Spear of Destiny
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Developers | |
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id Software | |
Lost Missions (Mission 2 & 3) | FormGen Corporation |
Publishers | |
FormGen Corporation | |
id Software | |
Engines | |
Wolfenstein 3D engine | |
Release dates | |
DOS | September 18, 1992 |
Windows (DOSBox) | August 3, 2007 |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Castle Wolfenstein | 1981 |
Beyond Castle Wolfenstein | 1984 |
Wolfenstein 3D | 1992 |
Spear of Destiny | 1992 |
Return to Castle Wolfenstein | 2001 |
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory | 2003 |
Wolfenstein | 2009 |
Wolfram (unofficial game) | 2012 |
Wolfenstein: The New Order | 2014 |
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood | 2015 |
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | 2017 |
Wolfenstein: Youngblood | 2019 |
Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot | 2019 |
RealRTCW (unofficial mod) | 2020 |
Key points
- Also titled Wolfenstein 3D: Spear of Destiny
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Wolfenstein Wiki
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Copy protection questions can be bypassed by using the universal code Joshua. | |||
GOG.com | Comes bundled with Wolfenstein 3D.[1] | |||
Steam | Includes both mission packs. |
- All digital versions are pre-packaged with DOSBox.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Mission 2: Return to Danger | ||
Mission 3: Ultimate Challenge |
- Both mission packs are included in the Steam release of Spear of Destiny.
- A special release of Spear of Destiny was available, called Spear of Destiny Super CD, which included the base game and both expansions plus a random level generator called Gamegen. Gamegen is now available as freeware and can be downloaded here.
Essential improvements
Source ports
Name | Description | |
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ECWolf | Based on Wolf4SDL and ZDoom code. Provides many useful features such as support for wide screen resolutions and unlimited save slots, and aims to provide a wide array of mod editing capabilities. | |
Wolf4SDL | ||
WolfGL | Uses OpenGL. | |
NewWolf |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game>\base[Note 1]<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9000/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game>\base\SAVEGAM*.SOD[Note 1] <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9000/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 | Use ECWolf. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | Use ECWolf. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (when using DOSBox). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Use ECWolf. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 70 FPS (even when using ECWolf). | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | No speech. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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Local play | |||
LAN play | |||
Online play |
Issues fixed
Lag/Low FPS (Steam DOSBox release)
Modify the wolf3d.conf file[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Software renderer | ||
DOS video modes | VGA |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 5.0 | 6.2 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 256 | Intel 386 |
System memory (RAM) | 528 KB | 2 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 MB | 8 MB |
Video card (GPU) | DOS Compatible Video Card (VESA) | DOS Compatible Video Card (VESA) |
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to
<path-to-game>/cloud_saves/
even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in thecloud_saves
folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings). - ↑ 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.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/9000/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (9000) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.