Sonic Adventure DX (Steam)
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This page is for the Steam version. For the original 2004 port, see Sonic Adventure DX. For the 2011 version, see Sonic Adventure DX (2011).
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| Developers | |
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| Sonic Team | |
| Publishers | |
| Sega | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 16, 2014 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Platform |
| Sports | Fishing |
| Vehicles | Flight |
| Art styles | Cartoon |
| Themes | Contemporary |
| Series | Sonic Adventure, Dreamcast Collection |
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| Sonic Adventure | |
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| Subseries of Sonic the Hedgehog | |
| Sonic Adventure DX | 2003 |
| Sonic Adventure DX (2011) | 2011 |
| Sonic Adventure 2 | 2012 |
| Sonic Adventure DX (Steam) | 2014 |
Sonic Adventure DX (Steam) is a cartoon third-person platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It is the updated version of the previous 2011 version, which in turn was also an updated version of the original 2004 PC port.
It was released on September 16, 2014, replacing the 2011 re-release. The current Steam version of the game features fixes of various issues present the previous 2011 version; however, despite these fixes, not only do similar issues that plagued the previous PC releases remain in this release, such as the game being pillarboxed to 4:3 (despite supporting higher resolutions) and limited XInput controller support (despite being derived from the Xbox 360 port.), but the port introduces unique issues, such as the game's frame-rate intermittently reducing from 60 FPS to 40 FPS. The unlockable Game Gear games that were present in the original GameCube and 2004 PC release of the game remain removed in this version.[1]
Like the 2011 re-release, it wasn't made available in Japan, but Sega later announced that the game will be available in Japan on January 23, 2024 alongside Sonic Adventure 2.[2]
Initially, CheakFreak's BetterSADX was widely considered the standard mod package for installing mods for the Steam version of Sonic Adventure DX; however, it has since been succeeded in popularity by SADX Mod Installer due to its increased modularity, updates, and additional features.
General information
- Game Banana - The largest repository of community-made mods for Sonic Adventure DX
- Sonic Retro - An extensive fan-website dedicated to Sonic the Hedgehog that additionally hosts various mods for Sonic Adventure DX and other games in the Sonic series.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Steam | |
DRM-free if Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt file containing its Steam App ID number 71250 in <path-to-game>.[3] |
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- All versions require Steam DRM.
- A faithful higher resolution desktop icon can be downloaded from the Files section; it can also be applied to the game's executable with SADX Mod Installer.
Essential improvements
SADX Mod Installer
- A modding and patching tool that features both advanced and beginner-friendly options for installing mods, in addition to coming pre-installed with mod presets, necessary dependencies, and compatibility fixes.
- Provides a custom configuration tool to customize game settings as well as keyboard and controller bindings.
- Enables the option to downgrade to the 2004 PC port, if desired.
Recommended Enhancement Mods
- Improvement Mods that are not bundled with the SADX Mod Installer.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\input_config.xml[Note 1] <path-to-game>\keycap_config.xml[Note 1] <path-to-game>\system_config.xml[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/71250/pfx/[Note 2] |
- SADX Mod Installer moves the game and SADX Mod Loader settings to
<path-to-game>and<path-to-game>\mods, respectively.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SEGA\Sonic Adventure DX\SAVEDATA |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/71250/pfx/[Note 2] |
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SonicAdventure##.sncis the game's save data for each save slot. Up to 10 save slots are available. -
SonicAdventureChaoGarden.sncis the game's Chao Garden save data. - SADX Mod Installer moves the save files to
<path-to-game>\SAVEDATA. - Save files from the 2014 Steam version can be converted to be compatible with the 2004 port with SADX Mod Installer.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video
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Graphics tab from external configuration tool.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | The Steam version is pillarboxed to 4:3 in widescreen resolutions. Use SADX Mod Loader included with SADX Mod Installer and disable Force 4:3 Aspect Ratio under its graphics settings for widescreen support.[4] | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Use SADX Mod Manager included with SADX Mod Installer for 21:9 widescreen. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | Use SADX Mod Manager included with SADX Mod Installer for 4K resolution. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use Borderless Gaming for the Steam version. Alternatively, use SADX Mod Installer, then enable Borderless and Fullscreen under SADX Mod Loader's graphics settings.[5] | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Not available in the Steam version. Use SADX Mod Installer, then enable Force Mipmapping in SADX Mod Loader's graphics settings and force anisotropic filtering via GPU control panel.[4] | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA on/off for the Steam version. Nvidia card owners can force any kind of anti-aliasing with Nvidia Inspector with compatibility flag 0x080000C1 as long as they are using a 4:3 resolution (e.g. 1200x900 on a 1600x900 monitor). If using SADX Mod Installer, anti-aliasing can be forced by from the GPU's control panel.[4] |
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| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Built-in V-sync setting in the Steam version may cause perform issues. If using SADX Mod Installer, check Enable V-sync in SADX Mod Loader's graphics settings or force it via GPU control panel.[4] | ||
| 60 FPS | In-engine cutscenes are capped at 30 FPS. While they can be switched to 60 FPS via a cheat in the SADX Mod Loader after downgrading to the 2004 port, they will play at double the speed. | ||
| 120+ FPS | Gameplay is capped at 60 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
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Keyboard remapping from external configuration tool.
