The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
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Developers | |
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Starbreeze Studios | |
Tigon Studios | |
macOS (OS X) | Virtual Programming |
Publishers | |
Atari | |
Release dates | |
Windows | April 7, 2009 |
macOS (OS X) | April 16, 2010 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 80 |
IGDB | 81 |
The Chronicles of Riddick | |
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The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay | 2004 |
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena | 2009 |
Key points
- Includes a remake of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay.
- The game is very unoptimized for anti-aliasing,[1] recommended to disable it if you have performance issues.
- Not available digitally anymore.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | TAGES DRM 30-day timer on Windows release. Internet activation for OS X release. | |||
Amazon.com | TAGES DRM 30-day timer. | |||
GOG.com (unavailable) | ||||
Steam (unavailable) | TAGES DRM 30-day timer. |
Version differences
- All Windows versions except the retired GOG.com edition have TAGES DRM. After activating the game for a third time, TAGES will start a 30-day timer. After 30 days an activation will be restored up to the original total of three activations.[2]
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Escape From Butcher Bay Commentary Mode | Download from Mod DB or The Patches Scrolls. | |
Multiplayer Map: Tracker Star (CTF) | Download from Mod DB or The Patches Scrolls. | |
Multiplayer Map: Viper Run (Butcher Bay Riot) | Download from Mod DB or The Patches Scrolls. | |
Multiplayer Map: The Tangle (Pitch Black) | Download from Mod DB or The Patches Scrolls. | |
Multiplayer Map: Sneerock (DM) | Download from Mod DB or The Patches Scrolls. |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.01 is available for Windows and OS X. An alternate download for Windows is available on Mod DB. Warning: this is not needed for the GOG.com version, it will also try to install/update the TAGES DRM driver.
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename audio files[citation needed] |
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Remove "Green color filter / Reduced Color" Shading
Delete file[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Enable quick save
Bind in console[3] |
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Notes
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Show quicksave command in the "Keyboard Bindings/Misc" menu[citation needed] |
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#ifndef M_FINAL_BUILD *BINDING QUICKSAVE #endif *BINDING QUICKLOAD *BINDING SCREENSHOT 5. Change it to this: *BINDING QUICKSAVE *BINDING QUICKLOAD *BINDING SCREENSHOT 6. Save |
Escape From Butcher Bay commentary
- The commentary mode from the original EFBB can be added via DLC. By default it will only be available after completing the EFBB campaign for the first time.
Turn on commentary manually[4] |
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*GAME_FINISHED_EFBB 1 *GAME_COMMENTARY 1.000000 Notes
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Atari\The Chronicles of Riddick - Assault on Dark Athena |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/Dark Athena |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9860/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\Atari\The Chronicles of Riddick - Assault on Dark Athena\SaveGames |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/Dark Athena/Application Data/Atari/The Chronicles of Riddick - Assault on Dark Athena/SaveGames/ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9860/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Anamorphic by default; see Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Only 2560x1080 appears to be supported. Higher ultrawide resolutions cannot be used. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | FOV is increased when in stealth mode. | ||
Windowed | Can also be toggled with Alt+↵ Enter. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Resolution is reduced in windowed mode (e.g. 1920x1017 rather than 1920x1080). | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Appears as "Anisotropy" in a percent setting. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | MSAA and CSAA, up to 32x. Turning on AA automatically disables SSAO and vice versa. The game is very unoptimized for anti-aliasing, recommended to disable it if you have performance issues. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Refresh rate can be set up to 144 Hz in graphics options. A bug may result in it being reset to 23 Hz when you re-launch the game. See Incorrect refresh rate every time game is launched. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Widescreen resolution
- Non-16:9 resolutions are letterboxed by default.
- If you're letterboxed on a 16:9 resolution, open
Environment.cfg
(located in%LOCALAPPDATA%\Atari\The Chronicles of Riddick - Assault on Dark Athena
) and make sure that VID_DWIDTH and VID_DHEIGHT are set to the correct values.
Remove letterboxing[5] |
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Notes
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Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO)
Use AA and SSAO at the same time[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Supports adjusting the sensitivity for both axes separately. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Controller needs to be enabled before launching the game, there's no button prompts, nor haptic feedback | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Only music is adjustable | |
Surround sound | 5.0 (Maybe require to set 7.1 in the Windows Sound settings, otherwise only Stereo sound available) | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | A fan translation available, that fixes some mistranslations. | |||
Italian | ||||
Russian | Fan translation, download. | |||
Spanish | Official translation. | |||
Spanish | Fan translation that fixes mistranslations. |
Change to other languages
- It only affects the GUI, menu and subtitles.
Run the game launcher |
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Notes
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Change tne configuration file |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 12 | |||
Online play | Official servers have been shut down. |
VR support
Devices | State | Notes | |
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3RD Space Gaming Vest |
Issues unresolved
Screen saver mode deletes save files
- Save files will delete themselves if the game is left running and your computer goes into screen saver mode. To avoid this, remember to quit the game before leaving it unattended or disable screen saver mode.
The game fails to restore resolution settings
- The game may fail to change the desktop resolution back to the previous one (by default it launches at 640x480 fullscreen).
Set the startup resolution[citation needed] |
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Issues fixed
Game window too large for monitor
- If you're running Windows 7/8/10 and the game window doesn't fit on your monitor when in full screen mode, you may need to lower the scaling on font size. Display Settings > Change the size of text.
Unexpected error (13:6)
Update TAGES |
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Incorrect refresh rate every time game is launched
- Open
Environment.cfg
(located in%LOCALAPPDATA%\Atari\The Chronicles of Riddick - Assault on Dark Athena
) and make sure that VID_DWIDTH and VID_DHEIGHT are set to the correct values.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | according to manual included with GOG version | |
OpenGL |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP2, Vista | 7 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium D 805 AMD Athlon X2 +3800 | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB 2 GB (Vista) | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 11 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra | ATI Radeon HD 3850 Nvidia GeForce 8800GT |
Controller | Keyboard, mouse or dual-analog gamepad works with Xbox 360 controller |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (9860) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Butcher bay add-on looks....rough on my PC - The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena - Giant Bomb
- ↑ The Chronicles of Riddick™ Assault on Dark Athena on Steam
- ↑ No quick-save? :( - The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena Message Board for PC - GameFAQs
- ↑ DLC and Commentary Mode *HOW-TO* :: The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena General Discussions
- ↑ View topic - The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena | WSGF