Dead Space 3

Dead Space 3

Developer(s)	Visceral Games
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Engine	Visceral Engine
First release date	February 5, 2013

Dead Space

Dead Space	2008
Dead Space 2	2011
Dead Space 3	2013

Key points

Although developer announced Dead Space 3 will be straight port with no additional graphical enhancements, game features wide variety of graphical and control options.

General information

Steam Users' Forums for Dead Space series.

Neoseeker Forums PC-specific.

Aegis7 forums non PC-specific, less active.

Availability

Source(s)	Store unlock	Notes
Origin
Amazon
GameFly

All digital and retail versions must be redeemed through Origin.

Game data

Save game location

	Location
Save game location	%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\EA Games\Dead Space 3
Configuration files location	%LOCALAPPDATA%\EA Games\Dead Space 3\

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Origin		Syncs save games.
GameSave Manager

Video settings

Graphics options.

Graphics option	Native	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		works with Nvidia Surround in 2d and 3d modes
Field of view (FOV)		Fixable through config file. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		x2/x4/x8/x16.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Only post-process AA (FXAA, SMAA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Framerate locked at 30 FPS. See #Vertical sync (Vsync).

Field of view (FOV)

There is deliberately no in-game option to modify the FOV

Edit config file to change FOV • Link Open %LOCALAPPDATA%\EA Games\Dead Space 3\system.txt Search for the line Window.FOVScale Change the value from 1.00000000 to a higher one (default FOV is around 75 degrees). Save your changes. Note: In one cutscene if you change FoV there will be border in the middle of the screen. See screenshot for details.

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  default FOV Scale (~75°)

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  FOV Scale 1.1 (~82.5°)

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  FOV Scale 1.2 (~90°)

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  FOV Scale 1.3 (~97.5°)

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  FOV Scale 1.4 (~105°)

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  Border in one cutscene.

Vertical sync (Vsync) 30+ FPS

Disable Vsync in the game menu and enable in Nvidia Control panel (Only Nvidia VGA) or RivaTuner (Only AMD VGA). Forcing Vsync with AMD's CC will not work.

Input settings

Input Settings	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Negative mouse acceleration. See Mouse acceleration.
Controller support

Mouse acceleration

As with previous games in the Dead Space series, the game uses negative mouse acceleration. Faster mouse movements results in slower cursor movements. This makes aiming much harder and breaks immersion. It only affects when not aiming, there no negative mouse acceleration while aiming.

Negative mouse acceleration can be mitigated or almost completely removed by setting controller sensitivity = 10 and mouse sensitivity = 05 in the options

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	WINDOWS XP (SP3), Vista (SP1) or WINDOWS 7	WINDOWS XP (SP3), Vista (SP1) or WINDOWS 7
Processor (CPU)	2.8 GHz processor or equivalent	2.8 GHz processor or equivalent
System memory (RAM)	1 GB RAM (XP), 2 GB RAM (Vista or Windows 7)	1 GB RAM (XP), 2 GB RAM (Vista or Windows 7)
Video card (GPU)	256MB Video Card and Shader Model 3.0 required* The latest version of DirectX 9.0c NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or better ATI X1600 Pro or better	256MB Video Card and Shader Model 3.0 required* The latest version of DirectX 9.0c NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or better ATI X1600 Pro or better
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB	10 GB

nVidia GeForce 7300, 7600 GS, 8500 and Ati Radeon X1300, X1300 Pro, HD2400 are below minimum system requirements