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General information
- Official Discord for game series
- Official Paradox Plaza forums
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Age of Wonders 2 Heaven with Shadow Magic support as well.
Availability
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is v1.30.0.2616.
Skip intro videos
Change settings[1]
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- Open the game's setup executable (
AoWSMSetup.exe ).
- Uncheck the box labelled "Show Intro".
- Press OK.
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Improve performance
- On modern systems, the game's input is sluggish if not modified.
- The following methods may also fix the issue related to the error message
Runtime error 217 at 4000C2DE
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Method 1: Use dxwrapper[2]
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- Download dxwrapper
- Extract
dxwrapper.asi , dxwrapper.dll , dxwrapper.ini and Stub\d3d8.dll to <path-to-game> .
- Open
dxwrapper.ini with a text editor.
- In the
[Compatibility] section, set D3d8to9 and DDrawCompat to 1 .
- Save the file and close it.
- Run
AoWSMSetup.exe and enable Direct3D.
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Method 2: Use dgVoodoo 2
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- Download dgVoodoo 2.
- Extract
dgVoodoo.conf and dgVoodooCpl.exe to <path-to-game> .
- Open the
MS\x86 folder inside the archive and extract the 3 DLLs to <path-to-game> .
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
General settings (external application)
Gameplay settings (in-game)
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Sound effects, music |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Using Alt+Tab ↹ from a fullscreen (non-Direct3D) setting will render a black screen, forcing a hard exit from the game. |
Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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Retail only. |
German |
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Retail only. |
Polish |
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Retail only. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Issues fixed
Can not run game in fullscreen on later versions of Windows
- This problem shows up as Window being the only display option available.
Gibberish text
- This occurs when using very high resolution, likely breaking the character mapping in the fonts.
Use a lower resolution (e.g. 1920x1080)[4]
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Shaders do not work in windowed mode
- This problem has numerous effects, such as:
- 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.
Configure dgVoodoo 2
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- 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 the game's setup executable (
AoWSMSetup.exe ) and change the Display Mode option to the monitor's resolution. Also make sure that Use Direct3D is enabled.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
7 |
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DirectDraw |
7 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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
References