Darksiders Warmastered Edition

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

Darksiders Warmastered Edition

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
Darksiders	2010
Darksiders II	2012
Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition	2015
Darksiders Warmastered Edition	2016
Darksiders III	2018
Darksiders Genesis	2019
Darksiders IV	TBA

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 with the -EpicPortal command line argument.
GamersGate
GOG.com		Bundled with Darksiders as a separate download.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam		Bundled with Darksiders
EA app (unavailable)		Bundled with Darksiders

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
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.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

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

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
EA app		Cloud saves are enabled but do not sync.
Steam Cloud		Approx. 1 MB available. Steam Cloud saves for Darksiders will be detected and, with permission, can be converted.

Video

General settings.

Basic 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.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		HDR experience can be improved using: RenoDX See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Field of view (FOV)

Automatic FOV option results in Vert- FOV scaling on widescreen.

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

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

Key rebinding menu.

Controller buttons.

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
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 support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Motion sensors support
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

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.
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

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

Localizations

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

VR support

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

Issues unresolved

Audio mixing issues in pre-rendered cutscenes

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

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

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11	The game refers DX11 FL10 as DX10, but due to the binary file imports d3d11.dll, it's impossible to run it on DX10 only systems like Vista without DX11 update.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok Physics
Audio	FMOD
Interface	Scaleform GFx

System requirements

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