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Revision as of 18:06, 21 December 2022
Not to be confused with The Dark Prophecy.
Developers | |
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Strategy First | |
Release dates | |
Windows | January 24, 2002 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 84 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RPG, TBS |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Disciples |
Disciples II: Dark Prophecy is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RPG and TBS game in the Disciples series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 2 DRM | |||
Epic Games Store | Gallean's Return. Rise of the Elves Gold also available. | |||
GamersGate | Gallean's Return. Rise of the Elves also available. | |||
Gallean's Return. Rise of the Elves also available. | ||||
GOG.com | Gold edition - includes all content The Gallean's Return and Rise of the Elves installers are separate. While Gallean's Return installers are tagged as 2.01, they actually include the 2.02 patch.[1] |
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Green Man Gaming | Gallean's Return. Rise of the Elves also available. | |||
Steam | Gallean's Return. Rise of the Elves also available. | |||
ZOOM Platform | Gold edition - includes all content | |||
GamersGate (unavailable) | Disciples II: Dark Prophecy |
- A free demo version of Dark Prophecy is available from Archive.org.
Version differences
- Disciples II Gold is a complete edition containing the base game and all three expansions (Guardians of The Light, Servants of The Dark and Rise of The Elves) plus five new bonus quests.
- Disciples II: Gallean's Return is a compilation of the base game and two expansions (Guardians of the Light and Servants of the Dark).
- Disciples II: Rise of the Elves Gold is a compilation of the base game, Rise of the Elves and 14 additional missions.
- Map editors for Steam versions provide as separate AppID - 1645 and 1635, with same depots
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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Expansion pack | The expansion packs are standalone. They include new races, maps, campaigns, and units. |
One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Guardians of the Light | Standalone. | |
Servants of the Dark | Standalone. | |
Rise of the Elves | Standalone. |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch for Dark Prophecy is 1.41, available from Patches-Scrolls.
- The latest official patch for Guardians of the Light / Servants of the Dark is 2.02, available from Patches-Scrolls.
- The latest official patch for Rise of the Elves is 3.01, available from Patches-Scrolls.
GL Wrapper by Verok
- Changes the graphics renderer of the original version, fixes performance on newer systems.
- Archive link
Game data
Configuration file location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Disciple.ini[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1640/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\SaveGame[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1640/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Only 800x600, 1024x768 and 1280x1024 are officially supported. More resolutions available with GL Wrapper by Verok | ||
Multi-monitor | Although it can appear on a non-primary display, it does not capture the mouse. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Possible with GL Wrapper by Verok | ||
4K Ultra HD | Possible with GL Wrapper by Verok | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Requires 16-bit color depth in game software mode. 32-bit color in D3D mode or when using GL Wrapper by Verok | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Camera scroll speed only. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sound effects, music, unit acknowledgements, isometric audio environment | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Text-only speech in cutscenes. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | Retail only. | |||
French | Retail only. | |||
German | Retail only. | |||
Italian | Retail only. | |||
Polish | Retail and GOG.com only. | |||
Russian | Retail only; download for Gallean's Return and Rise of the Elves. | |||
Spanish | Retail only; download for Gallean's Return and Rise of the Elves. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 4 | Hot seat, Versus |
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LAN play | 4 | Versus |
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Online play |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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UDP | 34000 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | A Linux port was also planned, but cancelled.[2] |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 233 MHz | Intel Pentium II 300 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.2 GB | 1.4 GB |
Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.1 compatible | 16 MB of VRAM |
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 (1640) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Plok on 2022-12-21
- ↑ Phoronix - List of commercial Linux PPC, Sparc and Alpha games - last accessed on 2019-11-24