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D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die

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D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die -Season One-
D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die -Season One- cover
Developers
Access Games
Publishers
AGM PLAYISM
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows June 5, 2015
Reception
Metacritic 67
IGDB 79
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Cinematic camera
Genres Adventure
Art styles Cartoon
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Key points

Compared to original Xbox One release, the Kinect and voice controls has been redone to be playable completely with mouse only and all original DLC is now unlockable within base game.[1]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Humble Store
DRM-free
Humble Deluxe Edition
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
Publisher website (unavailable)
DRM-free
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Windows
Demo available at the official site.

Version differences

Deluxe Edition includes
  • Mini soundtrack
  • Voice over script
  • Special Art book
  • Special costume set -12 Beers- DLC.
Humble Deluxe Edition is not the same as Deluxe Edition. It's Humble Bundle/Store exclusive version which includes:
  • Four postcards and two wallpapers.
  • Humble Edition Soundtrack, which different from Mini soundtrack.[2]
  • DRM-free version of the game along with Steam key for regular version of the game.

DLC and expansion packs

All the DLC that were released with Xbox One version is unlockable from the game for free. However there's optional DLC which unlocks them directly same way they would on Xbox One version.
Humble Store offers DRM-free DLC, but their compatibility with other versions, such as GOG.com version, is unknown.[citation needed]
Name Notes
Mini Soundtrack Included with Deluxe Edition.
Windows
Special Art Book Included with Deluxe Edition.
Windows
Voice Over Script Included with Deluxe Edition.
Windows
Special Costume Set -12 Beers- Included with Deluxe Edition.
Windows
SWERY's Choice Costume Set -4 Cups of Coffee-
Windows
SWERY's Choice Costume Set -4 Bottles of Tequila-
Windows
Hand Cursor Set Vol.1
Windows
Hand Cursor Set Vol.2
Windows
Hand Cursor Set Vol.3
Windows
In Game Document Full Unlock Key In-game item unlocker.
Windows
David's Costume Full Unlock Key In-game item unlocker.
Windows
Forrest's Costume Full Unlock Key In-game item unlocker.
Windows
Amanda's Costume Full Unlock Key In-game item unlocker.
Windows
Olivia's Costume Full Unlock Key In-game item unlocker.
Windows
David's Beard Full Unlock Key In-game item unlocker.
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Ms01Game\Movies\.
  2. Delete or rename the following files:
    • MS_Logo.bik
    • UE_Logo.bik

Notes

Do not touch Nowloading.bik. Even though file is part of the intro, it's used as part of initial loading and it will automatically skip when game files has been loaded.
Deleting AG_Logo.bik only gets rid of the video, but the audio (in a black screen) will still play, so it is better to not delete it.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\D4 Dark Dreams Don't Die\Ms01Game\Config\
<path-to-game>\config.ini[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358090/pfx/[Note 2]
For demo version, look under D4 Dark Dreams Don't Die DEMO.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\my games\D4 Dark Dreams Don't Die\Binaries\Win64\
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\358090\remote\*.sav
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358090/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

Launcher settings.
Launcher settings.
Alternative launcher.
Alternative launcher.
In-game display settings.
In-game display settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped at 62 FPS; See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Natively supports up to 1920x1200 only.
Use replacement D4.exe[citation needed]
  1. Download the Alternative Launcher.
  2. Go to the installation folder and backup existing D4.exe.
  3. Move the downloaded D4.exe into the installation folder.

High frame rate

Change frame rate smoothing[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Ms01Engine.ini.
  3. Search and change bSmoothFrameRate to FALSE or raise MaxSmoothedFrameRate value.
  4. Save file.
  5. Set to read only
For more information, see the Unreal Engine 3 page.

Input

In-game mouse settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game controller settings.
In-game controller settings.

Keyboard and mouse, touch State Notes
Remapping
Everything is done with mouse or controller. Buttons like Esc and Enter are useable in menus.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised
[3]
Controller
Controller support
XInput only.
Full controller support
Launcher is used.
Controller remapping
Two presets, told in manual.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Generic/other controllers
Compatibility may vary.
Button prompts
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Not allowed on QTEs and some sequences.

Audio

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.
In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, effects and voice.
Surround sound
Mono, stereo, 4ch, 5.1 and 7.1.
Subtitles
[1]
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Portuguese
Russian
Fan translation by ZoG Forum Team».
Spanish

Issues unresolved

Graphical issues with mirrors

Visually seems like really tiny draw distance[4] or flickering.[5]

Low frame rate on gaming laptops

If you have a laptop with an integrated GPU + dedicated GPU, you may find that the game will not switch to the dedicated GPU automatically (you can verify usage via Task Manager). If your laptop has an Nvidia card, you can use the Nvidia Control Panel, go to 3D Settings → Manage 3D settings, and either try and force it to use the Nvidia GPU on an application level, or on a global level. A good way to determine if this has taken effect or not is to add an FPS counter for the Nvidia settings, i.e. if the FPS counter does not appear, this was not applied.

Issues fixed

Unable to set high resolution

When Windows text scaling is enabled, the game will not allow a high resolution to be selected (e.g. 720p may be the highest available on a 1080p display)[6]
Use Alternative Launcher[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio Wwise, OGG Vorbis
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83 GHz
System memory (RAM) 6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) Resolution of 1280x720
Nvidia GeForce GTX 470
AMD Radeon HD 6870
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX 11 compatible
Other Keyboard and mouse necessary. Compatible with XInput controllers such as the Xbox 360 controller.
64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 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. 2.0 2.1 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>/358090/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (358090) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 d4-game.com - PC Version additions
  2. D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die - Season One - Humble Deluxe Edition :: D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die General Discussion - last accessed on December 27, 2015, Post #10.
  3. <path-to-game>\D4_GameHelp_EN.pdf, "Touch panel controls are compatible with Version 1.4 and later."
  4. Steam community :: Screenshot :: Bugging at the very start of the game *sigh* - last accessed on December 27, 2015
  5. Flickering mirror... :: D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die General Discussion - last accessed on December 27, 2015
  6. NeoGAF - View Single Post - D4 PC - last accessed on December 27, 2015, Post #180.