
↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-01-27
Tested on the Dreamcast Collection release of the game.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-01-27
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-01-28
↑ Sound and Music Quality Downgrades - Dreamcastify - last accessed on 2021-01-24

[Proton_path_note-3] 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.

[Note-9] More Information about CRI Middleware (in Japanese).

[1] Dreamcast Collection PC..? - Page 2

[2011_Steam_version-2] Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-01-28
Accessed the older 2011 version via Steam Depot Downloader.

[4] NVidia Anti-Aliasing Guide (updated)

[Controller_remap-5] Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-01-27
Tested on the Dreamcast Collection release of the game.

[DualShock_4_support-6] 5.0 ^5.1 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-01-27

[Configuration_tool_issues-7] 6.0 ^6.1 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-01-28

[8] Sound and Music Quality Downgrades - Dreamcastify - last accessed on 2021-01-24

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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.
-|release history = This re-release of ''Sonic Adventure DX'' originally served to address some of the issues of the previous 2004 PC port, however, it also introduced new problems of its own, such as limited screen resolutions options, the game screen is {{Term|pillarboxed}} to a 4:3 aspect-ratio, poor frame-skipping, and re-uses the poorly converted WMA audio files from the 2004 port. Its configuration launcher also has issues of not saving the game's settings in the Steam version, and it is missing some of the unlockable Game Gear games from the previous PC port and GameCube version.
+|release history = This re-release of ''Sonic Adventure DX'' originally served to address some of the issues of the previous 2004 PC port, however, it also introduced new problems of its own, such as limited screen resolutions options, the game screen is {{Term|pillarboxed}} to a 4:3 aspect-ratio, poor frame-skipping, and re-uses the poorly converted WMA audio files from the 2004 port. 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 the issues with this re-release.

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
Sports	Fishing
Vehicles	Flight
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Contemporary
Series	Sonic Adventure, Dreamcast Collection