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#Right click the 'EngRel 3d Fix &Extreme Camera zoom & Overhead Map.exe' file in the 'Dark Omen\PRG_ENG' install directory and select properties, then select the 'Compatibility' tab and select 'Run in 640x480 screen resolution and 'Run in 16bit Colors'. Also set compatibility to Windows 98.
 
#Right click the 'EngRel 3d Fix &Extreme Camera zoom & Overhead Map.exe' file in the 'Dark Omen\PRG_ENG' install directory and select properties, then select the 'Compatibility' tab and select 'Run in 640x480 screen resolution and 'Run in 16bit Colors'. Also set compatibility to Windows 98.
 
#Run the game using the 'EngRel 3d Fix &Extreme Camera zoom & Overhead Map.exe' file
 
#Run the game using the 'EngRel 3d Fix &Extreme Camera zoom & Overhead Map.exe' file
{{ii}}On Windows 7 'Run in 16bit Colors' is not a setting in the compatibility tab, so before starting the game right click the desktop, select screen resolution then 'Advanced Settings'. Then on the 'Monitor' tab change the colour settings to 16bit and select 'Apply'
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'''Notes'''
 
'''Notes'''
{{ii}}All visual settings can be turned on except for Colored Cursors. That setting will crash the game!
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{{ii}} On Windows 7 'Run in 16bit Colors' is not a setting in the compatibility tab, so before starting the game right click the desktop, select screen resolution then 'Advanced Settings'. Then on the 'Monitor' tab change the colour settings to 16bit and select 'Apply'
{{ii}}The tutorial will seem like it doesn't recognize the camera movement at first, but keep doing it for a few minutes and the tutorial will move on.
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'''Notes'''
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{{ii}} All visual settings can be turned on except for Colored Cursors. That setting will crash the game!
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{{ii}} The tutorial will seem like it doesn't recognize the camera movement at first, but keep doing it for a few minutes and the tutorial will move on.
 
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==Colored Cursor Fix==
 
==Colored Cursor Fix==
 
 
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{{Fixbox/fix|Colored Cursors Fix|}}
 
{{Fixbox/fix|Colored Cursors Fix|}}
 
#[http://www.blitz-art.neostrada.pl/ww/wdo_winxp_color_cursors.rar Download these files]
 
#[http://www.blitz-art.neostrada.pl/ww/wdo_winxp_color_cursors.rar Download these files]
 
#Copy files to the 'Dark Omen\Graphics\Cursors' directory and replace all files
 
#Copy files to the 'Dark Omen\Graphics\Cursors' directory and replace all files
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'''Notes'''
 
'''Notes'''
{{ii}}Make sure the colored cursors are 'off' in the graphics menu, as that settings crashes the game. This is a workaround of that crash that enables the colored cursors to work.
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{{ii}} Make sure the colored cursors are 'off' in the graphics menu, as that settings crashes the game. This is a workaround of that crash that enables the colored cursors to work.
 
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Warhammer: Dark Omen
Warhammer: Dark Omen cover
Developers
Mindscape
Games Workshop
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Release dates
Windows March 31, 1998
Warhammer: Dark Omen on Wikipedia
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Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location

Video settings

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Issues fixed

Only CPU mode works unless you apply the fix below

Full 3D mode Fix

Instructions

Colored Cursor Fix

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)

References