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Dark Void

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Dark Void
Dark Void cover
Developers
Airtight Games
Publishers
Capcom
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows January 19, 2010
Reception
Metacritic 57
IGDB 59
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres TPS
Art styles Realistic
Themes Sci-fi
Series Dark Void
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Warnings

For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Requires online activation
SecuROM 7 DRM or SecuROM PA DRM.
Windows
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Requires online activation
SecuROM PA DRM.
Windows
Steam
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Requires online activation
Windows
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)
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SecuROM PA and Games for Windows - LIVE DRM.[Note 1]
Windows
GamersGate (unavailable)
Requires online activation
SecuROM PA DRM.
Windows
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
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Requires online activation
Windows
Humble Store (unavailable)
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Requires online activation
Windows
All versions require SecuROM PA DRM.
A standalone PhysX benchmark is also available.

Demo

A demo is available here or here. It includes the level Into The Void.

Essential improvements

Patches

Two patches are available for the game's PhysX engine; main PhysX patch and second PhysX patch. Retail version of Dark Void requires the main PhysX patch to be applied first.
Please note that running the "DarkVoidPhysXSS_patch.exe" file directly will most likely break the installation and you will have to clean PhysX registry keys. Instead, simply open the exe file using 7zip and extract the following files:APEX_Turbulence.dll, msvcr71.dll. Put and replace these two files in your Dark Void's "Binaries" folder (backup your existing "APEX_Turbulence.dll" just in case)

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos[1]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\nativePC\SkyGame\.
  2. Delete or rename the Movies folder.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Airtight\Dark Void\SkyGame\Config\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/45710/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Airtight\Dark Void\SavedGames\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/45710/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

Video settings menu.
Video settings menu.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Use Flawless Widescreen.
Ultra-widescreen
Image is pillarboxed 16:9 render. Use Flawless Widescreen.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
See Field of view (FOV) or Debug controls.
Windowed
Toggle with Alt+ Enter, use the -windowed parameter or see Additional video settings.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
4x by default. See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)
No option for anti-aliasing. SGSSAA available for Nvidia GPUs through Nvidia Inspector, see Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Some cutscenes crash if the framerate is higher than 60fps.[2][3]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Edit config files
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open SkyEngine.ini.
  3. Find the line MaxAnisotropy and set it to 16.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Force SGSSAA (Nvidia only)[4][5]
  1. Download and run Nvidia Profile Inspector.
  2. Select the Dark Void profile.
  3. Change Antialiasing compatibility value to 0x080000C1.
  4. Change Antialiasing - Behavior Flags to None.
  5. Change Antialiasing - Mode to Override any application setting.
  6. Change Antialiasing - Setting to 4x [4x Multisampling].
  7. Change Antialiasing - Transparency Supersampling to 4x Sparse Grid Supersampling.
  8. Press "Apply Changes" in the top-right corner.

Ambient occlusion

Force HBAO+ (Nvidia only)[6][7]
  1. Download and run Nvidia Profile Inspector.
  2. Select the Dark Void profile.
  3. Change Ambient Occlusion compatibility value to 0x00000024.
  4. Change Ambient Occlusion setting to High Quality.
  5. Change Ambient Occlusion usage to Enabled.
  6. Press "Apply Changes" in the top-right corner.

Field of view (FOV)

The Dark Void plugin for Flawless Widescreen can change the base FOV by -20 to +20, but this can be modified to get a much wider FOV.
Adjust FOV range[1]
  1. Install Flawless Widescreen.
  2. Run it and install the Dark Void plugin.
  3. Go to the Flawless Widescreen installation folder.
  4. Go into PluginCache\FWS_Plugins\Modules\DarkVoid\Dependencies\Scripts\.
  5. Open DarkVoid.lua with a text editor.
  6. Find fAdditionalFOV = Sender:GetScaledFloat(5).
  7. Change it to fAdditionalFOV = Sender:GetScaledFloat(2). This will make the FOV slider go from -50 to +50.
  8. Restart Flawless Widescreen and adjust the slider.

Post-processing

Edit config files
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open SkyEngine.ini.
  3. Change the True values under SystemSettings to False if desired:
  • DepthOfField=True - Disabling depth of field also disables all other post-processing effects.
  • Bloom=True
  • Godrays=True
  • FilmGrain=True

Input

Controls settings menu.
Controls settings menu.

Audio

Audio settings menu.
Audio settings menu.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, music, sound FX and voice.
Surround sound
5.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

VR support

Devices State Notes
3RD Space Gaming Vest

Issues fixed

The game crashes during cutscenes

Limit the framerate to 60 fps.[2][3]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio FMOD, OpenAL
Cutscenes Bink Video

Debug controls

Enable debug controls[8]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open SkyInput.ini.
  3. Change DebugBindings to Bindings to enable a control. Changing the value under Name changes the input key, if the key is already used for another control it will not work.
  • DebugBindings=(Name="G",Command="god") - Toggles God mode.
  • DebugBindings=(Name="I",Command="ToggleInvisible") - Toggles invisibility.
  • DebugBindings=(Name="M",Command="allammo") - Gives full ammo.
  • DebugBindings=(Name="P",Command="PlayersOnly") - Freezes every dynamic object except the player.
  • DebugBindings=(Name="O",Command="Slomo 0.5") - Changes the game speed (another key needs to be set to 1.0 to restore the original speed).
  • DebugBindings=(Name="NumPadOne",Command="FOV 60") - Can be used to change the FOV to a custom value, but it gets reset to a small value after cutscenes. Default is around 65.
  • DebugBindings=(Name="B",Command="ToggleHud") - Toggles HUD rendering.
  • DebugBindings=(Name="F1",Command="viewmode wireframe") - Wireframe rendering.
  • DebugBindings=(Name="F2",Command="viewmode unlit") - Disables light, shadows and post-processing effects.
  • DebugBindings=(Name="F3",Command="viewmode lit") - Restores normal rendering mode.
  • DebugBindings=(Name="F5",Command="tiledshot 4") - Takes a high resolution screenshot (7680x4320) and stores it in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Airtight\Dark Void\SkyGame\ScreenShots\.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel 2.4 GHz
AMD 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 7900
ATI Radeon HD 3850


Notes

  1. Games for Windows - LIVE DRM features: SSA activation, supports local profiles.
  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>/45710/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (45710) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Verified by User:Antrad on August 31, 2017
  2. 2.0 2.1 Windows 10 Notes - last accessed on 2023-11-18
  3. 3.0 3.1 Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2023-11-18
  4. NVidia Profile Inspector - AA Flags - Google Drive - last accessed on May 2023
  5. forums.guru3d.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
  6. HBAO+ Compatibility Flags - last accessed on May 2023
  7. Original HBAO+ Post at Guru3D.com Forums - last accessed on May 2023
  8. The NeoGAF Screenshotter's Compendium Thread - Dark Void - last accessed on May 2023