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|cover        = Betrayal in Antara - Cover.jpg
 
|developers  =  
 
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{{Infobox game/row/developer|Sierra Entertainment}}
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{{Infobox game/row/developer|Sierra On-Line}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/developer|Dynamix}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/developer|Dynamix}}
 
|publishers  =  
 
|publishers  =  
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Sierra Entertainment}}
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{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Activision}}
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|engines      =  
 
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|release dates=  
 
|release dates=  
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|July 31, 1997}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|July 1997}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows 3.x|July 1997}}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | Singleplayer }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Turn-based }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | First-person, Bird's-eye view }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Point and select, Direct control }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | RPG }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Fantasy }}
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|current state    =
 
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{{Series|Krondor}}
 
  
 
'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
 
{{GOG.com links|1207660983|krondor_series|for game series}}
 
{{GOG.com links|1207660983|krondor_series|for game series}}
{{mm}} [http://steamcommunity.com/app/559640/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
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{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/559640/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
  
 
==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
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{{Availability/row| GOG.com | betrayal_at_krondor | DRM-free | Bundled with [[Betrayal at Krondor]]. Patched with [[#XP/Vista installer|XP/Vista patch]].<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Expack3|date=14 September 2015|comment=}}</ref>| | Windows}}
 
{{Availability/row| GOG.com | betrayal_at_krondor | DRM-free | Bundled with [[Betrayal at Krondor]]. Patched with [[#XP/Vista installer|XP/Vista patch]].<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Expack3|date=14 September 2015|comment=}}</ref>| | Windows}}
 
{{Availability/row| Steam | 559640 | Steam | Bundled with [[Betrayal at Krondor]]. |  | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| Steam | 559640 | Steam | Bundled with [[Betrayal at Krondor]]. |  | Windows }}
 
}}
 
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{{ii}} A free demo version is available from [https://archive.org/details/BetrayalInAntaraDemo Archive.org].
  
 
==Essential improvements==
 
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==Video settings==
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==Video==
 
{{Image|BetrayalAntara Options1.png|In-game options (Section 1/2)}}
 
{{Image|BetrayalAntara Options1.png|In-game options (Section 1/2)}}
 
{{Image|BetrayalAntara Options2.png|In-game options (Section 2/2)}}
 
{{Image|BetrayalAntara Options2.png|In-game options (Section 2/2)}}
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|haptic feedback notes    =  
 
|haptic feedback notes    =  
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==Audio settings==
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|separate volume notes    = Ambient, dialogue; on/off only.
 
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|surround sound          = false
 
|surround sound notes    =  
 
|surround sound notes    =  
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|closed captions notes    =  
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|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|eax support              =  
 
|eax support              =  
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===API===
 
===API===
 
{{API
 
{{API
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|shader model notes    =  
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==System requirements==
 
==System requirements==
 
{{System requirements
 
{{System requirements
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|recOS    = 95
 
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|notes    = {{ii}} The GOG.com release uses an [[#XP/Vista installer|unofficial patch]], which requires Windows XP or higher and DirectX 9.0c support.
 
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{{ii}} The GOG.com release uses an [[#XP/Vista installer|unofficial patch]], which requires Windows XP or higher and DirectX 9.0c support.
 
  
 
{{References}}
 
{{References}}

Latest revision as of 20:32, 28 July 2023

Betrayal in Antara
Betrayal in Antara cover
Developers
Sierra On-Line
Dynamix
Publishers
Retail Sierra On-Line
Digital Activision
Release dates
Windows July 1997
Windows 3.x July 1997
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives First-person, Bird's-eye view
Controls Point and select, Direct control
Genres RPG
Themes Fantasy
Series Krondor
Betrayal in Antara on HowLongToBeat
Betrayal in Antara on MobyGames
Betrayal in Antara on Wikipedia
Krondor
Betrayal at Krondor 1993
Betrayal in Antara 1997
Return to Krondor 1998

Betrayal in Antara is a singleplayer first-person and bird's-eye view RPG game in the Krondor series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows 3.x
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Bundled with Betrayal at Krondor. Patched with XP/Vista patch.[1]
Windows
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Bundled with Betrayal at Krondor.
Windows
A free demo version is available from Archive.org.

Essential improvements

Patches

The 1.1 Update fixes issues during chapter loading as well as miscellaneous issues.

XP/Vista installer

Download here.

Updates the game to natively support modern Windows operating systems, 24/32-bit color, and additional bugfixes.
Includes the official 1.1 update.

Game data

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SAVE\[Note 1]
%APPDATA%\Sierra\Betrayal in Antara\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/559640/pfx/[Note 2]
In-game settings are stored in each save file rather than shared.
Game data is stored in %APPDATA% when using the XP/Vista fix (the GOG.com version includes this fix).

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game options (Section 1/2)
In-game options (Section 1/2)
In-game options (Section 2/2)
In-game options (Section 2/2)

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
640x480 only. The XP/Vista fix scales the image to fit the desktop resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Ambient, dialogue; on/off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Retail only; download for digital versions

Other information

API

Executable16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm.

System requirements

Windows 3.x
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 3.1
Processor (CPU) 80486DX2 66 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 MB
Video card (GPU) 256-color support
Other 4X CD-ROM drive
The GOG.com release uses an unofficial patch, which requires Windows XP or higher and DirectX 9.0c support.


Notes

  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. Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Expack3 on 14 September 2015