General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Patches
- These patches are only needed for retail versions; the GOG.com and Steam versions are already patched.
- Fixes several issues and improves some areas of the game. Digital versions of the game already include this patch.
- The first patch has to be installed beforehand, following the second patch.
- Fixes multiple issues with the game.
- Alternate download link
- Fixes even more issues with the game.
- Alternate download link
Game data
Launcher and setup utility for
unofficial patches.
General in-game settings.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Czech |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Issues unresolved
EAX sound on modern systems
EAX sound is unsupported on modern systems. As the in-game implementation was quite buggy and caused crashes even on systems with EAX support, this is removed in the GOG.com version.
Issues fixed
Couldn't load renderer (AMD)
Couldn't load renderer
Install nGlide[citation needed]
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Install the nGlide wrapper. Many users report this as an inferior solution to updated native drivers or DirectX, but if for whatever reason OpenGL doesn't work, this is an option.
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Low frame rate / stuttering
Create Config.ini[5]
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- Go to
%APPDATA%\GOG\ .
- Enter the Anachronox folder. Create the folder if it doesn't exist.
- Create the file
config.ini
- Enter into config.ini
[Misc]
Fps=200
- If 200 doesn't work, try a higher value or lower down to 59.
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Install QindieGL[8]
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- Download and extract QindieGL, an OpenGL wrapper
- Copy
opengl32.dll and paste into the Anachronox installation folder.
- Click on
QindieGL-setup.reg and add to the registry.
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Turn off 3D sound[10]
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- Open
GCT Setup.exe .
- Under 3D Sound Options, choose "Off" from the pull down menu.
- Click Save.
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Use integrated graphics[11]
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
OpenGL |
1.1 |
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Glide |
WickedGL |
Added in the build 44 patch. |
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95B |
98, ME |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium II 266 MHz
| Intel Pentium III AMD Athlon |
System memory (RAM) |
64 MB |
128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
12 MB of VRAM OpenGL 1.1 compatible DirectX 7 compatible
| 16 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References