Devil May Cry 4 - PCGamingWiki PCGW (2024)

This page is for the original version. For the Special Edition, see Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition.

Devil May Cry 4
Developers

	Capcom
Publishers
	Capcom
Russia	1C Company
Engines
	MT Framework
Release dates
Windows	July 8, 2008
Reception
Metacritic	78
IGDB	81
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Cinematic camera, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action
Art styles	Realistic
Series	Devil May Cry

Devil May Cry
Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition	2006
Devil May Cry 4	2008
DmC: Devil May Cry	2013
Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition	2015
Devil May Cry HD Collection	2018
Devil May Cry 5	2019

1 Availability
- 1.1 Demos
2 Essential improvements
- 2.1 DMC4Hook
- 2.2 Faster Loading
- 2.3 Opaque Frost Ice
3 Game data
- 3.1 Configuration file(s) location
- 3.2 Save game data location
- 3.3 Save game cloud syncing
4 Video
5 Input
6 Audio
- 6.1 Localizations
7 VR support
8 Issues fixed
- 8.1 Frequent crashes in DX10 mode
9 Other information
- 9.1 API
- 9.2 Middleware
10 System requirements
11 Notes
12 References

Key points

A good port of the original console versions with plenty of graphical options and exclusive features, including a benchmark.

Devil May Cry 4 is a singleplayer action game developed and published by Capcom. It is part of the Devil May Cry series and chronologically takes place after the events of Devil May Cry 2 and five years before Devil May Cry 5.

It was released in North America on July 8, 2008, followed by releases in Australasia, Europe and Japan on July 10, July 11 and July 24 respectively.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM disc check. Russian release has 2 discs: one for installing the game itself and another for installing the Russian dub.

Steam (unavailable)
GamersGate (unavailable)		SecuROM PA DRM.
Origin (unavailable)		^[1]

Demos

A demo is available here.

Essential improvements

DMC4Hook

A mod which includes many quality of life improvements, gameplay additions, fully unlocked framerate and more.
Download dinput8.dll from this Github repository and place in the main game directory:. Open with delete key

Faster Loading

A shader logging debug tool was left in the game files, causing the game to take significantly longer to load in DX9.
Delete shaderlog.slg from Devil May Cry 4\nativePC

Opaque Frost Ice

Ice effects from the Frost enemy will be completely opaque unless running on specific Intel GPUs.
Download this file Extract the contents into the root game directory

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\CAPCOM\DEVILMAYCRY4\config.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/45700/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\CAPCOM\DEVILMAYCRY4\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/45700/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Origin
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

Video

PC settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Supports arbitrary aspect ratios.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	Use DMC4Hook
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Use DMC4Hook
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Appears to be enabled by default, but it's very weak. Improve through graphics card control panel.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	MSAA up to 16xQ
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Also includes option for variable frame rate or 60 FPS limit.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Frame rate is capped at 120 FPS. Can be fully unlocked with DMC4Hook. Uncapping the framerate will cause issues with characters inertia and camera reset above 120 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard options

Gamepad options

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		All buttons can be rebound both on keyboards and gamepads on a per-character basis.
Mouse acceleration		Mouse is not used in gameplay, only in menus.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Native XInput support.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		All buttons can be rebound both on keyboards and gamepads on a per-character basis.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Only X-axis inversion available.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Two sliders for sound effects and music.
Surround sound		Up to 5.1 output^[2]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		Set Windows speaker config to Quadraphonic and use DSOAL.^[3]
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Retail only.
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation, download.
Italian
Japanese				Audio is available in Japan region only.
Polish				Retail only.
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation, Download.
Russian				Retail only. Patch for digital release here.
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	GG3D	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Devil May Cry 4 for better 3D support.
TriDef 3D
iZ3D
vorpX	G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

Frequent crashes in DX10 mode

Copy old dxgi.dll and d3d10.dll files to the installation folder^[4]
Search your C:\Windows\winsxs folder for dxgi.dll and d3d10.dll The correct dxgi.dll file was modified on 11/20/2010 or 11/21/2010 (depending on region) and is 496 KB. The correct d3d10.dll file was modified on 7/13/2009 or 7/14/2009 (depending on region) and is 0.98 MB. Copy both files to your DMC4 installation folder, where the .exe files are.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c, 10

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	XAudio2

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2	Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4	Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6600 series DirectX 9 compatible	Nvidia GeForce 8600 series

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (45700) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Origin - Products - last accessed on 7 June 2022
↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up
↑ Devil May Cry 4 with 3D spatial sound 🎧 (OpenAL Soft HRTF audio)
↑ How to fix crashes in DX10 mode (without uninstalling KB2670838)