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The Da Vinci Code

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The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code cover
Developers
The Collective, Inc.
Publishers
2K Games
Engines
Slayer
Release dates
Windows May 19, 2006
Reception
Metacritic 53
Taxonomy
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Third-person
Genres Adventure, Puzzle
Themes Europe, Renaissance
The Da Vinci Code guide on StrategyWiki
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The Da Vinci Code on Wikipedia

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

Key points

The game may crash when using Alt+Tab in fullscreen. See Issues fixed.

The Da Vinci Code is a singleplayer third-person adventure and puzzle game.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SafeDisc DRM[Note 1].
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open default_pc.cfg.
  3. Change playlicensemovie:1 to playlicensemovie:0.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\engine\[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %PUBLIC%\Documents\the da vinci code\

Video

Field of view (FOV)

Change Field of View
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open vars_pc.cfg.
  3. Change defaultfov=65 to the desired value.

Windowed

Enable windowed mode
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open default_pc.cfg.
  3. Change fullscreen:1 to fullscreen:0.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Force MSAA using dgVoodoo 2
  1. Install dgVoodoo 2.
  2. Open dgVoodooCpl.exe and click on the DirectX tab.
  3. Set Antialiasing (MSAA) to 2x, 4x or 8x.

High frame rate

Remove FPS cap
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open vars_pc.cfg.
  3. Change fpsLimit=60 and maxFPSLimit=60 to the desired value.

Input

Controls
Controls

Remapping

Change keybinds[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open binds_pc.cfg.
  3. Keyboard controls are the top of the file. Controller controls are the lower two sections of the file.

Mouse sensitivity

Mouse sensitivity
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\engine\
  2. Open vars_pc.cfg.
  3. Change mousespeed=0.50000 (found roughly half way down) to a desired value.
  4. Save the file.

Audio

Audio Settings
Audio Settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Dialogue, Music and Effects
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Game pauses, but audio continues.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Game crashes on Alt+Tab

Run the game in windowed mode.
Install dgVoodoo 2.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8.1
Shader Model support 2.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio DirectSound
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz
AMD Athlon XP 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 3
ATI Radeon 8500
64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
  2. When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References