Daikatana

Daikatana

Developers
	Ion Storm
Publishers
2000-2009	Eidos Interactive
2009-present	Square Enix
Retail re-release	Sold Out Software
Engines
	id Tech 2
Release dates
Windows	May 23, 2000
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Classical, Europe, Fantasy, Japan, Medieval, North America, Sci-fi

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Daikatana is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game.

The game is well-known for its troubled development and resulting bugs. The unofficial 1.3 patch is highly recommended to resolve the game's numerous bugs.

General information

DaikatanaNews.net

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM.
Amazon.com
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Digital releases are already fully patched.

Several demo and alpha versions have been released.

The multiplayer-only Daikatana DM is available for free.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest patch for the game is v1.2 (v1.2.2 if using Daikatana DM). The patch is available from DaikatanaNews.net (mirror).

Unofficial 1.3 patch

Compatible with Windows, OS X, Linux and FreeBSD.

Adds support for widescreen resolutions, disabling mouse acceleration and AI sidekicks, bug fixes and more.

Map Pack

This is the only official mappack released by ION Storm, it contains 11 multiplayer maps and its available at WinRetro.com [1]

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\data
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/242980/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\data\save
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/242980/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Unofficial 1.3 patch.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen			See Unofficial 1.3 patch.
4K Ultra HD			See Unofficial 1.3 patch.
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See Unofficial 1.3 patch.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See Unofficial 1.3 patch.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See Unofficial 1.3 patch
60 FPS
120+ FPS		See Frame rate (FPS).
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

Set custom FOV[citation needed]
Install Daikatana 1.3. While in game, open the console with ~. Type in fov x where x is the desired FOV.

Frame rate (FPS)

Frame rate is capped at 83 FPS by default.

Set maximum FPS[citation needed]
Install Unofficial 1.3 patch. Go to <path-to-game>\data. Newer versions of 1.3 patch use %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Daikatana\data Create and edit autoexec.cfg. Add set r_maxfps x where x is the maximum FPS cap. Add set cl_maxfps x instead if async refresh is disabled. You can add both settings to autoexec.cfg without issues.

Brightness

The game can be too dark to play at default settings.

Adjust gamma[citation needed]
Install Unofficial 1.3 patch. While in game open the console with ~. Type in gl_ignorehwgamma 1 Type in vid_gamma 1.0 Type in gl_modulate 3 Type in vid_restart to apply changes.

Input

In-game key map settings.

In-game mouse settings.

In-game joystick settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Forced on by default, see Mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Limited modern controller support.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Mouse acceleration

Daikatana causes Windows to enable the mouse 'Enhance pointer precision' feature, which adds mouse acceleration.

Disable acceleration function[citation needed]
Install Unofficial 1.3 patch While in game open the console with ~. Type in and enter m_noaccel 1.

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Apply 1.3 patch.
EAX support		A3D 1.0, A3D 2.0, DirectSound3D, EAX. The 1.3 patch includes OpenAL, which can be replaced with OpenAL Soft one to enable 3D sound without a sound card. See Enable HRTF.
Royalty free audio

Enable HRTF

Windows[citation needed]

Apply the unofficial 1.3 patch and download OpenAL Soft (both source code and the Windows binary) Rename soft_oal.dll in bin\Win32 folder into OpenAL32.dll and replace the one included with the patch located <path-to-game>. Create a text file called alsoftrc.ini in %APPDATA% directory and add: [general] hrtf = true; 4. Copy the hrtf folder from the source code archive into %APPDATA%\openal directory. 5. Make sure OpenAL is set in Sound options. Notes The Windows binary archive also contains a ALSoft Configurator which lets you change any sound-related elements such as Ambisonic format, Stereo Encoding or emulate EAX Reverb.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail only. Available for Unofficial 1.3 patch in download section.
German				Retail only; download for digital versions. Available for Unofficial 1.3 patch in its download section.
Italian				Retail only. Available for Unofficial 1.3 patch in its download section.
Japanese				Retail only and up to v1.1. Can't be used for the 1.3 unofficial patch and is not available to choose this language as the patch currently does not support this language.
Spanish				Retail only. Available for Unofficial 1.3 patch in its download section.
Russian				Unofficial translation by Fargus Multimedia

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		32	Versus, Co-op Co-op supports two players.
Online play		32	Versus, Co-op The official GameSpy service has been shut down; community server available here. Co-op supports two players.

Connection types

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

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	27982, 27992
UDP	27992

This game does not support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

These are the default ports used by the game. They can be changed externally by the user for dedicated servers.

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; e.g. 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.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	1.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			See Unofficial 1.3 patch for 64-bit.

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System	6.0c
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.0f
Multiplayer	GameSpy

Map packs, utilities, mods

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

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, NT 4.0, 2000
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 233 MHz AMD K6 233 MHz	Intel Pentium II 300 MHz AMD K6-2 300 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB	450 MB
Video card (GPU)	4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.0 compatible	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0a compatible