Avencast: Rise of the Mage
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Developers | |
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ClockStone | |
Publishers | |
Lighthouse Interactive | |
Meridian4 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 30, 2007 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 68 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Genres | RPG |
Art styles | Stylized |
Themes | Fantasy |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 7 DRM. Russian copies use StarForce 5 DRM. | |||
Amazon.com | ||||
Epic Games Store | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
Publisher website (unavailable) | ||||
Amazon.com (unavailable) | ||||
Green Man Gaming (unavailable) |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Disable intro in game.cfg[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\cfg\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46410/pfx/[Note 2] |
-
game.cfg
contains general settings. -
controls.cfg
contains control settings.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\save\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46410/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Set in launcher. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Works using Borderless Gaming. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Set in launcher (on/off only). | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Set in launcher. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | 200 FPS limit by default. See High frame rate. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
High frame rate
Change FPS limit in the config file |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Supports two keys per function. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Listed as Mouse speed. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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- Spells and attacks can be cancelled with Space ␣.
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Effect, Music, Speech and Ambient noises. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Video subtitles are set in launcher; gameplay is always subtitled. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
German | Retail and Steam only; download for GOG.com release. | |||
Polish | Retail only Details | |||
Russian | Unofficial localization by «NeoGame» |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created profile, see vorpx forum. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9.0c | |
Shader Model support | 3 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | OpenAL |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon 2200+ |
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System memory (RAM) | 512 MB (1 GB Vista) |
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Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4.4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce FX 5700 ATI Radeon 9700 DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (46410) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.