Difference between revisions of "Kane & Lynch: Dead Men"
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# (Optional) Try disabling <code>HID-compliant consumer control device</code> as well, if this doesn't work. | # (Optional) Try disabling <code>HID-compliant consumer control device</code> as well, if this doesn't work. | ||
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'''Notes''' | '''Notes''' |
Revision as of 03:17, 30 December 2021
Developers | |
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IO Interactive | |
Publishers | |
Eidos Interactive | |
Japan | Spike Chunsoft |
Engines | |
Glacier | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 13, 2007 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Kane & Lynch |
Kane & Lynch | |
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Kane & Lynch: Dead Men | 2007 |
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days | 2010 |
Warnings
- For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM DRM | |||
Amazon.com (unavailable) | ||||
Green Man Gaming (unavailable) | ||||
Humble Store (unavailable) | ||||
Steam (unavailable) |
- All versions require Games for Windows - LIVE DRM[Note 1]
- Steam version has been temporarily delisted.[1]
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Skip intro |
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Play without Games for Windows - LIVE
Play without GFWL[2] |
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Notes
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\kaneandlynch\main.ini |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8080/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\kaneandlynch\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8080/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Video settings
Advanced video settings
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See the WSGF entry. | ||
4K Ultra HD | HUD does not scale well. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Add Window 1 line at the end of main.ini . |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | Launch the game in windowed mode and use Borderless Gaming. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No framerate cap without v-sync. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | http://skyrim-beautification-project.com/kanelynch/index.htm |
Input
Input settings
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Must unplug controller to use keyboard+mouse. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
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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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Effects, Speech, Music, Ambience | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output through OpenAL or DirectSound3D restoration software. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 3[3] |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | Unofficial translation; TriboGamer. | |||
Spanish | ||||
Russian | Retail only. Patch for digital release here. | |||
Polish | Retail only. Patch for digital release here. |
Network
- Online features require a Microsoft account (optional for offline play).
- Co-op component is available in local play (split screen) only.
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Co-op Co-op version of single-player campaign. |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play | 8 |
Issues fixed
Gamepad not recognized
The Registry Editor allows users to edit the Windows registry. |
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Notes
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Stuttering
Use DirectInput FPS Fix. |
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Use DInput8Wrapper |
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Use Windows Device Manager. |
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This solution is more time consuming but for some people it works when the first two fixes do not work Notes
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Crash on startup
Update GFWL client[citation needed] |
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Crash to desktop after the first campaign loading screen
Head into the main menu audio options and change the Sound Render from OpenAL to DIRECTSOUND[4] |
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Also, Go into the save game location and edit the main.ini file, set the resolution to your monitors native resolution, set the correct aspect ratio for your native resolution. DSR may not work
Change Use EAX from 1 to 0.
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | OpenAL, DirectSound3D | May fall back to DirectSound3D if no OpenAL32.dll is detected in c:\SysWOW64. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP2, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon XP 1800+ Intel Pentium 4 2 GHz |
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ Intel Pentium 4 2.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 7 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon X1300 Nvidia GeForce 6600 128 MB of VRAM | ATI Radeon X1800 Nvidia GeForce 8300 128 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ Games for Windows - LIVE DRM features: activation, supports local profiles.
- ↑ 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 (8080) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.