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The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing

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The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing cover
Developers
NeocoreGames
Release dates
Windows May 22, 2013
macOS (OS X) November 20, 2013
Reception
Metacritic 72
IGDB 64
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Multiplayer
Series The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
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The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing 2013
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II 2014
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III 2015
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut 2015

General information

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Complete series bundle.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Complete pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Blue blood
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Thaumaturge
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Arcane Mechanic
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Rename/delete intro videos[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Videos\ENG
  2. Delete or rename the following files for the appropriate version.
    • Windows: neocore_logo.ogg, neocore_logo.wmv, nvidia.ogg, nvidia.wmv, VH_Logo.ogg and VH_Logo.wmv
    • OS X: neocore_logo.mov and VH_Logo.mov

Speed up game startup

Delete unused languages
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Strings
  2. Delete every language folder but the one you use (e.g. all folders but Eng for English-speakers)

1920x1080 or above Resolutions missing on Non 100% DPI Scaling on Windows 10 (125%,200% etc)

Set Scaling override
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\VanHelsing_x64.exe
  2. Go to compatibility "Change high DPI settings" > High DPI Scaling override
  3. Check box Override high DPI scaling behavior. "Scaling performed by": Select in drop box "Application"
  4. Do the same for VanHelsing_x64_win10.exe
  5. if above does not work try falling back to 100% display scaling.

Decrease install size

Delete unused textures to massively reduce install size
  1. Run the game and go to video settings.
  2. Ensure the desired texture resolution (either low, medium, or high) is selected.
  3. Exit the game.
  4. Go to <path-to-game>\Terrains. Inside each folder is a low, medium, and high subfolder.
  5. Delete the two subfolders that are NOT the desired texture resolution. For example, if high is the desired texture resolution, then delete low and medium.
    • This is a simple BASH command for Linux that will automate this process: find <path-to-game>/Terrains/ -iname <the texture resolution to delete> -exec bash -c "rm {}" \;
    • The command will need to be run twice: Once for each texture to delete.
    • gio trash can be used in place of rm for anybody who is uncomfortable with rm. Instead of immediately deleting the files/folders, they will instead be moved to the trash bin, where they can be safely restored in the event of an error.
      • NOTE: Install size will NOT decrease until the folders in the trash bin are completely deleted.

Bug fix, text correction, and content restoration

Prometheus Mod

Van Helsing Enhanced

Van Helsing Enhanced

Game data

General settings.
General settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NeoCore Games\Van Helsing\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/215530/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\NeocoreGames\Van Helsing\SaveGame\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/215530/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

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.
Advanced Video settings.
Advanced Video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Requires restarting game to enable/disable.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
MLAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Optional cap which is disabled by default.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.
Controller bindings and settings.
Controller bindings and settings.
When removing controller after starting the game, the game requires one to be connected (top). If controller is plugged in after starting the game, the game requires restart to use it (bottom). Disabling controller from the settings requires restart as well.
When removing controller after starting the game, the game requires one to be connected (top). If controller is plugged in after starting the game, the game requires restart to use it (bottom). Disabling controller from the settings requires restart as well.
If controller is present when game is started it's required to play the game. Unplugging brings popup window asking to reconnect controller. However simply unplugging controller before starting the game and unchecking controller option from controls settings makes it possible to play with mouse and keyboard even if controller is connected.

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, music, battle sounds, terrain sounds, SFX and speech.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Slight delay.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Co-op
Use Nucleus Co-op.
LAN play
Online play
4 Co-op

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing.
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

Workarounds and fixes for common issues are listed at games official forum.

Start-up crash

Game features automatic detection of hardware to adjust settings automatically. However, in some cases this fails and closes the game.
Disable hardware check[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file location.
  2. Under options, change MeasuredHardwarePerformance value to 0.
Other issue may be that game detects resolution that isn't supported by the monitor, which causes game to either crash or monitor not showing anything.
Enable windowed mode and remove resolution value[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file location.
  2. Under options, change WindowedStyle value to 1.
    • You may also try completely removing Resolution.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c, 11 Selectable from game settings. Defaults to DirectX 9.
OpenGL
Selectable from game settings.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Can be forced to run x86 executable from game settings.
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8800
ATI Radeon HD 4000
Intel HD Graphics 4000
512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9.0c compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GT 330M
ATI Radeon HD 4670
Intel HD Graphics 4000


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>/215530/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (215530) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References