Difference between revisions of "Dragon Wars"

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Key points

Characters can be imported from The Bard's Tale and The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Manual required for progression. Run in DOSBox.
GOG.com		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[2]
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/624070/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Settings are stored in DRAGON.COM which is also the main executable.

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/624070/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings (see Change startup settings).

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed

Change startup settings

The startup settings are not shown again after being saved.

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	CGA, Tandy, EGA

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	CGA

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.7.0
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL 256 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
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 (624070) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-3] 1.0 ^1.1 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 (624070) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (624070) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[release_date-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Release: Dragon Wars - GOG.com

[2] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[1]

[2]

[Note 1]

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   |fan notes =
 }}
+}}
+==Issues fixed==
+===Change startup settings===
+{{ii}} The startup settings are not shown again after being saved.
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|Use CONFIG command line parameter|ref=<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/dragon_wars/how_do_i_reset_the_video_mode_what_is_the_correct_selection_for_full_color How do I reset the video mode & what is the correct selection for full color?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref>}}
+# Edit the DOSBox configuration file (<code>{{p|game}}\dosboxDragonWars_single.conf</code> for the GOG.com version)
+# Change <code>DRAGON</code> to <code>DRAGON CONFIG</code>
+# Save your changes and close the file. The startup settings will now be shown every time.
+'''Notes'''
+{{ii}} To reverse this change simply change <code>DRAGON CONFIG</code> back to <code>DRAGON</code>
 }}
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 |64-bit executable      = false
 |64-bit executable notes=
-}}
-==Issues fixed==
-===Change startup settings===
-{{ii}} The startup settings are not shown again after being saved.
-{{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Use CONFIG command line parameter|ref=<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/dragon_wars/how_do_i_reset_the_video_mode_what_is_the_correct_selection_for_full_color How do I reset the video mode & what is the correct selection for full color?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref>}}
-# Edit the DOSBox configuration file (<code>{{p|game}}\dosboxDragonWars_single.conf</code> for the GOG.com version)
-# Change <code>DRAGON</code> to <code>DRAGON CONFIG</code>
-# Save your changes and close the file. The startup settings will now be shown every time.
-'''Notes'''
-{{ii}} To reverse this change simply change <code>DRAGON CONFIG</code> back to <code>DRAGON</code>
 }}

Developers

	Interplay Entertainment
Release dates
DOS	1990
Windows	May 28, 2015^[1]
macOS (OS X)	May 28, 2015^[1]
Linux	May 28, 2015^[1]