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Dungeon Siege III

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Dungeon Siege III
Dungeon Siege III cover
Developers
Obsidian Entertainment
Publishers
Square Enix
Engines
Onyx[1]
Release dates
Windows June 17, 2011
Reception
Metacritic 72
IGDB 76
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Scrolling
Genres RPG
Themes Fantasy
Series Dungeon Siege
Dungeon Siege III on HowLongToBeat
Dungeon Siege III on IGDB
Dungeon Siege III on MobyGames
Dungeon Siege III on Wikipedia
Dungeon Siege
Dungeon Siege 2002
Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna 2003
Dungeon Siege II 2005
Dungeon Siege III 2011

General information

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
Amazon.com
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Bundled with Dungeon Siege, Dungeon Siege II, and the Treasures of the Sun DLC.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Free demo: steam://install/39230
No visible option to purchase the game outside North America and Japan. See workarounds.
Windows

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Treasures of the Sun
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename videos[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\data\movies\
  2. Delete or rename 000_obsidian.bik and 000_square.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dungeon Siege III\user.ini
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dungeon Siege III\save\*.opt
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39160/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dungeon Siege III\save\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39160/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
Despite a quota of 100 MB and each save being about 500-600 KB in size, only 10 save files can be synced online. Files must be saved in the "Steam Saves" folder to be synced.

Video

General settings.
General settings.
Video settings.
Video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Single selection enables 8x AF.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Game has built in MSAA but it does not actually work.[2] SMAA/FXAA in combination with Nvidia DSR/AMD VSR is highly recommended.[3]
Vertical sync (Vsync)
In-game Vsync caps frame rate at 60 FPS.[4]
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Disable in-game Vsync to remove 60 FPS cap; force externally if desired.[4]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Full key remapping with secondary options.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
XInput controllers only. Local co-op does not support mouse and keyboard.[5]
Full controller support
Can be toggled in main menu options - if enabled, prevents keyboard/mouse usage.
Controller remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Generic/other controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Voice, Effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Enables only in cinematics.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Translation.
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
Both players must use controllers.[5]
LAN play
Online play
Co-op

Connection types

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Multiplayer

Online and local multiplayer stores all progress data on the host's save file, so that while it is possible to play through the game from start to finish in multiplayer, singleplayer characters can not be imported into someone's multiplayer game.
Online multiplayer requires all characters to stay on the same screen by default. However, this can be changed by enabling the in-game console with the Enable Console mod.
Then, access the console by pressing Esc and clicking Help Topics, enter the command multiplayer_tether_screen 0 to allow each player to be on their own screen, and finally enter the command modal_close_all to close the console.
If the host has the Treasures of the Sun DLC, all connecting players also need the same expansion.

Issues fixed

Can't buy the game on Steam

There is no "Add to Cart" button on the game's Steam store page for users outside North America and Japan.
Method A: Wishlist[6]

Add the game to your wishlist, then add it to cart directly from the wishlist screen. "Treasures of the Sun" expansion can be purchased separately through normal means.

Method B: Bundle[7]

Instead of buying the game separately, get the Dungeon Siege Collection, which includes all games and expansions in the series, even though Dungeon Siege III is not explicitly listed as part of the bundle (only its expansion "Treasures of the Sun").

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3, Vista SP1, 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5 GHz or equivalent
System memory (RAM) 1.5 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon HD 3870
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT
DirectX 9.0c compatible


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>/39160/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (39160) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References