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# Go to the folder you have Shadow warrior installed in and delete the '''main''' SW.EXE, not '''Twin Dragon's''' SW.EXE
 
# Go to the folder you have Shadow warrior installed in and delete the '''main''' SW.EXE, not '''Twin Dragon's''' SW.EXE
 
# Copy ''wanton.dat'' and ''sw.dat'' to a new folder that you have write privileges in (GOG and Steam's installations are admin protected) and rename them to Wanton.EXE and SW.EXE.
 
# Copy ''wanton.dat'' and ''sw.dat'' to a new folder that you have write privileges in (GOG and Steam's installations are admin protected) and rename them to Wanton.EXE and SW.EXE.
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# If you intend to play multiplayer then you should also copy Setmain.exe to this folder as well. Now bind them with the <code>sb /r</code> command. Edit this game's [[DOSBox]] autoexec. Open the file ''dosbox_swarrior_single.conf'' and go to the sections <code>:wanton</code> and <code>:warrior</code>.
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# If you intend to play multiplayer then you should also copy Setmain.exe to this folder as well. Now bind them with the <code>sb /r</code> command. Copy the files back now.
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# Remove (or comment out) the <code>@COPY wanton.dat sw.exe</code> and <code>@COPY sw.dat sw.exe</code> lines.
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# Edit this game's [[DOSBox]] autoexec. Open the file ''dosbox_swarrior_single.conf'' and go to the sections <code>:warrior</code>. Duplicate the <code>@COPY sw.dat sw.exe</code> line and paste it beneath the <code>sw.exe</code> in the <code>:wanton</code> part.
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# Under <code>:wanton</code>, change the line <code>sw.exe</code> (the one between the two <code>cls</code> lines) to <code>Wanton.exe</code>.
 
 
{{ii}} You could also avoid the above by simply attempting to bind DOS32A directly to the Wanton & SW dat files, though this generally has mixed results and may not work for everyone as the bind utility does not like files that don't have the .exe extension.
 
{{ii}} You could also avoid the above by simply attempting to bind DOS32A directly to the Wanton & SW dat files, though this generally has mixed results and may not work for everyone as the bind utility does not like files that don't have the .exe extension.
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{{ii}} Also note that because many of Twin Dragon's files are duplicates of the vanilla files, the setmain.exe is exactly the same for both and can be merely be copied over to Twin Dragon's directory after binding. This however should '''not''' be done to Twin Dragon's sw.exe, as mentioned above it is different from the vanilla version and thus should be bound separately.
 
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Revision as of 21:46, 28 July 2017

Shadow Warrior (1997)
Shadow Warrior (1997) cover
Developers
3D Realms
Wanton Destruction Sunstorm Interactive
Publishers
GT Interactive
Devolver Digital
Engines
Build
Release dates
DOS May 13, 1997[1]
Mac OS (Classic) October 1, 1997
Windows November 15, 2012
macOS (OS X) November 15, 2012
Linux September 4, 2013[2]
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Shadow Warrior (1997) on Wikipedia
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Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game needs a fix to work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later (see API for details).
Shadow Warrior
Shadow Warrior (1997) 1997
Shadow Warrior Classic Redux 2013
Shadow Warrior (2013) 2013
Viscera Cleanup Detail: Shadow Warrior 2013
Shadow Warrior 2 2016
Shadow Warrior 3 2022

For the enhanced version, see Shadow Warrior Classic Redux. For the reboot, see Shadow Warrior (2013).

Key points

The game is free to download on GOG.com and Steam.[3]
The game was made open source in 2005.[4]

General information

Shadow Warrior Central
Official game site
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Community Discussions (free)

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS
Mac OS
Official website
DRM-free
 Pre-packaged with DOSBox
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Includes both expansion packs. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[5]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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 Available as part of Shadow Warrior Classic Redux.
Windows
macOS (OS X)

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Twin Dragon Freeware
DOS
Wanton Destruction Freeware
DOS
The game's third addon, "Deadly Kiss", was never released.

Essential improvements

DOSBox

Patches

v1.2 is the latest version. Several unofficial fixes:

  • Wanton Destruction can be found here.
  • Twin Dragon level outpost can be found here and level refinery can be found here.

bMouse

bMouse is a DOS extension which improves mouse looking by removing the mouse filter which causes issues related to both axis not updating properly.

bMouse will cause the vertical aiming to be inverted. To fix this, go to the Setup Advanced Control Options from Control Setup, then at Advanced Mouse Setup change the Mouse Y Scale to negative number.

DOS32A

DOS32A is a more advanced extender and open source replacement to DOS4GW. It can improve both performance and stability of Shadow Warrior.

Source Code, etc.

All downloads for the game can be found on the official game site.

Source ports

  • SWP - Offers limited widescreen support (16:10 aspect ratio only), anisotropic filtering, vsync.
  • JFSW - Allows for OpenGL rendering. Support high resolution textures.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358400/pfx/[Note 1]
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358400/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.
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Graphics settings (GOG.com version)

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Input settings

In-game mouse settings.
In-game mouse settings.

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Versus, Co-op
Online play
Versus, Co-op
Via DOSBox IPX tunneling (the GOG.com version is pre-configured).

Issues fixed

Twin Dragon uses its own private copy of SW.CFG (GOG only)

Twin Dragon installs its self to Shadow Warrior by overwriting the original second episode, Code of Honor. The only way to get the original episode back would be to uninstall Twin Dragon. GOG worked around this issue by distributing two instances of Shadow Warrior with their version, one already "patched" with Twin Dragon located in the \dragon directory, the other "vanilla" version with Wanton Destruction in the root folder. However, this causes its own inconveniences as it requires its own private copy of the SW.CFG settings file. Settings usually have to be changed twice, once for vanilla, once for Twin Dragon. You could however make the game refresh Twin Dragon's .CFG from the main .CFG every time on start up to avoid this inconvenience and make both instances share the file in a sense by simply tweaking the autoexec.

Instructions

Shadow Warrior keeps unbinding its self (GOG only)

GOG decided to make both the vanilla executable and Wanton Destruction refresh new copies of themselves with each run (Twin Dragon is unaffected by this issue). This imitates the functionality of the Wanton.exe utility included with the DLC but unfortunately causes an issue with using DOS32A's binding method as any modification to the executables will be reverted with next run.
Instructions
Instructions

Keep Music enabled in Twin Dragon

Because of financial issues, developer decided to ship Twin Dragon without it's music track. Unfortunately they also disabled the music completely in the process.
Instructions

Issues unresolved

Can't turn off slope-tilting

Slope-tilting if a feature of many build games in which the game will automatically rise or lower the camera when going up or down a slope. Though helpful for those whom use arrow keys to move, it can be very annoying for those who are used to WASD + Mouse for look & movement. Unlike earlier build title, Blood, Shadow Warrior does not provide an option to turn this feature off (not even in source ports).[6]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Glide
Software renderer
DOS video modes VGA, SVGA
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 6.2
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 66 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 60 MB 400 MB
Video card (GPU) VGA SVGA
The game is run with DOSBox for both Windows and OSX.
Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8 or later
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References