Daikatana

From PCGamingWiki, the wiki about fixing PC games
Jump to: navigation, search
Daikatana
Daikatana Coverart.jpg
Developers
Publishers
Engines
Release dates
Windows
May 23, 2000
Daikatana at Steam Charts
Daikatana at SteamDB
 Daikatana at Wikipedia

General information

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

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys
GOG.com DRM-free
Steam Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg
Information Digital releases are already fully patched.
Information Several demo and alpha versions have been released
Information A Multiplayer-only version is available from planet romero.

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches, Map packs, Utilities, etc.[edit]

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

Note that the latest patch for the game is v1.2 (v1.2.2 if using the standalone multiplayer version).

Gamespy shutdown workaround[edit]

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

Daikatana 1.3 fan patch[edit]

Advantage Adds support for widescreen resolutions, anisotropic filtering and more.

Fix Installation[2]

  1. Make sure your game is already patched to 1.2 version
  2. Download patch 1.3
  3. Unpack the archive in <path-to-game>
Information GOG.com version is fully compatible with 1.3 patch.

Game data[edit]

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

  Location 
Windows <path-to-game>\data

Save game data location[edit]

  Location 
Windows <path-to-game>\data\save

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud Impossible
GameSave Manager Native

Video settings[edit]

In-game video settings.
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution Hackable WSGF WS Bronze.svg See Daikatana 1.3 fan patch.
Multi-monitor Impossible Grading incomplete
Field of view (FOV) Hackable Install Daikatana 1.3 fan patch. While in game type in FOV X in the console.
Windowed Native
Borderless fullscreen windowed Impossible
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Hackable See Daikatana 1.3 fan patch.
Anti-aliasing (AA) Impossible
Vertical sync (Vsync) Native Disabling the Vsync via the video card's control panel will dramatically speed up level load times.
High frame rate Hackable Capped at 83 FPS by default. See Daikatana 1.3 fan patch for higher frame rates.

Input settings[edit]

In-game key map settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game joystick settings.
Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping Native
Mouse acceleration Native
Mouse input in menus Native
Mouse Y-axis inversion Native
Controller
Controller support Native Limited modern controller support.
Full controller support Impossible
Controller remapping Native
Controller Y-axis inversion Impossible

Audio settings[edit]

In-game audio settings.
Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls Native
Surround sound Native [3]
Subtitles Native
Closed captions Impossible
Mute on focus lost Impossible
EAX support Native A3D 1.0, A3D 2.0, DirectSound3D, EAX[3]

Localizations

Language UI Audio CC Notes
English Native Native Native

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play Native 32
Online play Native 32
LAN co-op Native 2
Online co-op Native 2

Connection types

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

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP (outbound) 27982, 27992
UDP (outbound) 27992
Information These are the default ports used by the game. They can be changed externally by the user for dedicated servers.
Information 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[edit]

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

References

  1. ↑ GameSpot Presents: Geoff Keighley: Behind the Games (retrieved)
  2. ↑ DGibson / Daikatana 1.3 / wiki / Installation — Bitbucket
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mike Montague's Plan File