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This page is for the original release. For the Definitive Edition, see Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition.
Key points
- Dead Island: Riptide Helper utility is highly recommended for editing hidden settings.
- Reports of poor frame rates[1] and problems connecting to multiplayer/cooperative games.
General information
- Port Report: Dead Island: Riptide
- Steam fixes thread
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
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Retail |
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Amazon.co.uk (unavailable) |
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Complete Edition only. |
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Origin (unavailable) |
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Steam (unavailable) |
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- All versions require Steam DRM.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
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Fashion Victim |
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Survivor Pack |
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Essential improvements
- Allows you to tweak a variety of normally inaccessible game settings to disable certain visual effects, modify key binds and much more.
- Not compatible with Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition.[2]
- Download link does not work on site
- Allows you to reset your skill points.
- PS3/Xbox 360 save files can be converted to PC.
- It is fully compatible with Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition.
Skip intro videos
Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
- Dead Island: Riptide saves in the same folder where Dead Island saves, but uses different extensions for its files (*.prr, *.sar).
Video
- Affects gun physics.[3] Refer to Dead Island: Riptide Helper.
Edit default_levels.xml[4]
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- Go to
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Riptide\
- Make a new folder called
data and a folder inside that one called skills
- Go to
DI in the installation folder.
- Open
Data0.pak with 7-Zip or similar.
- Go into the
skills folder.
- Copy
default_levels.xml to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Riptide\data\skills\
- Edit
default_levels.xml
- Change the FOV to what you want and save your changes.
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Input
In-game keyboard/mouse settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game general gamepad settings.
In-game gamepad layout settings.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Music, sound effects, dialogue. |
Surround sound |
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Up to 7.1 output.[5] |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Always muted. |
Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Russian |
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Czech |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Polish |
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Spanish |
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Network
In-game network settings.
Multiplayer types
Connection types
VR support
Issues unresolved
Audio problems
- Some dialogue cannot be heard.[6]
Audio recording and many conversations do not have sound when playing in Spanish.
Audio disappears when leaving a vehicle and a crackling sounds appears when entering a vehicle.
Crash to desktop
- Reports of crashing to desktop on startup[7]
To prevent game from crashing to desktop, go to Options → Online and select Single Player as Game Type.
If you're using Proton to play on Linux, try changing the version from 5.0-9 to 4.11-13. "Properties" → "General" → "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool" → "Proton 4.11-13"
Issues fixed
Cannot connect to multiplayer games
- Error message "Connection to game session is unavailable at this moment." is a catch-all for any form of failed connection.
Multiplayer workaround using VPN[8]
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- You can only join other people who have tunngle installed and are connected to the same Tunngle Network.
Detailed explanation on this forum thread.
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Run the game at screen refresh rate
- Refresh rate is limited to 60 Hz.
Edit video config[9][10]
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- Go to
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Riptide\out\Settings\ or <path-to-game>\DI\Out\Settings\ .
- Open
Video.scr .
- Set
MaxRefresh(60) to above 60, e.g. MaxRefresh(120) and save.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0c |
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Shader Model support |
3 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Interface |
Berkelium |
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Multiplayer |
Steamworks |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista |
7 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
7 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
| Nvidia GeForce 9600 1 GB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References