This page is for the original DOS game. For the enhanced remake, see Wizardry Gold.
General information
- Otherwise known as Wizardry VII.
- Characters can be imported from Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge (see Import characters).
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- PostCount.Net Wizardry Series forum
Availability
- GOG.com has the English DOS version in the bonus content while the German DOS version is part of the main installer.
- English digital versions have copy protection bypassed; simply press ↵ Enter when prompted.
- German digital versions have copy protection intact; refer to
Keywords.txt
for the answers.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
Import characters
- Characters can be imported from Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge saves.
- The game offers several possible beginnings for imported parties. If the player imports the party before completing Bane, the default beginning is given (the same as with new parties). The rest of the beginnings are reserved for each of the possible endings in Bane.
- Bane of the Cosmic Forge uses different file extensions for regular saves and completed games (
*.DBS
or *.BCF
).
Import saves[citation needed]
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- Copy the save file into
<path-to-game> .
- Choose Import (BANE) in the main menu.
- Change
SAVEGAME.BCF to the name of the save.
- Click Load and the game will start using the imported party.
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Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Effects, Monster, Background and Music. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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All speech is text-only. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Issues fixed
- Most keyboard input is disabled in mouse mode; these steps switch to keyboard mode, allowing the game to be fully controlled with a keyboard.
- Full keyboard input is also useful if you are wanting to play with a controller (use the DOSBox Mapper to change key assignments).
Change input device[citation needed]
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- At the main menu go to Configuration.
- Change Input Device to Keyboard.
- Choose Save to save your changes. Repeat to return to mouse mode.
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Audio popping in PC speaker mode
- The Steam version already includes this fix.[4]
Use Custom DosBox[5]
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- Download Custom DosBox.
- Extract to the game installation folder, replacing the existing
DOSBOX folder and its files when prompted.
- Edit the DOSBox configuration file.
- Find the line
pcspeaker=true
- Add the line
wizpopfix=7
- Save your changes and close the file.
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Reboot requested, quitting now
If you get the error "Reboot requested, quitting now." when starting the game, a Pentium patch is needed.
Alternatively, if running the game from DOSBox, start DOSBox with the cputype=386_prefetch
setting to circumvent the error.
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
DOS video modes |
EGA, MCGA, VGA |
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Modifications and tools
- Wizardry Cosmic Forge Edito - modding software for Wizardry 7. It can dump the text from the game into a file which can be machine-translated into a different language. A guide on how to use the editor to read the game text in Japanese can be found here.
- The Automap Mod adds an auto-map feature to the game. It is integrated in DOSBox 0.74.
System requirements
DOS | Windows | macOS (OS X) | Linux |
DOS |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
3.x |
5.0 |
Processor (CPU) |
10 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) |
640k | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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Video card (GPU) |
256-color VGA/MCGA or EGA | |
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista, 7, 8 | |
Processor (CPU) |
1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) |
512 MB |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 9.0c compatible | |
macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
Leopard 10.5 |
Mountain Lion 10.8 |
Processor (CPU) |
1.0 GHz
| 1.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
512 MB |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
128 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
3D graphics card or onboard graphics compatible with OpenGL | |
Linux |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
Ubuntu 13.04 |
Processor (CPU) |
1.0 GHz
| 1.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
512 MB |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
128 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
OpenGL accelerated card or onboard graphics | |
- Additional libsound1.2 and libnet1.2 packages may be required on Linux.
Notes
References