The Da Vinci Code

The Da Vinci Code

Developers
	The Collective
Publishers
	2K Games
Germany	Ak tronic Software & Services
Russia	1C Company
Engines
	Slayer
Release dates
Windows	May 19, 2006
Reception
Metacritic	53
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Quick time events, Adventure, Puzzle
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Europe, Renaissance, Historical, Contemporary, Detective/mystery

Warnings

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

The Da Vinci Code is a singleplayer third-person action, quick time events, adventure and puzzle game.

Key points

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

Suffers from poor performance on Windows 8/8.1/10/11. See dgVoodoo 2 to fix it.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM.

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

This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Higher quality music

The PC version uses lower quality 22.050 KHz MP3 tracks compared to the 44.1 KHz WMA tracks from the Xbox version.

Make sure to use Creative ALchemy for the highest quality sound playback.

Replace music tracks with higher quality Xbox music tracks
Download and unzip the replacement archive. Copy the files to <path-to-game>\engine\music, overwriting any existing files.

Skip intro videos

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

dgVoodoo 2

dgVoodoo 2 is a graphics wrapper that converts old graphics APIs up to Direct3D 12 (as of version 2.7) for use on Windows 7/8/10/11.

dgVoodoo 2
Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2 and extract the archive. Open the MS\x86 folder and copy D3D8.dll, D3DImm.dll and DDraw.dll files. Paste the files into the game installation folder where the game executable is. Optional: Run the included dgVoodooCpl program and configure the settings.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\engine\

Save game data location

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

Video

Graphics Options

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen Patch.
Multi-monitor		See Widescreen Patch.
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen Patch.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen Patch.
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		Borderless only. See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Always enabled, to turn it off see Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS
120+ FPS		See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Field of view (FOV)

This game uses horizontal FOV (Hor+).

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

Windowed

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

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Disable vsync
Go to <path-to-game>\engine\. Open default_pc.cfg with a text editor. Add the line vsyncinterval:0 (vsyncinterval:2 means VSync is on).

Anti-aliasing (AA)

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

High frame rate

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

Input

Controls

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See Remapping.
Mouse acceleration		Mouse acceleration is present. Can't be disabled.
Mouse sensitivity		See Mouse sensitivity.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See 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

Remapping

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

Mouse sensitivity

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

Audio

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
Spanish
Italian
French
German
Dutch
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation for retail english version by GameVicio, download.

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

Various engine options

Instructions Download Debug Patch to enable hidden DebugUI and Debug windows.

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
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	Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce 4 ATI Radeon 9000 128 MB of VRAM