• Pentium 233 or equivalent
• Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/Vista
• 32 MB RAM
• 260 MB Uncompressed HDD space
• DirectX 6.0 or higher
• 4 MB OpenGL compliant video card
• 4x CD-ROM (for CD music)
• 100% DirectX-compatible sound card
• Keyboard and Mouse

• Applied English patch v1.2
• Added official Ion Storm Daikatana map pack
• Applied v1.2 texture fix to fix incorrectly dimensioned textures
• Removed all music
• Removed a whole bunch unneeded single player maps, monster models, skins and sounds. All textures have been retained
• Additional texture fix for e2ctf2 which was not fixed in texture fix above. Used a replacement image simply to make the map complete
• Added textures for e4m5, e3m1c which were not in the correct texture directory for the respective maps
• Hexed katanadm.exe to remove all single player and CO-OP menu references and links
• Hexed katanadm.exe to edit a couple of "death taunts". e.g. "player's skull appears to be cracked open" is now "player cratered"
• Edited skill images so they don't appear in the single player option
• Removed all mplayer images and links from multiplayer menu and replaced with more suitable content
• Added "DKDM Launcher" which allows user to select character and config to use (also changes arm skins according to character selected)
• Added different "arm" skins for each character, based on each characters default skin. Superfly now has dark skin with long gloves and Mikiko has lighter skin with shorter gloves (best viewed at FOV 90)
• Fixed menu skins to hide menus which are not associated with multiplayer

Mplayer

• Used DI-MeisterM's "mplayer demo mod alpha 3" as basis for PAK (thanks Martin). Brings most of the sounds, textures, statusbars and other bits and pieces in from the mplayer demo
• Sliced and added "classic" character trio image for console and loadscreen backgrounds
• Fixed mplayer demo "bright" menu font (had to painfully edit it - copy paste copy paste, pixel by pixel - but it looks and works great)
• Replaced Venomizer shoot and activate sound with a far less annoying sound from the PAK
• Muted player freezing sound when hit by Kineticore
• Muted player sounds when a door will not open
• Muted boost effects to remain consistent to the demo
• Sidewinder skin is now 100% identical to the mplayer demo sidewinder when used with the retail Daikatana model (except for the weapon handle, but it's hardly worth mentioning)
• Created and added demo sytle CTF and inventory HUDs
• Although pointless, added green pause image. It was an unused image in DK retail PAK, and fits the mplayer demo look
• For completeness, changed preview image of statusbar visibility in options to conform to the mplayer demo statusbar appearance
• Particle fix (hosportal and item regeneration now with blue stars instead of white to align with mplayer demo). Does not fix smoke trails as changing will result in ruining other particle effects such as the Trident and waterfall effects
• Fixed menu skins to hide menus which are not associated with multiplayer
• Added alternate Kineticore weapon skin
• Modified and added C4 Vitzatergo mplayer demo skin
• Sliced mplayer shotcycler reload wav - sound was too long and made other sounds out of sync when used in retail Daikatana

1. Create a shortcut to "katana_launcher.exe" on your desktop or Start Menu. The DKDM Launcher is the main loading tool of the modification, as it allows you to assign your character, select config config, choose mode of play and enter command line tools before loading the game. Using the launcher also allows the arm skins to correctly display depending on the character, when the game is loaded
2. Open "katana_launcher.exe"
3. Select your preferences, command line and config file in the launcher. Note: If you have an existing config, be sure to put it in the root "data" folder in your DKDM install directory, and DO NOT set the config to read-only. To see your newly added config, you must reopen the launcher
4. Click launch
5. Select the "Multiplayer" menu to get started

Note: If you change character in the game, the character arm skins will not change. You will remain with the characters arm skin which you chose when you launched DKDM from the launcher. For a "proper" character change, you must exit the game start from the launcher again. It's the best we can do without the source code.

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• DI-MeisterM: for miscellaneous files, testing, feedback, and hosting
• zeus: testing and feedback
• John Romero: for the game and hosting