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Sonic Adventure DX (Steam)

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Sonic Adventure DX
Sonic Adventure DX cover
Developers
Sonic Team
Sonic Team USA
Publishers
Sega
Release dates
Windows September 16, 2014
Sonic Adventure DX (Steam) guide on StrategyWiki
Sonic Adventure DX (Steam) on Wikipedia
Sonic Adventure
Subseries of Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic Adventure DX 2003
Sonic Adventure DX (2011) 2011
Sonic Adventure 2 2012
Sonic Adventure DX (Steam) 2014
Dreamcast Collection
Sega Bass Fishing 2011
Sonic Adventure DX (2011) 2011
Space Channel 5: Part 2 2011
Crazy Taxi (2011) 2011
Sega Bass Fishing (Steam) 2014
Sonic Adventure DX (Steam) 2014
Space Channel 5: Part 2 (Steam) 2014
Crazy Taxi (Steam) 2014

This page is for the Steam version. For the original port, see Sonic Adventure DX. For other versions, see Sonic Adventure DX (2011).

Key points

Updated version of PC re-release of game with more graphical options and fixed issues.
Only available through Steam and no update for those owning physical or DRM-free version.
Missing all Game Gear games from the GameCube and 2003 PC versions; use SADX Mod Installer.
Aspect ratio is locked to pillarboxed 4:3; use SADX Mod Installer.
The game may occasionally cap the frame rate at about 48 FPS instead of 60 FPS; SADX Mod Installer may help.

General information

Sonic News Network - A massive wiki for the Sonic the Hedgehog universe
Sonic Retro - A huge fan site for everything Sonic the Hedgehog. Mods for all the games can be found here
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

Essential improvements

SADX Mod Installer

Allows to set resolution, frame rate settings, HUD scaling etc. before installation (in custom mode), and auto-detects desktop resolution.
Supports Steam, 2004, DC Collection/Remastered and can also be installed over BetterSADX.
A list of additional recommended mods can be found here.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/71250/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SEGA\Sonic Adventure DX\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/71250/pfx/[Note 1]
BetterSADX moves the save file to <path-to-game>\savedata

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Configuration tools graphics tab.
Configuration tools graphics tab.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Configuration tools input tab with keyboard.
Configuration tools input tab with keyboard.
In game setting window for keyboard.
In game setting window for keyboard.
Configuration tools input tab with controller.
Configuration tools input tab with controller.
In game setting window for controller.
In game setting window for controller.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game settings.
In-game settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish
Castilian.
Russian
Fan translation, available here.

Issues fixed

Low FPS

If the FPS is stuck in the 40s and won't rise to 60, disable the in-game FXAA and Vsync and instead, force them through the Nvidia/Radeon control panel.

Sky Chase too difficult

Reduce resolution to 640x480[1]

Notes

This might be caused by BetterSADX.[citation needed]
Setting an even lower resolution, such as 320x240, makes the level even easier, however this may have other unintended consequences, as the original Dreamcast version ran at 720x480 (in 4:3).

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Shader Model support 3.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.8 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 7300 series
ATI Radeon X1600
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/71250/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (71250) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References