Painkiller: Hell & Damnation

Painkiller: Hell & Damnation

Developers
	The Farm 51
Linux	Leszek Godlewski
Publishers
2012-2020	Nordic Games
2020-present	Deep Silver
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	October 31, 2012
macOS (OS X)	May 27, 2014
Linux	May 27, 2014
Reception
Metacritic	64
IGDB	57
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	FPS
Themes	Horror
Series	Painkiller

Painkiller
Painkiller	2004
Painkiller: Overdose	2007
Painkiller: Resurrection	2009
Painkiller: Redemption	2011
Painkiller: Recurring Evil	2012
Painkiller: Hell & Damnation	2012

General information

Official forums

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam		Not available in Germany.
Origin (unavailable)

All versions require Steam DRM.

A free demo can be downloaded from Steam via direct link (allow Steam popup): steam://install/223370

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Collector's Edition DLC 1
Collector's Edition DLC 2
City Critters
Demonic Vacation at the Blood Sea
Heaven's Above
Full Metal Rocket
Operation "Zombie Bunker"
The Clock Strikes Meat Night
Medieval Horror
Satan Claus	Available for free.
Singleplayer Tarot Card Pack	Part of Collector's Edition.
Multiplayer Body Skin Pack	Part of Collector's Edition.
Digital Extras	Part of Collector's Edition.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files
Go to <path-to-game>\PKHDGame\Movies in the installation folder. Delete or rename Nordic_Games_Logo.bik, The_Farm_51_logo.bik and UE3_logo.

Delete/rename the splash file
Go to <path-to-game>\PKHDGame\PC\Splash in the installation folder. Delete or rename Splash.bmp

Game data

Gameplay settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Painkiller Hell and Damnation\PKHDGame\Config\
macOS (OS X)	Painkiller Hell & Damnation.app/Contents/Resources/PKHDGame/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/Painkiller Hell and Damnation/PKHDGame/Config/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/214870/remote/
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Steam/ACTiVATED/214870/remote/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			See the WSGF entry.
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)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Disable Framerate Smoothing in settings.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
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

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Issues fixed

Fixing performance issues

Fixing Performance Issues[citation needed]
Go to the configuration files location. Open PKHDEngine. Find bSmoothFrameRate= Change the value to FALSE

Audio

General settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 7.0
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		Compatible with X3DAudio HRTF for binaural HRTF mixing. Must set .exe to Windows XP Service Pack 3 compatibility.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation – download.
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Co-op Split-screen.
LAN play		2	Co-op
Online play		2	Co-op

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated		Windows server software is available under Tools in the Steam client.
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

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

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2	2.4 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8600 ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6.3	10.7
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz Dual Core	2.4 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 9600M/320M ATI Radeon HD 4670 256 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce 9800/260 ATI Radeon HD 4870 512 MB of VRAM

Intel integrated GPUs are not supported.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04/13.04, Linux Mint 14 & 15
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2	2.4 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8600 ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB of VRAM