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Revision as of 09:05, 14 August 2019

Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura
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Developers
Troika Games
Publishers
Sierra Entertainment
Activision
Release dates
Windows August 21, 2001
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Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura on Wikipedia
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Key points

Greatly improved experience on newer systems thanks to unofficial mods.

General information

Terra Arcanum Forum - a large fansite
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SecuROM 4 DRM disc check.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Patched to official patch v1.0.7.4.
Windows
Steam
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Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Official patch

1.0.7.4. Not needed for the GOG.com release.

Multiverse Edition

Complete overhaul with all the patches listed in this article, as well as others, bundled together in one installer that offers a lot of options.
For a widescreen monitor, it is recommended to use a 1366x768 resolution. Higher values can make the UI and dialogue difficult to see.
Arcanum Multiverse Edition [ENG] by the Multiverse Team.

Unofficial patch

Highly improved townmaps and soundtracks (from the vanilla 128kbit/sec to 320 kbit/sec) can be found alongside this patch.
Not compatible with older savegames.
091225 by Drog Black Tooth. Highly recommended bug fixes.

High Resolution Patch

If you are unable to pan the camera past the edge of the screen with the high resolution patch enabled, add -scrolldist:0 -scrollfps:70 to the target line in the shortcut of the game.
1.5 by Drog Black Tooth. Allows any user-set resolution, UI tweaks, larger fonts.

Game data

Game options
Game options

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\arcanum.cfg[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/500810/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\modules\Arcanum\Save\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/500810/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video options
Video options

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Windowed

Set windowed mode[citation needed]
  1. Download and install the unofficial patch
  2. Add -Window in the target line of your Arcanum shortcut
If the game stops responding with windowed mode[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder and find ddraw.dll and rename it to draw.dll.old or something like that.
  2. Launch the game and this should solve the problem with the game not responding.

Input settings

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Audio settings

Sound options
Sound options

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Polish
Local retail version only.
Spanish
Fan translation, download.
Russian
Grand Fix Download and Readme

Issues fixed

Files not installed properly

Recommended to avoid default installation folder, as this can lead to issues where certain files are not properly installed.
Run installed as administrator[citation needed]

When running the installer, be sure to right-click on the .exe, and select "Run as Administrator".

Loading screen freezing

Freezing known to happen on systems with multi-core CPUs.[citation needed]
Set CPU affinity[citation needed]

Setting CPU affinity should solve this problem. Create a shortcut, and in the shortcut's "Target" field, insert %WINDIR%\System32\cmd.exe /C start "ARCANUM" /D "C:\ARCANUM" /high /affinity 1 "C:\ARCANUM\arcanum.exe" Be sure to replace C:\ARCANUM with your actual Arcanum installation folder. If needed, you can add additional command-line parameters to the end.

Graphical issues

Set target field[citation needed]

Adding -no3d -doublebuffer to the end of your Arcanum shortcut's "Target" field.

Delete or rename ddraw.dll[citation needed]

Delete or rename ddraw.dll.

Performance issues

Modify the SierraLauncher.ini file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder
  2. Open SierraLauncher.ini
  3. Find Game1Cmd= and replace line with Game1Cmd= -no3d -doublebuffer -scrolldist:0 -scrollfps:70
Use Aqrit's DDrawFix for Infinity Engine games[1]
  1. Download ie-ddrawfix.zip
  2. Open the archive and navigate to wined3d
  3. Extract the contents of the folder to <path-to-game>/Arcanum
  4. If prompted, click yes to replace ddraw.dll

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
2D
Game is 2D only. Play 2D with DGVoodoo2 and vorpx default DGVoodoo2 profile.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.2 GB
Video card (GPU) VGA capable Card
8 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References