Difference between revisions of "Legacy of Kain: Defiance"
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Revision as of 04:17, 16 January 2022
Developers | |
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Crystal Dynamics | |
Windows | Nixxes Software[1] |
Publishers | |
Retail | Eidos Interactive |
Digital | Square Enix |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 17, 2003 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 70 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Legacy of Kain |
Legacy of Kain | |
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Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain | 1997 |
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver | 1999 |
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 | 2001 |
Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2 | 2002 |
Legacy of Kain: Defiance | 2003 |
Nosgoth | Cancelled |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM V5 DRM | |||
Publisher website | ||||
Includes Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 and Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2. | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Essential improvements
Unofficial patches
- Unsupported Patch 1.1 patches the North American retail release to 1.1 version. Not required for any other version.
Skip intro videos
Instructions |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Legacy of Kain - Defiance\ HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crystal Dynamics\Legacy of Kain: Defiance\1.00.000 |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/224300/pfx/[Note 1] |
- The config file is not in plain text format.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Legacy of Kain - Defiance\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/224300/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See Windowed | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Windowed | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Enabled/disabled, no description of method. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Run defiance.exe with -setup command line argument and tick Vertical Sync |
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60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Causes Kain's cloak and Raziel's wings to be glitchy, dialogues skipping at certain points, disappearance of certain textures and backrounds, animations speed up and very complicated closing of the status menu. See Uncapped frame rate issue. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Widescreen resolution
Widescreen fix[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Windowed
Use DxWnd |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Uses DirectInput. XInput controllers may experience issues. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | Refers to the action and not the button tied to it. | |
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | Option to enable or disable. | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Has on/off options for sound and music | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Game pauses when focus is lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Retail only | |||
German | Retail only | |||
Italian | Retail only. Download. | |||
Hungarian | Fan translation | |||
Spanish | Retail only. Download. |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Legacy of Kain: Defiance | ||
vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Issues fixed
Uncapped frame rate issue
Limit the frame rate to 60 FPS[citation needed] |
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Enable VSync and set the refresh rate to 60hz |
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Random crashes and freezes
Force CPU affinity to one core[citation needed] |
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Use DxWnd |
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Use the following configuration in DxWnd:
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Low FPS when running from DxWnd
- Running from DxWnd, the frame rate is often capped at 40 FPS.
Replace version of Binkw32.dll |
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Insert CD error
- Error: "Please insert the original Legacy of Kain: Defiance disc and press OK to continue".
Modify DWORD key |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98SE, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 700 MHz | Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible | 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (224300) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Legacy of kain defiance Wayback Machine [missing title] - last accessed on 2021-9-5