Legacy of Kain: Defiance
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Developers | |
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Crystal Dynamics | |
Publishers | |
Square Enix | |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 17, 2003 |
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 | |||
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. Not required for any other version.
Skip intro videos
Instructions[citation needed] |
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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 settings
Widescreen resolution
Widescreen fix[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
Italian | ||||
German | ||||
Spanish |
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
Kain's Cape Stretches and Raziel's Wings Stretch
- Enable V-Sync.
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 | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 9.0b compatible |
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.