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 DX (2011) is a cartoon third-person platform 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
- Sonic Retro - A huge fan site for everything Sonic the Hedgehog. Mods for all the games can be found here.
Availability
- 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
- 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
- SADX Mod Installer moves the game and SADX Mod Loader settings to
<path-to-game>
and <path-to-game>\mods
, respectively.
- The 2011 version's configuration tool has problems with saving settings. See here for details.
Save game data location
-
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 version can be converted to be compatible with the 2004 port with SADX Mod Installer.
System |
Native |
Notes |
OneDrive |
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Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
Steam Cloud |
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Video
External configuration launcher settings.
Use Nvidia Profile Inspector (Nvidia only)[5]
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- 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 .
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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SE, BGM, Voice |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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On by default. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Network
Multiplayer types
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[10]
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- 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 .
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Dreamcast Collection version: create the configuration file manually[10]
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- 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 then paste the following into 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.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0c |
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Shader Model support |
3.0 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Audio |
Criware |
The 2011 re-release uses the poor-quality WMA audio files from the 2004 port.[11] 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 Shader model 3.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce 8800 series ATI Radeon X1900 512 MB of VRAM |
Notes
References