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Game uses Techland's Chrome Engine with DX10 support. Game seriously lacks advanced graphics options and even after the patches still has lots of bugs. But due to aspiring players and modders there are a lot of user-created fixes available.
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'''Dead Island''' uses Techland's Chrome Engine with DX10 support. Game seriously lacks advanced graphics options and even after the patches still has lots of bugs. But due to aspiring players and modders there are a lot of user-created fixes available.
 
 
==System Requirements==
 
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|minOS = Windows XP
 
|recOS = Windows 7
 
|minproc = Core2Duo 2.66 GHz
 
|minmem = 1 GB
 
|recmem = 4 GB
 
|minHD = 7 GB free
 
|minGPU1 = ATI 2600XT 512MB VRAM (GeForce 8600GT)
 
|recGPU1 = GeForce 9600 (1GB)
 
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==Game Settings and Saves Location==
 
==Game Settings and Saves Location==
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==System Requirements==
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|minOS = Windows XP
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|recOS = Windows 7
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|minproc = Core2Duo 2.66 GHz
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|minmem = 1 GB
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|recmem = 4 GB
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|minHD = 7 GB free
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|minGPU1 = ATI 2600XT 512MB VRAM (GeForce 8600GT)
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|recGPU1 = GeForce 9600 (1GB)
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==Useful Links and Tools==
 
==Useful Links and Tools==
[http://downloads.zafehouse.com/deadislandhelper/dih_latest.zip Dead Island Helper] - The easiest way to apply fixes and tweaks to Dead Island
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*[http://downloads.zafehouse.com/deadislandhelper/dih_latest.zip Dead Island Helper] - The easiest way to apply fixes and tweaks to Dead Island
 
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXXacDmEYFc&feature=youtu.be&hd=1 Manually tweak and fix Dead Island] - YouTube video showing how to apply tweaks
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXXacDmEYFc&feature=youtu.be&hd=1 Manually tweak and fix Dead Island] - YouTube video showing how to apply tweaks
 
  
 
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Revision as of 18:40, 25 February 2012

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Dead Island uses Techland's Chrome Engine with DX10 support. Game seriously lacks advanced graphics options and even after the patches still has lots of bugs. But due to aspiring players and modders there are a lot of user-created fixes available.

Game Settings and Saves Location

Main file with a lot of things available to change

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\dead island\DI\Data0.pak
  • To open .pak files you can use any archive program like WinRAR or 7-Zip

In that archive go to Data/Skills/ and extract default_levels.xml

Here's how to apply changes:

  1. Extract file you want to change (In this case default_levels.xml)
  2. Locate your Dead Island folder in your user's documents folder
  3. Create "Data" folder and "Skills" subfolder
  4. Place the default_levels.xml in the skills sub folder. Open the file, edit away.

Issues and Fixes

If you don't want to manually apply some of these tweaks check out tools section at end of the page.

Long Load Times

Some users are experiencing ridiculously long load times when doing things like loading the menu, game, etc. It can literally take over 5-10 minutes for some people. Oddly enough, this may relate to error logging that is done by the game.

  1. Go to My documents\deadisland\out\logs
  2. Right click the crash.log -> Properties — and mark the file as “Read Only”

This will prevent the game from writing data to the log because it is no longer writable (hence Read Only). Oddly enough, this may fix your long loading times.

Graphic Tweaks

If you don't want to manually apply these tweaks check out tools section at end of the page.

Changing FOV

In default_levels.xml find CVAR

CameraDefaultFOV

and change it accordingly.

System Requirements

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Useful Links and Tools