Difference between revisions of "Dark Messiah of Might and Magic"
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===[https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/large-address-aware.112556/ Large Address Aware]=== | ===[https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/large-address-aware.112556/ Large Address Aware]=== | ||
− | Significantly improves stability on 64 bit systems with at least | + | Significantly improves stability on 64-bit systems with at least 3 GB RAM by allowing the application to use more than 2 GB RAM. Resolves the "Out of Memory" errors. Use it on the {{file|mm.exe}} in the game directory. |
===[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1672558491 Higher corpse limit]=== | ===[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1672558491 Higher corpse limit]=== | ||
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# Start the game and open the console ({{key|~}} key). You can enable the console by going to '''Settings''' > '''Keyboard''' tab > '''Advanced...''' | # Start the game and open the console ({{key|~}} key). You can enable the console by going to '''Settings''' > '''Keyboard''' tab > '''Advanced...''' | ||
# Enter the command <code>sv_rollangle 0</code> to disable tilting completely. A different number can be used to change the tilting strength (default is 3). | # Enter the command <code>sv_rollangle 0</code> to disable tilting completely. A different number can be used to change the tilting strength (default is 3). | ||
− | # Once | + | # Once satisfied with the selected value, create {{file|autoexec.cfg}} in the [[#Configuration file(s) location|configuration file path]] and put the command into it. Set {{file|autoexec.cfg}} to [[#Use autoexec.cfg|automatically execute]]. The value will now be automatically applied on every game start-up. |
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===Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll=== | ===Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll=== | ||
A few issues can cause this error. | A few issues can cause this error. | ||
− | {{Fixbox|description= | + | {{Fixbox|description=Update hardware drivers (including those not related to the graphics card)|ref=<ref name="Sui" />|fix= |
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− | + | {{Fixbox|description=Run the game with the <code>-autoconfig</code> [[Glossary:Command line arguments|command line argument]]|ref=<ref name="Sui" />|fix= | |
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{{Fixbox|description=Start the game in a custom resolution|ref=<ref name="Sui" />|fix= | {{Fixbox|description=Start the game in a custom resolution|ref=<ref name="Sui" />|fix= | ||
Use the command line parameter <code>-w [desired resolution width] -h [desired resolution height]</code>. As an example, for 1440x900: | Use the command line parameter <code>-w [desired resolution width] -h [desired resolution height]</code>. As an example, for 1440x900: | ||
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<code>-w 1440 -h 900</code> | <code>-w 1440 -h 900</code> | ||
− | Make sure <code>-autoconfig</code> is not present in | + | Make sure <code>-autoconfig</code> is not present in the command line parameters. |
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{{Fixbox|description=Enable Heap emulation for mm.exe|ref=<ref name="Sui" />|fix= | {{Fixbox|description=Enable Heap emulation for mm.exe|ref=<ref name="Sui" />|fix= | ||
# Download [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/96-dark-messiah-of-might-and-magic-heap-emulation/ this compatibility fix] and extract it. | # Download [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/96-dark-messiah-of-might-and-magic-heap-emulation/ this compatibility fix] and extract it. | ||
− | # Launch | + | # Launch {{file|PatchInstall.bat}} to add a fix to compatibility database. |
}} | }} | ||
===Crash when changing level=== | ===Crash when changing level=== | ||
If this bug appears, it usually happens when loading chapter 4. | If this bug appears, it usually happens when loading chapter 4. | ||
− | {{Fixbox|description= | + | {{Fixbox|description=Apply the [[#Large Address Aware|Large Address Aware]] fix|fix= |
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{{Fixbox|description=Download proper Russian voice lines|ref=<ref name="Sui">{{refcheck|user=Suicide machine|date=2016-10-17}}</ref>|fix= | {{Fixbox|description=Download proper Russian voice lines|ref=<ref name="Sui">{{refcheck|user=Suicide machine|date=2016-10-17}}</ref>|fix= | ||
# Download the proper [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/781-russian-xana-voice-files/ Russian voice lines] and extract them. | # Download the proper [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/781-russian-xana-voice-files/ Russian voice lines] and extract them. | ||
− | # Copy the newly extracted folders ( | + | # Copy the newly extracted folders ({{file|mm}} and {{file|custom_russian}}) to {{file|{{p|game}}}}, overriding files if needed. |
}} | }} | ||
===Game installs AZERTY (French) keyboard layout=== | ===Game installs AZERTY (French) keyboard layout=== | ||
− | {{ii}} Steam and retail versions of the game install the "AZERTY (French)" keyboard layout, which can't be deleted with normal means because it | + | {{ii}} Steam and retail versions of the game install the "AZERTY (French)" keyboard layout, which can't be deleted with normal means because it does not show in Language options. |
{{Fixbox|description=Manually add and then delete "AZERTY (French)" layout|ref={{cn|date=November 2016}}|fix= | {{Fixbox|description=Manually add and then delete "AZERTY (French)" layout|ref={{cn|date=November 2016}}|fix= | ||
