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===Daikatana 1.3 fan patch===
 
===Daikatana 1.3 fan patch===
 
{{++}} Adds support for widescreen resolutions, anisotropic filtering and more.
 
{{++}} Adds support for widescreen resolutions, anisotropic filtering and more.
{{++}} You can disable the AI sidekicks (which is how you wanna play this game) adding the line: set sv_nosidekicks "1" in the file Daikatana.cfg
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{{++}} You can disable the AI sidekicks adding the line: set sv_nosidekicks "1" in the file Daikatana.cfg
 
{{ii}} GOG.com version is fully compatible with 1.3 patch.
 
{{ii}} GOG.com version is fully compatible with 1.3 patch.
  

Revision as of 03:50, 20 October 2016

Daikatana
Daikatana cover
Developers
Ion Storm
Publishers
Eidos Interactive
Engines
id Tech 2[1]
Release dates
Windows May 23, 2000
Daikatana on Wikipedia

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

General information

DaikatanaNews.net
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Digital releases are already fully patched.
Several demo and alpha versions have been released
The multiplayer-only Daikatana DM is available for free

Essential improvements

Patches

the latest patch for the game is v1.2 (v1.2.2 if using Daikatana DM). The patch is available from DaikatanaNews.net (mirror)

Map packs, Utilities, etc.

All of the official content for the game, along with user created content and patches, can be found on DaikatanaNews.net (mirror)

GameSpy shutdown workaround

A guide on fixing the in-game server browser can be found here.

Daikatana 1.3 fan patch

Adds support for widescreen resolutions, anisotropic filtering and more.
You can disable the AI sidekicks adding the line: set sv_nosidekicks "1" in the file Daikatana.cfg
GOG.com version is fully compatible with 1.3 patch.
Instructions

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/242980/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/242980/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game joystick settings.
In-game joystick settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
32 Versus, Co-op
Co-op supports two players.
Online play
32 Versus, Co-op
Co-op supports two players.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Use the connect [IP]:[PORT] command in the console.

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 27982, 27992
UDP 27992
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
These are the default ports used by the game. They can be changed externally by the user for dedicated servers.
All servers will have 2 ports open: the first port is specified by the user, while the other one is 10 ports before the first (ex. A server with daikatana.exe -dedicated +exec server.cfg +set port 27998 will have ports 27998 and 27988 open). Make sure the second port is not being used

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95, 98, NT
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 233 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
Video card (GPU) 4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 6.0 compatible

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>/242980/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (242980) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References