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Revision as of 09:08, 31 October 2021
Developers | |
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Delphine Software International | |
Publishers | |
Gathering of Developers | |
Anuman Interactive | |
VectorCell | |
Gravity Europe SAS | |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 27, 1999 |
Key points
- For Windows 8 and later use the low frame rate fix.
- A Quest Editor is available for making custom content.
- Major graphics glitches on recent AMD drivers (see Broken graphics on AMD graphics cards).
- The in-game music will frequently skip and stutter on modern hardware. There is no known fix.[1]
General information
- Darkstone Database community site
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Journey in Uma | Released for free. |
Essential improvements
Patches
The latest patch is v1.05b. Some previous patches are required. The GOG.com version is already fully patched.
Peixoto's patch
Peixoto's patch allows high resolution, super sampling anti aliasing and gets the installer working on 64 bit windows
Skip intro videos
Add -nointro to shortcut[citation needed] |
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Quest Editor
The Darkstone Quest Editor supports adding or editing monsters, NPCs, buildings and quests.
Journey in Uma addon
Journey in Uma is an official quest pack built with the Quest Editor.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\config[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/320320/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\save[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/320320/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Multi-monitor | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See the WSGF entry. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | For Windows 8 and later use the low frame rate fix. | ||
120+ FPS | Capped at 60 FPS.[5] |
Windowed
Add -32bit -window to shortcut[6] |
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Use the
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Set in <path-to-game>\config\keyboard.txt . |
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Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | SFX, Music, Voices | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Disabled by default. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Swedish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | Not supported (Steam store page is incorrect).[7] | |||
LAN play | 2 | Co-op |
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Online play | 2 | Co-op |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Broken graphics on AMD graphics cards
- 3D elements are broken on AMD drivers newer than Catalyst 13.1.[8][9] The
-sortbyz
command line argument will fix some issues but others remain.[10]
Use dgVoodoo2[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Broken interface in windowed mode
- Setting 32-bit color mode fixes the windowed mode interface.[6]
Set 32-bit color mode[6] |
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Use the |
Low frame rate in fullscreen mode
- This game has frame rate issues on Windows 8 and later when running in fullscreen mode.
Apply necessary fixes[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 6 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Xaudio MPEG Audio Engine |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 233 MHz MMX (or AMD equivalent) | Intel Pentium II 350 MHz MMX (or AMD equivalent) |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 170 MB | 380 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[3]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 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 (320320) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Music skipping, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Talk:Darkstone — StrategyWiki, the video game walkthrough and strategy guide wiki
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-03-16
- Tested by using my monitor's 48 Hz refresh mode, disabling vsync, and simply running the game normally.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 A way to run this in windowed mode?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ Local coop :: Darkstone General Discussions
- ↑ Game does not work, Cannot send support ticket either...., page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ Latest ATI drivers have broken some GOG games on Win7 (info inside), page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ Exhaustive List of Command Line Parameters, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com