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===Use autoexec.cfg=== | ===Use autoexec.cfg=== | ||
− | {{Fixbox | + | {{Fixbox|description=To use any console tweaks in the game, some of which are described on this site, you have to launch the game with the autoexec.cfg.|fix= |
− | # Autoexec.cfg is located in the [[#Configuration file(s) location|configuration file location]] | + | # {{file|Autoexec.cfg}} is located in the [[#Configuration file(s) location|configuration file location]]. If it doesn't exist, create it there. |
− | # To launch the game on Steam with the Autoexec, | + | # To launch the game on Steam with the Autoexec file, add <pre>+exec autoexec.cfg</pre> [[Glossary:Command line arguments|command line argument]]. |
− | # | + | # Optionally, add custom console options in the file and they will be included automatically when the game starts. |
− | {{ii}} | + | {{ii}} The file can have a custom filename, e.g. {{file|myset.cfg}} or {{file|myoptions.cfg}}. |
}} | }} | ||
===Mods=== | ===Mods=== | ||
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====[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=739039320 Unlimited Edition]==== | ====[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=739039320 Unlimited Edition]==== | ||
{{ii}} Mod features: | {{ii}} Mod features: | ||
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*Restored unused NPCs voices and audio interactions | *Restored unused NPCs voices and audio interactions | ||
*Fixes for missing sound effects | *Fixes for missing sound effects | ||
− | *Mini- | + | *Mini-mods support |
{{ii}} Only the Steam version is currently supported. | {{ii}} Only the Steam version is currently supported. | ||
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|physics notes = Heavily modified variant. | |physics notes = Heavily modified variant. | ||
|audio = Miles Sound System | |audio = Miles Sound System | ||
− | |audio notes = | + | |audio notes = Singleplayer: 7.0L<br>Multiplayer: 6.6a |
|interface = | |interface = | ||
|interface notes = | |interface notes = |
Revision as of 11:42, 6 January 2023
Developers | |
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Singleplayer | Arkane Studios |
Singleplayer | Floodgate Entertainment |
Multiplayer | Kuju Entertainment |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Engines | |
Source | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 24, 2006 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 72 |
IGDB | 77 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, ARPG, Immersive sim, Stealth |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Might and Magic |
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, ARPG, immersive sim and stealth game in the Might and Magic series.
General information
- Official game series site
- Steam Community Discussions
- Dark Messiah on Nexus mods
- Dark Messiah on Mod DB
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 7 DRM. Multiplayer requires Steam. | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
- All versions require Steam DRM for multiplayer.
- Some retail versions allow playing single player without Steam.
Demo
English demo is available here.
Essential improvements
Patches
The latest retail patch is v1.02 (you must install v1.01 first). The German version has a separate patch (this includes v1.01). Not necessary for Steam version.
Skip intro videos
Use -novid command line argument[1]
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Enable the console
Use -console command line argument[1]
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Large Address Aware
Significantly improves stability on 64-bit systems with at least 3 GB RAM by allowing the application to use more than 2 GB RAM. Resolves the "Out of Memory" errors. Use it on the mm.exe
in the game directory.
Higher corpse limit
The number of corpses per level is limited to 2-4, so if you kill new enemies the old bodies fade away. To increase this number, follow this guide or download directly from Nexusmods or Mod DB.
- Only works for the Steam version.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\mm\cfg\config.cfg[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2100/pfx/[Note 2] |
- Video settings are stored in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\Source\mm\Settings
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\mm\SAVE\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2100/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Issues with HUD positioning. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Stamina bar is slightly cut off | ||
4K Ultra HD | HUD does not scale well at resolutions beyond 1080p | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Set via console. Must enable cheats (SV_Cheats 1, Fov XX) | ||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 4x MSAA, use 0x000000C1 flag in Nvidia Inspector for SGSSAA | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate cap. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | Rendered image uses SDR color space. In-game HDR option refers only to HDR Rendering. |
Windowed
Run the game in windowed mode using the console[2] |
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Notes
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Adjust/disable camera tilting when strafing
Adjust/disable camera tilting when strafing[citation needed] |
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Note: though this is a different effect from head-bobbing, head-bobbing needs to be disabled for the following fix to work. You can easily disable it by going to Settings > Gameplay.
