Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic
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Developers | |
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Triumph Studios | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Gathering of Developers |
Digital | Triumph Studios |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 25, 2003 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 82 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | 4X, Strategy, TBS |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Age of Wonders |
Age of Wonders | |
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Age of Wonders | 1999 |
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne | 2002 |
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic | 2003 |
Age of Wonders III | 2014 |
Age of Wonders: Planetfall | 2019 |
Age of Wonders 4 | 2023 |
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Age of Wonders 2 Heaven with Shadow Magic as well.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 4 DRM. | |||
Publisher website | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Set in launcher[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/61520/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save\[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/61520/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
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 |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Retail only. | |||
German | Retail only. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | Hot seat |
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LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play | 8 | The official multiplayer service has been shut down. | ||
Asynchronous multiplayer | Play by Email |
Issues fixed
Can't run game in fullscreen on later versions of Windows
This problem shows up as Window being the only display option available. |
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or |
Shaders don't work in Windowed mode
This problem has numerous effects, such as: |
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Install dgVoodoo 2
dgVoodoo 2 translates DirectX 8 and earlier calls to DirectX 11, as well as providing options to manipulate a game's graphics and window. |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8.1 | |
DirectDraw | 8.1 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | 450 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 192 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 900 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 8.1 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (61520) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ 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).