The Da Vinci Code

The Da Vinci Code

Developers
	The Collective
Publishers
	2K Games
Germany	Ak tronic Software & Services
Russia	1C Company
Engines
	Slayer
Release dates
Windows	May 19, 2006
Reception
Metacritic	53
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Quick time events
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, Detective/mystery, Europe

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

The Da Vinci Code is a singleplayer third-person action, adventure, puzzle and quick time events game.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM.

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Higher quality music

The PC version uses lower quality 22.050 KHz MP3 tracks compared to the 44.1 KHz WMA tracks from the Xbox version.

Make sure to use Creative ALchemy for the highest quality sound playback.

Replace music tracks with higher quality Xbox music tracks
Download and unzip the replacement archive. Copy the files to <path-to-game>\engine\music\, overwriting any existing files.

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos
Open <path-to-game>\engine\default_pc.cfg. Change playlicensemovie:1 to playlicensemovie:0.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\engine\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%PUBLIC%\Documents\the da vinci code\

Video

Graphics Options

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen Patch.
Multi-monitor		See Widescreen Patch.
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen Patch.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen Patch.
Field of view (FOV)		65º by default. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		Borderless only. See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Always enabled. To turn it off, see Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Capped at 60 FPS by default. See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Field of view (FOV)

Change Field of View
Open <path-to-game>\engine\vars_pc.cfg. Change defaultfov=65 to the desired value. Notes This game uses horizontal FOV (Hor+).

Windowed

Enable windowed mode
Open <path-to-game>\engine\default_pc.cfg. Change fullscreen:1 to fullscreen:0.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Disable vsync
Open <path-to-game>\engine\default_pc.cfg. Add the line vsyncinterval:0 (vsyncinterval:2 means VSync is on).

High frame rate

Remove FPS cap
Open <path-to-game>\engine\vars_pc.cfg. Change fpsLimit=60 and maxFPSLimit=60 to the desired value (Setting to 0 disables the limit entirely).

Input

Controls

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See Remapping.
Mouse acceleration		Mouse acceleration is present. Can't be disabled.
Mouse sensitivity		See Mouse sensitivity.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See Remapping.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Remapping

Change keybinds
Open <path-to-game>\engine\binds_pc.cfg. Keyboard controls are the top of the file. Controller controls are the lower two sections of the file.

Mouse sensitivity

Mouse sensitivity
Open <path-to-game>\engine\vars_pc.cfg. Change mousespeed=0.50000 (found roughly half way down) to the desired value. Save the file.

Audio

Audio Settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Dialogue, Music and Effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Game pauses, but audio continues.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Traditional Chinese				Dafenqi Mima.
Dutch
French				Da Vinci Code.
German				The Da Vinci Code: Sakrileg.
Italian				Il codice da Vinci.
Brazilian Portuguese				O Código Da Vinci. Fan translation for retail english version by GameVicio, download.
Russian				Код да Винчи.
Spanish				El código Da Vinci.

Issues fixed

Game crashes on Alt+Tab

Run the game in windowed mode

Use dgVoodoo 2

Poor performance on Windows 8/8.1/10/11

Use dgVoodoo 2

Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper
Download d3d8to9. Place d3d8.dll into <path-to-game>\_bin\.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Various engine options

Instructions
Download Debug Patch to enable hidden DebugUI and Debug windows.

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000	XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz AMD Athlon XP 1.8 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce 4 ATI Radeon 9000 128 MB of VRAM