Desperate Housewives: The Game
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| Developers | |
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| Liquid Entertainment | |
| Publishers | |
| Buena Vista Games | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 6, 2006 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 61 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Life sim |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | North America |
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Desperate Housewives: The Game is a singleplayer bird's-eye view life sim game.
Availability
Monetization
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| No microtransactions | None |
Essential improvements
Patches
- There is a 1.4 patch available for download from here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\DH.ini[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %APPDATA%\Roaming\Desperate Housewives\Saves\ |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Setting a custom resolution in <path-to-game>\DH.ini is reverted back to one of the in-game resolutions. Instead, use the Widescreen & FOV Fix. |
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| Multi-monitor | Use the Widescreen & FOV Fix. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Use the Widescreen & FOV Fix. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | Use the Widescreen & FOV Fix. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | Use the Widescreen & FOV Fix to set a custom FOV value. | ||
| Windowed | Set Fullscreen=1 to Fullscreen=0 in <path-to-game>\DH.ini. |
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| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Unknown amount. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Unknown amount and type. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Set VSync=0 to VSync=1 in <path-to-game>\DH.ini. |
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| 60 FPS | |||
| 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 | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| 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 | Music, dialogue and effects. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Czech | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Polish | Based on German localization due to untranslated German ingame text. | |||
| Spanish |
Issues fixed
Game doesn't start
| Set the executable to Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 9 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | XP | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Pentium IV 1.4 GHz | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 2.5 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia Geforce 3 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible |
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Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).