Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard
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Developers | |
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TAG | |
Publishers | |
Psygnosis | |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1994 |
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Prompts for symbols in the manual. |
- A demo is available.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\HEXX.CFG |
- In-game settings are stored in save.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\HEXX*.SAV |
- Saves are
HEXX1.SAV
toHEXX5.SAV
.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | 320x200 only. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | On/off only. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Everything is text-based. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
|
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Issues fixed
Crash/freeze in DOSBox
- Official builds of DOSBox will freeze at a black screen or crash with a CPU error ("Exit to error: CPU: GRP5: illegalCall7") when certain cutscenes are played during gameplay.[1]
Use a DOSBox SVN build[2] |
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Use a DOSBox SVN build. |
Use hexxfix[3] |
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Extract WIZ.COM into the Hexx installation folder. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 3.3 | |
Processor (CPU) | 386 20 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 800 KB EMS | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 Color VGA/MCGA |
References
- ↑ VOGONS • View topic - Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard is BROKEN (Dosbox)
- ↑ Verified by User:Garrett on September 24, 2017
- Tested with the latest EmuCR and DOSBox-X builds (both play the cutscene correctly).
- ↑ VOGONS • View topic - Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard is BROKEN (Dosbox)