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Sonic Adventure DX (2011)

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This page is for non-Steam versions. For the Steam version, see Sonic Adventure DX (Steam). For the original port, see Sonic Adventure DX.

Sonic Adventure DX
Sonic Adventure DX cover
Developers
Sonic Team
Sonic Team USA
Publishers
Sega
Release dates
Windows February 22, 2011
Reception
IGDB 57
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
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Subseries of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Key points

Updated version of 2003 Sonic Adventure DX PC port. For the even more updated Steam version see Sonic Adventure DX (Steam).
Missing some Game Gear games from the GameCube and 2003 PC versions.
Screen resolution is locked, with a purple border on widescreen monitors.

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
This game is no longer available digitally due to having been replace 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

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SEGA\Sonic Adventure DX\

Video

External options menu.
External options menu.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Only supports 848x480 and 1280x720, but is pillarboxed to 4:3 aspect ratio
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
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
Cutscenes are locked to 30 FPS.
120+ FPS
Game is locked 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 antialiasing will only work when your display resolution for the game is set to 640x480.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
No mouse support.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
No gamepad prompts.
Full controller support
Configuration menu not useable with controller. Game itself is fully controller controllable.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

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

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

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


References