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Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon

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Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon
Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon cover
Developers
Kheops Studio
Publishers
Microids
Russia Akella
Release dates
Windows March 30, 2008
macOS (OS X) October 28, 2010
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives First-person
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure
Art styles Realistic
Themes Horror
Series Dracula
Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon on MobyGames
Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon on Wikipedia
Dracula
Dracula: The Resurrection 1999
Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary 2000
Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon 2008
Dracula 4: The Shadow of the Dragon 2013
Dracula 5: The Blood Legacy 2014

Key points

Steam version is based on the mobile ports.
Steam version is reportedly buggy and missing a considerable amount of content from the original release.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Essential improvements

Skip splash screens on Steam version

Delete or rename splash files[1]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\2D\Menus\Splashes\HD\.
  2. Delete or rename logo_kheops.png, Microids.png, and Tetraedge.png.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Dracula 3\options.xml
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289840/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Dracula 3\save.xml
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289840/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Only during gameplay on Steam version. FMVs are still 4:3
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

General settings.
General settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
The Inverse look option inverts both the X-axis and Y-axis.
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound Effects, Music, Voice
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Retail only
Spanish

Issues fixed

Blank screen on Windows 10 and low framerate

Install WineD3D DLLs[2]
  1. Download WineD3D Here.
  2. Extract d3d9.dll, libwine.dll and wined3d.dll into <path-to-game>.
  3. Go to <path-to-game> and find Dracula3.exe
  4. Right click and go into properties
  5. Go to Compatibility and click on Change settings for all users (has to be for all users).
  6. Check "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and select Windows XP SP3.
  7. Disable full screen performance.
  8. Check "Run this program as an administrator".
  9. Start the game.

Notes

Newer versions than 2.7 of WineD3D will not work.[citation needed]

Flickering Screen

a comprehensive fix video can be found here https://youtu.be/-cAcZO9K5j0

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
OpenGL
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio OpenAL

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98SE, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 800 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT
ATI Radeon 1800XT
64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Other 1024x768 resolution
16X CD-ROM
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5
Processor (CPU) 1.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB


Notes

  1. 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>/289840/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (289840) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References