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Toggle HUD
In the autoexec.cfg, insert the following to set a key (in this example "x") that can turn the HUD on and off:
bind x ToggleHUD alias ToggleHUD "HUDOff" alias HUDOff "cl_drawhud 0; alias ToggleHUD HUDOn" alias HUDOn "cl_drawhud 1; alias ToggleHUD HUDOff"
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Settings for both smoothing and acceleration can be found in the mouse & keyboard section | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Toggle crouch and walk
In the autoexec.cfg, insert:
//Key Bindings - Change these to whatever you wish bind alt ToggleWalk bind c ToggleCrouch //Walk Toggle Button alias ToggleWalk "WalkOn" alias WalkOn "+speed; alias ToggleWalk WalkOff" alias WalkOff "-speed; alias ToggleWalk WalkOn" //Crouch Toggle Button alias ToggleCrouch "CrouchOn" alias CrouchOn "+duck; alias ToggleCrouch CrouchOff" alias CrouchOff "-duck; alias ToggleCrouch CrouchOn"
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Set +snd_digital_surround 1 as launch command to avoid muted/muffled sound like voices (for Vista and above) from rear / side speakers. |
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Subtitles | Not in cutscenes. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | The German retail version is censored, e.g. no dismemberment and less blood. The German version on Steam, however, is completely uncut and identical to the international version, while an uncut patch exists for the retail release.[3] | |||
Hungarian | Local retail only. Official language files available here. | |||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Local retail version only. Official language files available here | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation; download. | |||
Russian | Official localization by «Buka» and «Reanimedia» (Audio). A mistake in the SteamPipe update causes Xana to speak German. See Xana speaks German in a Russian version of the game for a fix. | |||
Russian | Fan translation by «SyS-team», «Spirit Team», «ENPY Studio» | |||
Spanish |
Network
- Servers can optionally use Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) protection.
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 32 | |||
Online play | 32 |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | For dedicated hosting, install Dedicated Server under Tools in the Steam client. | |
Direct IP | Open the console (~) and use connect followed by the IP and port. |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 27014-27050 |
UDP | 4380, 27000-27030 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
3D modes | State | GG3D | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | Use Helix Mod for better 3D support. | |||
vorpX | G3D, DirectVR Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Issues fixed
- TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game. It can be found here.
Changing language doesn't take effect (Steam version)
Since the game is using an obsolete version of the Source engine, the only way to set its language is by changing the language of Steam itself.
Change language of Steam client[4] |
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Game fails to start
Uninstall Lavasoft Web Companion[5] |
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FOV lowers after using Ballista at the start
Use bow zoom and then update your FOV again[6] |
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Go to the next map, there will be a bow on the table. Pick up that bow and zoom with it and then you will be able to readjust your FOV with the console again. |
Black screen on start-up (Steam)
Because the SteamPipe update converted the game to a new format, certain glitches may appear - most common of which is black screen on start-up.
Verify game cache (Steam)[1] |
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Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
A few issues can cause this error.
Update hardware drivers (including those not related to the graphics card)[1] |
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Run the game with the -autoconfig command line argument[1]
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Start the game in a custom resolution[1] |
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Use the command line parameter
Make sure |
Crash when exiting the game
Enable Heap emulation for mm.exe[1] |
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Crash when changing level
If this bug appears, it usually happens when loading chapter 4.
Apply the Large Address Aware fix |
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Xana speaks German in a Russian version of the game
Download proper Russian voice lines[1] |
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Game installs AZERTY (French) keyboard layout
- Steam and retail versions of the game install the "AZERTY (French)" keyboard layout, which can't be deleted with normal means because it does not show in Language options.
Manually add and then delete "AZERTY (French)" layout[citation needed] |
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In Windows:
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | [7] |
Shader Model support | 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 2.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Use autoexec.cfg
To use any console tweaks in the game, some of which are described on this site, you have to launch the game with the autoexec.cfg. |
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Mods
Unlimited Edition
- Mod features:
- Limited Edition weapons can be found and equipped in the game
- New Game+ mode
- Extra inventory for the New Game+ mode
- Endurance difficulty for the New Game+ mode
- Restored unused NPCs voices and audio interactions
- Fixes for missing sound effects
- Mini-mods support
- Only the Steam version is currently supported.
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok | Heavily modified variant. |
Audio | Miles Sound System | Singleplayer: 7.0L Multiplayer: 6.6a |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.8J |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.4 GHz | 3.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 7 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM | 256 MB of VRAM 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 (2100) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2016-10-17
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/2100/discussions/0/864976837801037787/
- ↑ Dark Messiah on Schnittberichte - last accessed on 2021-01-29
- ↑ Steamcommunity (How to change the game language to german?) - last accessed on 2017-04-15
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/2100/discussions/0/558747922227774495/?ctp=4#c350543738455599454
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1903318856
- ↑ Verified by User:Aemony on 2022-11-30
- Confirmed that the game uses D3D9 — even when running in DX8 compatibility mode.