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===Configuration file(s) location===
 
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{{--}} Only one autosave is available for all three games.  Properly saving before exiting the game is highly recommended.
  
 
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The Bard's Tale Trilogy
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Developers
Krome Studios
Publishers
inXile Entertainment
Engines
Unity[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows August 14, 2018
The Bard's Tale
The Bard's Tale 1987
The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight 1988
The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate 1990
The Bard's Tale Construction Set 1991
The Bard's Tale (2005) 2005
The Mage's Tale 2017
The Bard's Tale Trilogy 2018
The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep 2018
The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut 2019

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\InXile Entertainment\The Bard's Tale Trilogy
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/843260/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\InXile Entertainment\The Bard's Tale Trilogy\saves
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/843260/pfx/[Note 2]
Only one autosave is available for all three games. Properly saving before exiting the game is highly recommended.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Gameplay settings.
Gameplay settings.
"Legacy" settings. These options disable and tweak features to mimic the gameplay of the original releases.
"Legacy" settings.
These options disable and tweak features to mimic the gameplay of the original releases.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 SP1
Processor (CPU) Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 / AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ / Intel Core i5-2500K or higher if using integrated Intel GPU
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit system is required.

Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 2017.4.2f2[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Cptmold on 2019-07-12