The Darkness II

The Darkness II

Developer(s)	Digital Extremes
Publisher(s)	2K Games
Engine	Evolution Engine
First release date	February 7, 2012

General information

Official Website

The Darkness II 2K Forums

Steam Users' Forums

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source(s)	Store unlock	Notes
Retail
Steam
GameStop PC Downloads
GamersGate
Amazon
GameFly
GameTap

All versions require Steam, including both retail and digital distribution.

Game data

	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\DarknessII
Mac

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
GameSave Manager

Video settings

Graphics option	Native	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			Stretched
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)

Borderless fullscreen windowed

No native support. Unofficial utility Borderless Windowed is fully compatible with The Darkness II.

Input settings

Input Settings	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Controller support

Issues and Fixes

Yellow Screen Issue for NVIDIA users

Manage 3D Settings • Link Open the NVIDIA Control Panel. Go to Manage 3D settings. Select Application-controlled for Antialiasing - Mode under Global Settings. Ensure there is no custom profile for The Darkness II under the Program Settings tab overriding the global option you just set. Play.

Crashes right after pressing the Play button

Run in Compatibility Mode • Link Go the The Darkness II installation folder C:\Program Files (x86)\2K Games\Digital Extremes\The Darkness II\ Right-click a file named DarknessII.exe Go to the 'Compatibility Mode' tab and check 'Disable Desktop Composition'. Try running the game.

"Could not load image"

Run the game from DarknessII.exe • Link Go to the The Darkness II installation folder C:\Program Files (x86)\2K Games\Digital Extremes\The Darkness II\ and look for DarknessII.exe. Run it directly from this file, rather than using the shortcut or client link.

Performance/FPS problems

Run the game in Windowed Mode • Link Running the game in windowed mode has been reported to alleviate certain frame rate issues.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7	Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 @ 2 GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+	2.4 GHz Quad Core processor
System memory (RAM)	1.5 GB	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 ATI Radeon HD 2600 256 MB of VRAM	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX or ATI equivalent 512 MB of VRAM
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB free	10 GB free

Mac
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Mac OS X 10.6.8	Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo	Intel Core 2 Duo or better
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	2 GB or higher
Video card (GPU)	AMD HD2600 NVIDIA 9600GT 256 MB of VRAM	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX or ATI equivalent 512 MB of VRAM
Hard disk drive (HDD)	11 GB free	11 GB free