Dead Space

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Dead Space
Dead Space Cover .png
Developers
Publishers
Release dates
Windows
October 20, 2008
Dead Space at Steam Charts
Dead Space at SteamDB
 Dead Space at Wikipedia
Dead Space
Dead Space 2008
Dead Space 2 2011
Dead Space 3 2013
Dead Space 3: Awakened

Key points

Disadvantage In-game v-sync (enabled by default) is bugged. Disable it.
Disadvantage Exceeding the threshold of 60 FPS cuts down mouse speed.

General information

More information Dead Space Wiki
More information Steam Community Discussions
More information Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys
Steam Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg Automatically unlocks on Origin if Origin is installed Availability Table Icons - Origin.svg
Origin Availability Table Icons - Origin.svg Uses SecuROM DRM

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

  Location 
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Electronic Arts\Dead Space\settings.txt
Disadvantage controls.rmp (key-binding file) is encrypted

Save game data location[edit]

  Location 
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Electronic Arts\Dead Space\

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Origin Native
Steam Cloud Impossible
GameSave Manager Native

Video settings[edit]

Visual options.
Render settings.
WSGF multi-monitor screenshot.
in-game AA, no AF
in-game AA, 16xAF (driver)
4xAA (driver), 16xAF (driver)
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution Native WSGF WS Gold.svg
Multi-monitor Native WSGF MM Gold.svg
Ultra-widescreen Native WSGF UW Gold.svg
4K Ultra HD Native WSGF 4K Gold.svg
Field of view (FOV) Hackable Use Widescreen Fixer.
Windowed Native
Borderless fullscreen windowed Native
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Hackable Force in the graphics card control panel.
Anti-aliasing (AA) Native Available in game, but has a tendency to blur image. Best results are found by disabling it and forcing through the NVIDIA Control Panel/AMD Control Center.
Vertical sync (Vsync) Hackable Only 30FPS lock.[1] See Vertical sync (Vsync) for 3d party solutions.
High frame rate Impossible Game has no particular cap but has problems when running over 60 FPS. See High frame rate.

Vertical sync (Vsync)[edit]

Fix AMD only solution[2]

  1. Download and install RadeonPro
  2. Open the program and "Add new profile" (and select the corresponding game executable)
  3. Locate the "Tweaks" tab to the right, and set "Vsync control" to Always on
  4. In the same tab make sure "Triple Buffering" it's also ticked
  5. Right click on the just created profile on the left and press "Apply now"

Notes:

Information If you have an on-screen FPS counter, you can hide it in the RadeonPro's general settings
Information If you have a low-spec PC, you had better set "Vsync control" to Dynamic

Fix Nvidia only solution[3]

  1. Download and open Nvidia Inspector
  2. Press on the tools button
  3. Search for the game in the search bar and click on it
  4. Set "Vertical Sync" to Force On
  5. Set "Triple Buffering" to On
  6. Apply changes

Fix Vendor agnostic solution[4]

  1. Download and extract D3DOverrider
  2. Open D3DOverrider.exe
  3. Create a custom profile for the game
  4. Make sure "Force triple buffering" and "Force VSync" are both enabled

High frame rate[edit]

Information Game doesn't feature any FPS lock besides the disableable v-sync. However mouse view control breaks when exceeding 60 FPS. It's still possible to manually force extreme sensitivities inside the configuration file by increasing Control.MouseSensitivity value
Information The best way to avoid control issues is to play the game with a controller or by limiting the game to 60 FPS. See Mouse lag and random sensitivity.

