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Dead Space 3

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Dead Space 3
Dead Space 3 cover
Developers
Visceral Games
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Release dates
Windows February 5, 2013
Dead Space 3 guide on StrategyWiki
Dead Space 3 on Wikipedia
Dead Space
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Key points

Features a wide variety of visual options.[1]
In-game Vsync option caps frame rate at 30 FPS; A higher framerate Vsync lock can be forced externally instead.

General information

Official website
Official forums
Dead Space Wiki
Neoseeker Forums PC-specific
Aegis7 forums non PC-specific, less active

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
Origin
Windows
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Origin
Windows
Green Man Gaming
Origin
Windows
Origin
Origin
Windows
All versions require Origin.


DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Awakened
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin

Video settings

Graphics options.
Graphics options.

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Field of view (FOV)

There is deliberately no in-game option to modify the FOV.[citation needed]
Instructions

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Instructions

Input settings

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Mouse acceleration

As with previous games in the Dead Space series, the game uses negative mouse acceleration.
Negative mouse acceleration can be mitigated or almost completely removed by setting controller sensitivity = 10 and mouse sensitivity = 05 in the options (0.05 in the general.txt file).

Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
2 Co-op
Co-op campaign.[2]

VR support

Issues unresolved

Cannot retrieve information from Origin error when accessing DLC store ingame

Several users affected by the issue have started posting tracerouting logs of their connection to the Origin servers to help EA identify the cause of the issue[3]
EA has responded to this issue with a workaround[4]
Many users are reporting that the workaround does not fix the issue[5][6]

Possible fixes:

  • Uninstall Origin and reinstall the latest version
  • Run Origin as administrator
  • Add Dead Space 3 and Origin to your firewall's exception list
  • Port forward the following ports:
TCP UDP
80 3659
443 14000-14016
9988 22990-23006
20000-20100 25200-25300
22990
17502
42127

Game crashes at start-up

Instructions
Instructions
Instructions

Issues fixed

Could not initialize display hardware

Dead Space 3 tries launching with a video resolution unsupported by the video card/monitor.
Instructions

Origin In-Game not working

Origin In-Game is not working, preventing you to invite or accept invites from friends
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP (SP3), Vista (SP1), 7
Processor (CPU) 2.8 GHz or equivalent
System memory (RAM) 1 GB (XP), 2 GB (Vista or 7)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or better
ATI X1600 Pro or better
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 3.0 support
nVidia GeForce 7300, 7600 GS, 8500 and Ati Radeon X1300, X1300 Pro, HD2400 are below minimum system requirements

References