Day of the Zombie

Day of the Zombie

Developers
	Brainbox Games
Publishers
	Groove Games
Russia	1C Company
Engines
	Unreal Engine 2
Release dates
Windows	October 15, 2008
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter, Survival horror
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Zombies

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Day of the Zombie is a singleplayer first-person action, FPS, shooter and survival horror game.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

This game is not available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\System\*.ini

Zombie.ini contains general settings.

User.ini contains camera FOV, mouse, keyboard/controller bindings and other settings.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saves\

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		65° by default. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter. See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Off by default. To turn it on, see Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		See Run the game at screen refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Widescreen resolution

Custom resolutions can be set manually. Note that in the first two options, image is Vert-, and FOV should be increased to compensate for it.

Set custom resolution in-game
While in game, open the console with ~. Enter setres XXXXxYYYY (for example setres 1920x1080).

Edit ini file
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open Zombie.ini. Go to the [WinDrv.WindowsClient] section. Set FullscreenViewportX and FullscreenViewportY to the desired resolution. Notes HUD is stretched. Some menu elements become cropped.

Use the Widescreen Fix
Notes Weapon and camera FOV are fixed both during gameplay and in-engine cutscenes. Menu elements are no longer cropped. HUD and menus are stretched.

Field of view (FOV)

Set default FOV in-game
While in game, open the console with ~. Type fov x, where x is the desired FOV.

Edit ini file
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open User.ini. Define FoV in following lines: DesiredFOV=65.000000 DefaultFOV=65.000000 Notes To maintain identical vertical FOV to the 4:3 FOV at 16:9 resolutions, use 106. At 21:9 resolutions, use 121. Game could start to randomly reset those values. If so, edit those values in <path-to-game>\System\DefUser.ini too. Weapon FOV stays the same.

Windowed

Edit ini file
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open Zombie.ini. Find the section [WinDrv.WindowsClient]. In that section, find an entry WindowedViewportX= and set its value to your desired window width. In that section, find an entry WindowedViewportY= and set its value to your desired window height. Set StartupFullscreen= to False to start the game in windowed mode.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

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

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Edit ini file
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open Zombie.ini. Change the line LevelOfAnisotropy=1 to any value desired (between 1 and 16).

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Edit ini file
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open Zombie.ini. Change the line UseVSync=False to UseVSync=True.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Disabled by default, see Mouse acceleration to enable it.
Mouse sensitivity		Max of 10. For higher, see Mouse sensitivity.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Set UseJoystick=True in Zombie.ini under [WinDrv.WindowsClient].
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Edit in User.ini.
Controller sensitivity		Edit in User.ini.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Edit in User.ini.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Mouse acceleration

Edit ini file
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open User.ini. Change the line MouseAccelThreshold=0 to the desired value. Notes [Engine.PlayerInput] entries are created upon inverting mouse y-axis or adjusting sensitivity.

Mouse sensitivity

Set custom sensitivity in-game
While in game, open the console with ~. Enter setsensitivity x (for example setsensitivity 5).

Edit ini file
Open User.ini. Change the line MouseSensitivity= to the desired value. Notes [Engine.PlayerInput] entries are created upon inverting mouse y-axis or adjusting sensitivity.

Jerky/Uneven mouse movement

Edit ini file

Launch the game at least once then close it. Open User.ini. Go to the following lines and change 6.0 to 0.1: MouseX=Count bXAxis | Axis aMouseX Speed=6.0 MouseY=Count bYAxis | Axis aMouseY Speed=6.0 Change the line MouseSmoothingMode= to 1 and MouseSamplingTime= to: 0.008 for 125Hz polling rate 0.002 for 500Hz polling rate 0.001 for 1000Hz polling rate Change the line MouseSensitivity= to 50 in User.ini (more or less, if needed to adjust). Open Zombie.ini. Go to the [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice] section and change ReduceMouseLag= to False. Notes Opening the control settings in-game to adjust mouse sensitivity will reset the value to 10 or below, making aiming way too slow.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and Effects sliders.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play		8	Co-op, Versus
Online play		8	Co-op, Versus The official GameSpy service has been shut down

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	7777-7781, 4343, 28902-28909
UDP	7777-7781, 4343, 28902-28909

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Game's Vsync doesn't work on Windows 8/8.1/10/11

Install dgVoodoo2.

Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper
Download d3d8.dll from here. Place it in <path-to-game>\System.

Poor performance on Windows 8/8.1/10/11

Install dgVoodoo2.

Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper
Download d3d8.dll from here. Place it in <path-to-game>\System.

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Set fullscreen refresh rate
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open Zombie.ini. Change the line DesiredRefreshRate=60 to the desired value. Notes Modifying any video options will undo the custom refresh rate.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	OpenAL
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP, Vista	2000, XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 2.0 GHz	Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.5 GB	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti 4600 ATI Radeon 9600 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible	NVIDIA GeForce 5/6/7 ATI Radeon X Series 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX and Windows-compatible	DirectX Windows-compatible sound card with Dolby Digital audio support
Other	4x CD-ROM reader or faster.	24x CD-ROM reader or faster.