Input settings[edit]

Remapping options
Information Game uses controller HUD if controller is present. Simply unplug/disable controller when playing with keyboard and mouse.
Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping Hackable In-game remapping is really limited; see Remapping.
Mouse acceleration Impossible Large deadzone sometimes completely kills slow movements
Mouse input in menus Native
Mouse Y-axis inversion Native
Controller
Controller support Native Automatically detected.
Full controller support Native
Controller remapping Impossible
Controller Y-axis inversion Native

Remapping[edit]

Hex editing example

Fix Hex edit controls.rmp[5]

Information Before proceeding change at least one of the default game key bindings in order to generate the required file
  1. Navigate to the configuration files folder and open controls.rmp with an hex editor
  2. To simplify things, adjust the program so that you have 20 bytes per row (14 in hex)
  3. Each keyboard or alternate key is stored in the 0C and 0D column
  4. By comparing the codes in the default file with those here you can understand what every lines control
  5. You'll be able to arrange the controls with a little patience and the codes below

Notes:
Codes for every keyboard key can be found in one of these website:

  • 1 - "Make" scan code
  • 2 - In the "Keyboard Scan Code" section, the "Make" code of the set 1 column

Audio settings[edit]

Audio options
Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls Native
Surround sound Native 5.0 [6]
Subtitles Native
Closed captions Impossible
Mute on focus lost Impossible Only when minimized

Localizations

Language UI Audio CC Notes
English Native Native Native
French Native Native Native
German Native Native Native
Italian Native Native Native
Spanish Native Unknown Native
Turkish Native Impossible Native Use Dead Space - %100 Türkçe Yama.

Issues fixed[edit]

Mouse lag and random sensitivity[edit]

Disadvantage Mouse view becomes messier the more you exceed 60 FPS.

Fix Limit the frame rate to 60 FPS - MSI Afterburner

  1. Download and install MSI Afterburner (make sure to install the included RivaTuner Statistics Server too)
  2. Open the program and then its settings
  3. Locate the "On-Screen Display" tab and press the More button
  4. Add a custom profile for the game by pressing the button in the bottom left corner of the RTSS proprieties
  5. Set "Framerate limit" to 60
  6. Minimize the RTSS screen
  7. Confirm MSI Afterburner settings

Fix Limit the frame rate to 60 FPS - RadeonPro[2]

  1. Download and install RadeonPro
  2. Open the program and "Add new profile" (and select the corresponding game executable)
  3. Locate the "Tweaks" tab to the right, and enable "Dynamic Framerate Control" to 60 FPS
  4. Right click on the just created profile on the left and press "Apply now"

Large deadzone[edit]

Fix Make deadzones smaller[7]

Information The game inserts massive deadzones onto the analog sticks, making precise control very difficult, especially on gamepads like the Logitech Gamepad F310, which have their own deadzones.
  1. Open Dead Space and disable vsync. Force it through your driver control panel if you want vsync.
  2. Download Durazno
  3. Unpack and run the Durazno.exe and close it to create a config.
  4. Open Durazno.ini with a text editor and change AntiDeadzone=0 to AntiDeadzone=40 on line 11 and save.
  5. Copy Durazno.ini and xinput1_3.dll into the installation folder.
  6. Play game and test analog stick deadzones. If you want smaller deadzones edit Durazno.ini and set AntiDeadzone=40 to a higher value.

Game crashes at launch[edit]

Fix Fix settings.txt[8]

  1. If configuration file isn't present create it manually.
  2. Eventually change both Window.Fullscreen and Window.VSync to false

Fix Try unplugging controllers.[9]

  • Alternatively open Device Manager and disable all HID compliant game controller under Human Interface Devices [HID].

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP2 7
Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon 64 3000+
Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz 		AMD Athlon 64 x2 4200+
Intel Core 2 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
7.5 GB
Video card (GPU) nVidia GeForce 6800 GT
ATi Radeon X1600 Pro 		nVidia GeForce 8600 GT
ATi Radeon HD 2600 XT

References

  1. ↑ Some insight into Dead Space control problems - The Tech Report
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Running Dead Space on an AMD GPU - Steam community guide
  3. ↑ How to fix Dead Space PC control problems - Aegis7 forums
  4. ↑ Dead Space Control Fix - Steam Users' Forums
  5. ↑ [DS1] Left Handed Key Bindings - Steam Users' Forums
  6. ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up
  7. ↑ Dead Space XBOX Controller/60fps Fixes - Steam community discussions
  8. ↑ Game launches then crashes (Fixed) :: Dead Space General Discussion
  9. ↑ Dead Space Crash on start-up D: - Steam Users' Forums