Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
From PCGamingWiki, the wiki about fixing PC games
Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
 |
|
| Developers | |
|---|---|
| CleverRaven | |
| Publishers | |
| Steam | KorGgenT |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | 2013 |
| macOS (OS X) | 2013 |
| Linux | 2013 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | Freeware, One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Turn-based |
| Perspectives | Top-down view |
| Controls | Direct control, Menu-based |
| Genres | Roguelike, RPG, Sandbox, Survival |
| Vehicles | Automobile, Bicycle, Helicopter, Motorcycle, Naval/watercraft |
| Art styles | Pixel art |
| Themes | Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi, Zombies |
| Series | Cataclysm |
 |
|
| Cataclysm | |
|---|---|
| Cataclysm | 2010 |
| Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead | EA |
| Cataclysm: Bright Nights | EA |
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a singleplayer top-down view roguelike, RPG, sandbox and survival game in the Cataclysm series.
General information
- Official forums
- Official Discord server
- Official Libera Chat channel
- Steam Community Discussions
- Official Github repository
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developer website | |
Available for free. | |
|
| Steam | |
|
Monetization
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| Freeware | The developer website version is available for free. |
| One-time game purchase | The Steam version requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| No microtransactions | The game has no microtransactions. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/cataclysm-dda/ |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/cataclysm-dda/save/ $XDG_DATA_HOME/cataclysm-dda/memorial/ $XDG_DATA_HOME/cataclysm-dda/graveyard/ $XDG_DATA_HOME/cataclysm-dda/templates/ |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| 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 and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Ray tracing (RT) | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | May not include audio depending on version. Separate music, sound, and ambient values that range from 0-128, defaulting to 100 | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Arabic | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| Czech | ||||
| Danish | ||||
| Dutch | ||||
| Filipino | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Greek | ||||
| Hungarian | ||||
| Icelandic | ||||
| Indonesian | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Norwegian | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Serbian | ||||
| Spanish | Regular and Argentinian | |||
| Turkish | ||||
| Ukrainian |
- Translations are available on Transifex where they can be updated and new languages be added here.
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | OpenGL, OpenGLES, OpenGLES2 | |
| Software renderer |
| Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | ARM | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | |||||
| macOS (OS X) | |||||
| Linux | [1] |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | ||||
| Processor (CPU) | 2 GHz[2] | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB[2] | 2 GB[2] | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
| macOS (OS X) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | ||||
| Processor (CPU) | 2 GHz[2] | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 500 MB[2] | 2 GB[2] | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
| Linux | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | ||||
| Processor (CPU) | 900 MHz[2] | 2 GHz[2] | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 500 MB[2] | 2 GB[2] | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
References
Categories:
- Released games under active development
- Games in development
- Windows
- OS X
- Linux
- Freeware
- One-time game purchase
- No microtransactions
- Singleplayer
- Turn-based
- Top-down view
- Direct control
- Menu-based
- Roguelike
- RPG
- Sandbox
- Survival
- Automobile
- Bicycle
- Helicopter
- Motorcycle
- Naval/watercraft
- Pixel art
- Post-apocalyptic
- Sci-fi
- Zombies
- Games