Drakensang: The Dark Eye
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| Developers | |
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| Radon Labs | |
| Publishers | |
| DTP Entertainment | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | February 27, 2009 |
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| The Dark Eye | |
|---|---|
| Realms of Arkania (series) | |
| Drakensang: The Dark Eye | 2008 |
| Drakensang: The River of Time | 2010 |
| Drakensang Online | 2011 |
| The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav | 2012 |
| Memoria | 2013 |
| Demonicon | 2013 |
| Blackguards | 2014 |
| Blackguards 2 | 2015 |
| The Dark Eye: Book of Heroes | 2020 |
Key points
- German retail version is not patched. All digital versions are.
General information
Availability[edit]
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
High Resolution Texture Pack included.[citation needed] | |
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| GamersGate | |
SecuROM PA DRM. English only. No Hi-Res patch included. | |
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| Steam | |
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Essential improvements[edit]
Patches[edit]
- Germany version only. List of patches. The Steam and English retail versions are already patched to the latest version.
Skip intro videos[edit]
| Replace video[1] |
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High Resolution Texture Pack[edit]
- Requires Patch 1.02 on the German version of the game.
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Drakensang\profiles\default\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12640/pfx/[Note 1] |
- Edit
profile.xml, which appears after launching the game and editing an option. Save the file but do not check read-only as this will cause a runtime error.
Save game data location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Drakensang\profiles\default\save |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12640/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing[edit]
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video settings[edit]
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Not all supported resolutions are listed in-game. See configuration file(s) location. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | Can be forced via an .ini edit, see configuration file(s) location. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter or launch the game with the -windowed option.[2] |
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| Borderless fullscreen windowed | EXE can be edited via a third party tool.[citation needed] | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Can be forced via GPU driver. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | x2, x4. Uses a custom MSAA injector. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | On by default and cannot be turned off. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Uncapped frame rate and refresh rate, no in-game frame rate cap. | ||
Input settings[edit]
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | Camera sensitivity, as opposed to general mouse sensitivity. | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | x-axis supported. | |
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
Audio settings[edit]
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music, ambient, SFX, user interface, dialogue. | |
| Surround sound | Stereo 2.0. | |
| Subtitles | English and German, depending on language of game. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | Background music continues to play and loop when necessary. |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | English voices with English editions only. | |||
| French | ||||
| German | German voices with German editions only. | |||
| Italian | Italian voices with Italian editions only. | |||
| Russian | Russian voices with Russian editions only. | |||
| Spanish | Retail version, download. |
VR support[edit]
| 3D modes | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. Note: Profile requires an officially unprotected game, for example from the german magazine Computer Bild Spiele 8/2012. |
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Other information[edit]
API[edit]
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Shader Model support | 3.0 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
System requirements[edit]
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz | 2.6 GHz Dual Core |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 6 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT |
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>/12640/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (12640) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.