Darkest of Days
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Developers | |
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8monkey Labs | |
macOS (OS X) | Virtual Programming |
Publishers | |
Windows | Phantom EFX |
OS X | Virtual Programming |
Engines | |
Marmoset | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 8, 2009 |
macOS (OS X) | December 6, 2010 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Key points
- Requires the NVIDIA PhysX Legacy System Software to prevent crashing issues on Windows.[citation needed]
- For OS X Lion (10.7) and later install the Version 1.06 patch.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ProtectDISC Software 9 DRM | |||
Steam (unavailable) | ||||
Mac App Store (unavailable) |
Essential improvements
Patches
Patch 1.04 adds a mouse smoothing option, keybind support for more mouse buttons, numpad, and various bug fixes.
Patch 1.05 adds a new Instant Action mode after completing the campaign.
Patch 1.06 for OS X only makes the game compatible with OS X 10.7 (Lion) and later.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\base\interface\controls.cfg[Note 1] <path-to-game>\base\interface\user.cfg[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/37700/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\base\save\[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/37700/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Default is 45° vertical. Use Widescreen Fixer or see Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 16x. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Field of view (FOV)
- This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.
Use console command[1] |
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Disable Motion Blur
Use console command[1] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Many keys, including backslash, Home, End, PageUp, and PageDown, cannot be assigned to commands, which places some restriction on arrow key setups for left-handed gaming. | |
Mouse acceleration | Mouse acceleration is enabled by default. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Called Flip Vertical Look. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion | Called Flip Vertical Look. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, Effects, Music | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Issues unresolved
Black screen with sounds when starting the game on AMD GPUs
- Multiple users with AMD GPUs are reporting this issue as Nvidia's PhysX cannot be disabled in the options. There are no known fixes.
Issues fixed
Game crashes on new game or PhysX benchmark
Install NVIDIA PhysX Legacy System Software[2][citation needed] |
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Poor screen scaling (DPI issues)
- If you are experiencing scaling issues, it can help to change the DPI settings of the game executable.
Change DPI settings |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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OpenGL | [3] |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | 2.8.1 |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.9a |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP2 | Vista |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | 2.0 GHz or better dual-core CPU |
System memory (RAM) | 768 MB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon 9800 Nvidia GeForce 6600 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | ATI Radeon 3000 Nvidia GeForce 8800 |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.6 (Snow Leopard) | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel, 2.16 GHz or faster | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | AMD Radeon X1600 Nvidia GeForce 8600 128 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 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 (37700) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Verified by User:Zach Fett on 2022-03-02
- ↑ darkestofdays.exe stopped working :: Darkest of Days General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Fudgesiclesxd on 2022-07-27
- Tested on Fedora Linux, unknown on which version it uses but lowest version it can run properly is 1.5. The release date and system requirement suggest the minimum of 3.0 or 3.1. Needs testing from Windows user.