Darksiders Warmastered Edition

Darksiders
Darksiders	2010
Darksiders II	2012
Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition	2015
Darksiders Warmastered Edition	2016
Darksiders III	2018

This page is for the Warmastered Edition. For the original release, see Darksiders.

Key points

Updated version of Darksiders with enhanced graphics: support for up to 4k resolutions, doubled all the textures resolution, re-rendered cutscenes in high quality, higher resolution shadows and enhanced post processing effects.

Fixes several issues from the original port.

Includes a save conversion tool.

General information

Official website

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com		Bundled with Darksiders as a separate download.^[1]
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Origin		Bundled with Darksiders Included with Origin Access Basic.
Steam		Bundled with Darksiders

The game was granted to all owners of Darksiders at no cost.

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro and menu videos[edit]

Remove the intro and menu videos^[2]

Go to <path-to-game>\media\videos\.
Delete, remove, or rename kaiko_logo.wmv, main_menu_intro.wmv, start_screen_intro.wmv, THQNORDIC_LOGO_Color_white.wmv, and Vigil_Logo1280x720.wmv.
Run the game. The game should now take you to the logo screen and main menu immediately.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\kaiko\darksiders1\
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/462780/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\darksiders1.exe\
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\462780\remote\autocloud\save\
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/462780/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

If no save data is found and there's data in original games save game data path, game offers to import it.

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud		Approx. 1 MB available. Steam Cloud saves for Darksiders will be detected and, with permission, can be converted.

Video settings[edit]

General settings.

Basic Video settings.

PC Video settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA and FSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		FPS cap raised to ~330fps after Hotfix #2.

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

Automatic FOV option results in Vert- FOV scaling on widescreen. Manual FOV slider uses vertical FOV ranging from 20° to 90°.

Set a specific FOV value^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Edit config.ini.
Set calculated_fov to false.
Set field_of_view to the desired vertical FOV.

Notes

See FOV Calculator for help.

Borderless fullscreen windowed[edit]

Native borderless mode causes the game to minimize when losing focus.

Use SRWE for no minimizing^{[citation needed]}

Start the game in a window.
Download and run SRWE.
Attach the game process.
Enable Remove borders.
Enable Fake fullscreen.

Input settings[edit]

Key rebinding menu.

Controller buttons.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
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		Plus X-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support
Connection modes	unknown

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts		You can follow this STEAM guide if you're having problems with the prompts.
Controller hotplugging		Only the device used to press "start game" can be used. Unplugging controller locks the game, regardless of if it was in use.
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Sound, Voice, Video.
Surround sound		Up to 7.1 output.^[3]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Czech
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation.
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

VR support[edit]

3D modes	Native	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Darksiders Warmastered Edition - 3DV-Fix - Losti - V1.2.

Issues unresolved[edit]

Audio/Video desync in pre-rendered cutscenes[edit]

When being played for the first time in session, sound gets desynced with a video in pre-rendered cutscenes.^{[citation needed]}

Audio mixing issues in pre-rendered cutscenes[edit]

Noticeable by music and sounds effects being much more quiet than the voices in pre-rendered cutscenes.^[4]

Controller disconnected[edit]

Game will lock up completely with this message on the screen if controller gets disconnected. Only way to continue is to reconnect the controller, which only work with XInput controllers. With other controllers the game must be forcefully closed.

Language setting is not saved[edit]

Game language will fallback to computer language if you change menu language.

Issues fixed[edit]

Loading screen is stuck[edit]

Enable VSync from Advanced Options.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	10, 11
Shader Model support	4.1, 5.0
64-bit executable

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	Fmod
Interface	Scaleform

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Dual Core AMD Dual Core	Intel Quad Core AMD Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	36 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD/Nvidia 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible	DirectX 11 compatible

Notes

↑ ^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>/462780/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (462780) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Does Warmastered Edition includes original version? - GOG Community Discussions for the Darksiders series - last accessed on December 5, 2016
↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on November 30, 2016
Intro and video files were moved to a different folder and the game skipped these videos, launching immediately into the main menu.
↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up
↑ Audio levels in cutscenes... :: Darksiders Warmastered Edition General Discussions

[Proton_path_note-3] 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>/462780/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (462780) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Does Warmastered Edition includes original version? - GOG Community Discussions for the Darksiders series - last accessed on December 5, 2016

[2] Verified by User:AmethystViper on November 30, 2016
Intro and video files were moved to a different folder and the game skipped these videos, launching immediately into the main menu.

[4] PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up

[5] Audio levels in cutscenes... :: Darksiders Warmastered Edition General Discussions

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Developers

	Vigil Games
Windows	KAIKO Games
Publishers
	THQ Nordic
Release dates
Windows	November 29, 2016