Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
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Developers | |
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MercurySteam | |
Kojima Productions | |
Windows | Climax Studios |
Publishers | |
Konami | |
Engines | |
Mercury Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 27, 2013 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 81 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Series | Castlevania |
Key points
- Includes all the DLCs released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
- Does not include foliage animation and the Solid Snake outfit from the console versions.[1][2]
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
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Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete or rename video files[3] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\bin\Profile\Saves\Castlevania.cfg[Note 1] |
Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\234080\remote\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/234080/pfx/[Note 2] |
- Configuration file is encrypted.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\bin\Profile\Saves\Castlevania.profile[Note 1] |
Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\234080\remote\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/234080/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | Approx. 5 MB available. |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | See Ultra-widescreen Fix | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Can be stretched to any windowed resolution. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use DxWnd. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16 samples. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA. For others, see Anti-aliasing (AA). | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Anti-aliasing (AA)
- There is an In-Game AA option (FXAA).
Other AA Methods[citation needed] |
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Ultra-widescreen Fix
- Game executable needs to be de-obfuscated using Steamless before applying the fix.
Patch the game executable[4] |
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Supersampling/DSR
Higher than native resolutions cause crashes and white screen |
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Game has trouble displaying resolutions higher than desktop one, such as DSR, often resulting in glitched white screen. Set your desired DSR resolution as desktop resolution globally to bypass this problem. |
Input
- If controller is present game changes prompts to 360 buttons and disables key rebinding.
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Possible to rebind to mouse and its extra buttons as well. | |
Mouse acceleration | Mouse movement not used at all. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | XInput controllers only. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
DualShock 4 controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Generic/other controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | For DualShock button prompts use the Dualshock - PlayStation Buttons | |
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Voice, effects and music. | |
Surround sound | Auto configures up to 7.1 output[5] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation, download. | |||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | Use this mod. Ported from the Japanese console version. Because the Reverie and Resurrection DLCs were never released in Japan, there is no Japanese audio available for them and as such they remain in English. |
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Polish | Fan translation, download. | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | Fan translation, download interface and subtitles, download audio. | |||
Spanish | ||||
Turkish | Fan translation, download from Official Site or Direct Link |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Castlevania Lords of Shadow Ultimate Edition - 3D Vision Fix. | ||
vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Issues unresolved
Black/white screen at 30 Hz
- The game doesn't seem to support a 30 Hz refresh rate. Screen simply turns black or white, while still playing the audio in the background.[citation needed]
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP3 | 7 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz | Quad Core |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 15 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible | 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible |
Other | Broadband Internet connection |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 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>/234080/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (234080) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Steam Community - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Steam Community - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Steam Community :: Guide :: No logos - fast boot - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Hman360 on 2023-05-13
- Works best if you only replace the single instance, fixes FMVs and menus as well as gameplay
- ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on May 2023