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Controller remapping from external configuration tool.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | Mouse is not use outside of external configuration tool. | |
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | The D-pad is not supported in the Steam version.[6] Use the Input Mod included with SADX Mod Installer for improved XInput support. | |
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| Xbox button prompts | Steam version uses Xbox 360 prompts with XInput controllers. Use SADX Mod Installer, install either the Xbox 360 Prompts or Xbox One Prompts mods. | |
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | Although the game recognizes DualShock 4 controllers as a generic DirectInput controller, its configuration tool does not and requires manually editing the input_config.xml file found in <path-to-game> to remap controls.[7] Use the Input Mod included with SADX Mod Installer for improved DualShock 4 support, however, its configuration tool does have an issue with remapping controls (see here). |
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| PlayStation button prompts | Use SADX Mod Installer, then install the PlayStation 3 Prompts or PlayStation 4 Prompts mods. | |
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | Wireless (Bluetooth), Wired, V2 controller tested.[7] |
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| Generic/other controllers | Certain controllers may require the Input Mod included with SADX Mod Installer to work properly. | |
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| Button prompts |  |
Generic prompts are used with DirectInput controllers. HD GUI 2 mod included with SADX Mod Installer uses Dreamcast controller prompts by default. For Nintendo prompts, use either Wii U Pro Prompts or Switch Pro Prompts mods. |
| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
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Audio settings tab from external configuration tool.
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In-game language settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Sliders for Sound FX, Voice, BGM. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | On by default. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | Dubtitles only. Use SADX Mod Installer, then install Sonic Adventure Retranslated if playing the game with Japanese voice-overs and English subtitles. | |||
| French | Dubtitles only. Use French Retranslation if playing with Japanese audio and French subtitles. | |||
| German | ||||
| Hebrew | Fan translation, download. | |||
| Italian | Fan translation, download. | |||
| Japanese | ||||
| Portuguese | Fan translation, download. | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation, download. | |||
| Russian | Fan translation, download. | |||
| Spanish | ||||
| Latin American Spanish | Work in progress Fan translation and fandub, download. | |||
| Ukrainian | Fan localization by UFDUB.COM group, featuring texture replacement and dubbing. Download |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 4 | Co-op [8] |
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Issues fixed
Low frame rate
- If the frame-rate is stuck around 40 FPS and won't rise to 60, disable the in-game FXAA and Vsync and instead force them through the Nvidia/Radeon control panel instead.[9] Alternatively, if forcing Vsync and FXAA via video card control panel does not fix the issue, downgrade the game to the 2004 port and patch it with mods via SADX Mod Installer.
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9.0c | |
| Shader Model support | 3.0 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | Criware | Audio files in this re-release are low-quality compared to the Dreamcast version.[10] The original Dreamcast audio files can be restored with the Sound Overhaul mod included with SADX Mod Installer. |
| Input | SDL2 | Use the Input Mod included with SADX Mod Installer for SDL2 support.[11] |
| Cutscenes | Criware | Sofdec format FMV files. |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP | 7 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.8 GB | 4 GB |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 7300 series ATI Radeon X1600 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce 8800 series ATI Radeon X1900 512 MB of VRAM |
| Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0c compatible | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 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>/71250/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (71250) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Sonic Adventure DX (2010) - last accessed on 2020-10-28
- ↑ Steam version of Sonic Adventure DX and Sonic Adventure 2 will be available in Japan on January 23, 2023 - Famitsu (Japanese) - last accessed on 2024-01-22
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2019-12-11
- Creating a new steam_appid.txt file for the game with its Steam App ID number when it didn't initially had this file allowed the game to legitimately launch without Steam.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-01-29
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-01-29
- Used Borderless Gaming on the vanilla Steam version at my display's native resolution. Borderless without Fullscreen in SADX Mod Loader only uses basic Windowed mode instead.
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2020-07-20
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-01-27
- ↑ Character Select Mod - last accessed on 1 July 2022
- ↑ Why is the frame rate stuck at 48FPS? - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 2020-07-19
- ↑ Sound and Music Quality Downgrades - Dreamcastify - last accessed on 2021-01-24
- ↑ sadx-input-mod - Github - last accessed on 2020-07-19
- "sadx-input-mod is a mod for SADX PC that replaces the default DirectInput polling with SDL2 to enable more robust gamepad support. It allows the use of DirectInput and XInput controllers simultaneously."