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Key points
- Owners of the full Van Helsing trilogy can get this game for free.[1]
- Wide variety of options including selecting between different DirectX versions and OpenGL for rendering.
- High-resolution texture pack is available as a free DLC on Steam.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
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Notes |
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GOG.com |
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Complete series bundle. |
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Green Man Gaming |
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Steam |
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Disables DLCs, achievement completion, and internet-hosted multiplayer servers when run outside of Steam (listings of player-hosted games are still available through Neocore servers).[2] Online functionality, including cloud saves, requires a Neocore account.[3] |
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Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Rename/delete intro videos[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\Videos\ENG
- Delete or rename the following files:
neocore_logo.ogg , neocore_logo.wmv , neocore_logo.webm , nvidia.ogg , nvidia.webm , nvidia.wmv
Notes:
- Not all of the listed files may be present, in which case simply delete the ones that are.
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Reduce Start Up Load Time
Delete unused language files[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\Strings
- Delete the folders for languages you don't plan on using:
- e.g. If you use English, delete all folders except for
eng
- Be sure not to delete the file
Languages.xml
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1920x1080 or above Resolutions missing on Non 100% DPI Scaling on Windows 10 (125%,200% etc)
Set Scaling override
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\VanHelsing_x64.exe
- Go to compatibility "Change high DPI settings" > High DPI Scaling override
- Check box Override high DPI scaling behavior. "Scaling performed by": Select in drop box "Application"
- Do the same for VanHelsing_x64_win10.exe
- if above does not work try falling back to 100% display scaling.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Input
Input settings with controller enabled.
Input settings with controller disabled.
When removing controller with controller support enabled, the game requires one to be connected (top). If a controller is plugged in with controller support disabled or a new controller is detected a popup details that it won't be usable without restarting the game (bottom).
- By default controller support is enabled if detected, and if enabled requires a connected controller, and won't support a different type of controller without a restart. When controller support enabled the mouse, cursor included, is disabled past the initial loading screen. Toggling controller support on/off in settings requires a restart.
Audio
Audio feature |
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Separate volume controls |
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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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Finishes playing current audio buffer before muting. |
Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Czech |
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French |
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German |
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Hungarian |
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Italian |
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Polish |
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Portuguese |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Issues fixed
Game crashes on Windows 10
Disable 'Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service'[5]
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- Press ↵ Enter+R and type in services.msc and click OK.
- Find Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service, right click it and click Properties.
- Set Startup type to Manual, click the Stop button and click Apply.
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- Blocking with Registry Edit (e.g. Parameter/TCIP) will crash the game. So allow registry edit and but block with Firewall.
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Network
Multiplayer types
VR support
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0c, 11 |
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OpenGL |
3.3 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Can run in 32-bit mode through settings. |
Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Physics |
PhysX |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP SP3 |
7, 8 |
Processor (CPU) |
2.0 GHz Dual Core
| 2.5 GHz Quad Core |
System memory (RAM) |
2 GB |
4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
40 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon HD 4000 Intel HD Graphics 4000 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 ATI Radeon HD 5800 DirectX 11 compatible |
Sound (audio device) |
DirectX 9.0c compatible | |
Other |
Broadband Internet connection | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/400170/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (400170) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References