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Darksiders Warmastered Edition

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

Darksiders Warmastered Edition
Darksiders Warmastered Edition cover
Developers
Original Vigil Games
Warmastered Kaiko
Publishers
THQ Nordic
Engines
Phoenix Engine
Release dates
Windows November 29, 2016
Reception
OpenCritic 77
IGDB 81
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Genres RPG, Adventure
Themes Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi
Series Darksiders
Darksiders Warmastered Edition on HowLongToBeat
Darksiders Warmastered Edition on IGDB
Darksiders Warmastered Edition guide on StrategyWiki
Darksiders Warmastered Edition on MobyGames
Darksiders Warmastered Edition on Wikipedia
Darksiders
Darksiders 2010
Darksiders II 2012
Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition 2015
Darksiders Warmastered Edition 2016
Darksiders III 2018
Darksiders Genesis 2019

Darksiders Warmastered Edition is a remastered version of the 2010 role-playing game Darksiders with support for higher resolutions, higher quality textures and pre-rendered cutscenes, enhanced shadows and more graphical options. It also includes a save conversion tool to import save files from the original Darksiders.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
DRM-free when launched directly from executable.[1]
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Bundled with Darksiders as a separate download.[2]
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Bundled with Darksiders
Windows
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
Bundled with Darksiders
Windows
The game was granted to all owners of Darksiders at no cost.

Essential improvements

Skip intro and menu videos

Remove the intro and menu videos[3]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\media\videos.
  2. Delete, remove, or rename kaiko_logo.wmv, main_menu_intro.wmv, start_screen_intro.wmv, THQNORDIC_LOGO_Color_white.wmv, and Vigil_Logo1280x720.wmv.
  3. Run the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

System Location
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\462780\remote\autocloud\save\
Epic Games Launcher %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\darksiders1.exe\
Steam Play (Linux) <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

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Cloud saves are enabled but do not sync.[4]
Steam Cloud
Approx. 1 MB available.
Steam Cloud saves for Darksiders will be detected and, with permission, can be converted.

Video

General settings.
General settings.
Basic Video settings.
Basic Video settings.
PC Video settings.
PC Video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Most UI elements don't scale well.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
FOV slider ranging from 20° to 90°. See Field of view (FOV) for more options.
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
Capped to 120-125fps.[5]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

Automatic FOV option results in Vert- FOV scaling on widescreen.
Set a specific FOV value[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Edit config.ini.
  3. Set calculated_fov to false.
  4. Set field_of_view to the desired vertical FOV.

Notes

See FOV Calculator for help.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Native borderless mode causes the game to minimize when losing focus.
Use SRWE for no minimizing[citation needed]
  1. Start the game in a window.
  2. Download and run SRWE.
  3. Attach the game process.
  4. Enable Remove borders.
  5. Enable Fake fullscreen.

Input

Key rebinding menu.
Key rebinding menu.
Controller buttons.
Controller buttons.

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound, Voice, Video.
Surround sound
Up to 7.1 output.[6]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

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

Issues unresolved

Audio/Video desync in pre-rendered cutscenes

  • 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

  • Noticeable by music and sounds effects being much more quiet than the voices in pre-rendered cutscenes.[7]
  • A guide with video files that fix the audio issues can be found here.[citation needed]

Controller disconnected

  • 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

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

Frame rate issues when using an Xinput controller over Bluetooth

  • When playing the game with an XInput controller over Bluetooth connection frames are dropped. Only workaround is to use avoid using Bluetooth, plug in the controller if possible or use the Xbox Wireless Adapter.

Issues fixed

Loading screen is stuck

Enable VSync from Advanced Options

Missing controller functions

Some actions like Summoning Ruin and cycling targets don't have mappings and cannot be performed on a controller.
Use another Community Configuration in the Steam Controller settings
Disable Steam Input altogether to allow the game's built-in controller support[8]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 10, 11
Shader Model support 4.1, 5.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Audio Fmod
Interface Scaleform

System requirements

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

  1. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-01-01
  2. Does Warmastered Edition includes original version? - GOG Community Discussions for the Darksiders series - last accessed on December 5, 2016
  3. 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. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-11-11
  5. List of Known Bugs (Read Before Reporting Bugs) - last accessed on 2022-09-21
  6. PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on May 2023
  7. Audio levels in cutscenes... :: Darksiders Warmastered Edition General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
  8. [1]