Warhammer: Dark Omen
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Developers | |
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Mindscape | |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 1998 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | RPG, Strategy |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Warhammer |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Blood Bowl (series) | |
Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat | 1995 |
Warhammer: Dark Omen | 1998 |
Warhammer: Mark of Chaos | 2006 |
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning | 2008 |
Warhammer Quest (series) | |
Warhammer: Vermintide (series) | |
Mordheim: City of the Damned | 2015 |
Warhammer: Arcane Magic | 2016 |
Total War: Warhammer (series) | |
Man O' War: Corsair | 2017 |
Warhammer Age of Sigmar (series) | |
Warhammer: Chaosbane | 2019 |
Warhammer: Chaos and Conquest | 2019 |
Warhammer Underworlds: Online | 2020 |
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Skip Intro |
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Notes:
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Dark Omen Mod Pack
- Makes the game playable on Windows 32bit & 64bit XP/Vista/Win7/8/10. Enables 3d hardware renderer, allows mod selection from the main menu, adds infinite zoom-out, fixes colored cursor crash and prevents dead bodies from disappearing.
Mod Pack Installation |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\Dark Omen\1.0\Options |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\SaveGame [Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Use dgVoodoo 2. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Use dgVoodoo 2. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Use dgVoodoo 2. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Dark Omen Mod Pack enables infinite zoom-out. | ||
Windowed | Has to be changed in registry. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use dgVoodoo 2. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x with dgVoodoo 2. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA with dgVoodoo 2. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Force through gpu settings or dgVoodoo 2. Game seems to default to screen refresh rate by itself. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Game seems to default to screen refresh rate. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | PSX version only. |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Has to be changed in registry. Dark Omen uses single slider for sound and music. You can only disable one by boosting the other from in-game settings. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
German |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | 2 | Versus |
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Online play | 2 | Versus GameSpy services have been shut down; see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Issues fixed
Full 3D mode fix
- Made obsolete by Dark Omen Mod Pack.
- Only CPU mode works unless you apply the fix below
Full 3D mode Fix for modern Windows[1] |
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Notes
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Colored cursor fix
- Made obsolete by Dark Omen Mod Pack.
Colored Cursors Fix[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | ||
Glide |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | Dark Omen Mod Pack makes the game playable on 64bit systems. |
System requirements
Windows[2] | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 5 compatible |
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Other | 4x CD-ROM drive |
Notes
- ↑ 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).
References
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Warhammer: Dark Omen for Windows (1998) Tech Info - MobyGames - last accessed on 2020-04-26