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Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Availability
- 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
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- Download and unzip the replacement archive.
- Copy the files to
<path-to-game>\engine\music\ , overwriting any existing files.
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Skip intro videos
Skip intro videos[5]
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- Open
<path-to-game>\engine\default_pc.cfg .
- Change
playlicensemovie:1 to playlicensemovie:0 .
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%PUBLIC%\Documents\the da vinci code\ |
Video
Change Field of View[6]
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- Open
<path-to-game>\engine\vars_pc.cfg .
- Change
defaultfov=65 to the desired value.
Notes
- This game uses horizontal FOV (Hor+).
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Enable windowed mode[7]
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- Open
<path-to-game>\engine\default_pc.cfg .
- Change
fullscreen:1 to fullscreen:0 .
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Disable vsync[8]
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- Open
<path-to-game>\engine\default_pc.cfg .
- Add the line
vsyncinterval:0 (vsyncinterval:2 means VSync is on).
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Remove FPS cap[9]
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- Open
<path-to-game>\engine\vars_pc.cfg .
- Change
fpsLimit=60 and maxFPSLimit=60 to the desired value (Setting to 0 disables the limit entirely).
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Input
Change keybinds[10]
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- Open
<path-to-game>\engine\binds_pc.cfg .
- Keyboard controls are the top of the file. Controller controls are the lower two sections of the file.
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Mouse sensitivity[11]
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- Open
<path-to-game>\engine\vars_pc.cfg .
- Change
mousespeed=0.50000 (found roughly half way down) to the desired value.
- Save the file.
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Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Dialogue, Music and Effects. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Game pauses, but audio continues. |
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Traditional Chinese |
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Dafenqi Mima. |
Dutch |
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French |
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Da Vinci Code. |
German |
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The Da Vinci Code: Sakrileg. |
Italian |
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Il codice da Vinci. |
Brazilian Portuguese |
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O Código Da Vinci. Fan translation for retail english version by GameVicio, download. |
Russian |
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Код да Винчи. |
Spanish |
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El código Da Vinci. |
Issues fixed
Game crashes on Alt+Tab
Poor performance on Windows 8/8.1/10/11
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
8.1 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Various engine options
Instructions
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- Download Debug Patch to enable hidden DebugUI and Debug windows.
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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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 |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[3] 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.[4]
- ↑ 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