Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
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| Developers | |
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| IO Interactive | |
| Publishers | |
| Eidos Interactive | |
| Japan | Spike Chunsoft |
| Engines | |
| Glacier | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 13, 2007 |
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Warnings
- For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.
| Kane & Lynch | |
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| Kane & Lynch: Dead Men | 2007 |
| Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days | 2010 |
General information
Availability[edit]
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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SecuROM DRM | |
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| Amazon.com (unavailable) | |
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| Green Man Gaming (unavailable) | |
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| Humble Store (unavailable) | |
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| Steam (unavailable) | |
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- All versions require Games for Windows - LIVE DRM.[Note 1]
- Steam version has been temporarily delisted.[1]
Essential improvements[edit]
Skip intro videos[edit]
| Skip intro |
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Play without Games for Windows - LIVE[edit]
| Play without GFWL[2] |
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Notes
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Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\kaneandlynch\main.ini |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8080/pfx/[Note 2] |
Configuration options[edit]
- DefaultScene=KaneAndLynch.gms
God Mode & Infinite ammo
- DefaultScene=Locations/M09_A/M09A_Main.gms
- DefaultScene=KaneAndLynch.gms
- showdebugtext 1
- show_debuggeoms
- showdebug 1
- InfAmmo 1
- God 1
enable game controller
- UseGameController
- GamePadMode 1
- DisableAltF4
- ExpandVertexBuffers
- Resolution 1920x1080
- PixelAspect 1
untested options
- ShowFrameRate 1
- ShowBlood 1
- BlackFilter
- FlashbackFilter
- TeargasFilter
- PsychoFilter
- FlashFilter
- PsychoFlashFilter
- PsychoFlashFilter_Out
- AgonyFilter
- MenuFilter
- StartWithGunInHand
- StartWithRifleInHand
- StartWithGranadeInHand
- NoFadeOut
- EnableCheats
- M_fgravity
Save game data location[edit]
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\kaneandlynch\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8080/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing[edit]
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Steam Cloud |
Video[edit]
Video settings
Advanced video settings
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | See the WSGF entry. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | See the WSGF entry. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | HUD does not scale well. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Add Window 1 line at the end of main.ini. |
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| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Launch the game in windowed mode and use Borderless Gaming. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No framerate cap without v-sync. | ||
Input[edit]
Input settings
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | Must unplug controller to use keyboard+mouse. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Additional information | ||
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| Button prompts | ||
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio[edit]
Audio settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Effects, Speech, Music, Ambience | |
| Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output through OpenAL or DirectSound3D restoration software. | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support | EAX 3[3] |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Russian | Retail only. Patch for digital release here. | |||
| Polish | Retail only. Patch for digital release here. |
Network[edit]
- Online features require a Microsoft account (optional for offline play).
- Co-op component is available in local play (split screen) only.
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 2 | Co-op Co-op version of single-player campaign. |
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| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | 8 | |||
Issues fixed[edit]
Gamepad not recognized[edit]
| The Registry Editor allows users to edit the Windows registry. |
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Notes
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Stuttering[edit]
| Use DirectInput FPS Fix. |
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| Use DInput8Wrapper |
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| Use Windows Device Manager. |
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Crash on startup[edit]
| Update GFWL client[citation needed] |
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Crash to desktop after the first campaign loading screen[edit]
| Head into the main menu audio options and change the Sound Render from OpenAL to DIRECTSOUND[4] |
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Other information[edit]
API[edit]
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware[edit]
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | OpenAL, DirectSound3D | May fall back to DirectSound3D if no OpenAL32.dll is detected in c:\SysWOW64. |
System requirements[edit]
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP SP2, Vista | |
| Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon XP 1800+ Intel Pentium 4 2 GHz |
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ Intel Pentium 4 2.5 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 7 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon X1300 Nvidia GeForce 6600 128 MB of VRAM | ATI Radeon X1800 Nvidia GeForce 8300 128 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ Games for Windows - LIVE DRM features: Legacy activation, supports local profiles.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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>/8080/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (8080) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.