Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic
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General information
- Official Website
- 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
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Set in launcher[citation needed]
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- Open the launcher.
- Uncheck the box labelled "Show Intro".
- Press OK.
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Game data
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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Network
Multiplayer types
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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Shaders don't work in Windowed mode
This problem has numerous effects, such as:
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- Red overlay that indicates areas pioneers can't build an outpost doesn't appear.
- Red overlay that indicates targets that are out of range doesn't appear.
- Zoom level is stuck at 100% and can't be changed.
- Bloom effect around lights is not present.
- Install dgVoodoo 2.
- Open
dgVoodoo.conf and edit the following lines to say the following: FullScreenMode = false ,ScalingMode = centered ,WindowedAttributes = Borderless and AppControlledScreenMode = false .
- Open
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic Setup (AoWSMSetup.exe) and change the Display Mode option to your monitor's resolution. Also make sure that Use Direct3D is enabled.
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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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- The above fixes were tested with version 2.55.4.1
- Download dgVoodoo 2 from here: http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2.html
- Open the archive you downloaded and extract
dgVoodoo.conf and dgVoodooCpl.exe to the game's installation directory.
- Open the
MS folder inside the archive and extract the 3 DLLs to the game's installation directory.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
8 |
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DirectDraw |
8 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) |
1 GHz
| 1.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
256 MB |
512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 7 compatible
| DirectX 9 compatible |
Notes
References