Difference between revisions of "Drakan: Order of the Flame"

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Key points

Use Drakan Community Patch to install and run the game on modern systems.

Riot Engine Level Editor, 3D modeler and export plug-ins for 3D modeling tools are available for making custom content.

General information

Arokh's Lair

Arokh's Lair Forum - The only Drakan forum. Not very lively.

OpenDrakan - Open-source recreation of Surreal Software's Riot Engine. Project is still in an early stage.

MobyGames entry

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Disc check; install the latest patch to play without the CD.

This game is not available digitally.

Demo available (mirror1/mirror2/mirror3)

Essential improvements

Hidden developer settings.

Patches

Patch 445

(Arokh's Lair (4th link)/Mod DB)

Removes CD-Check from the game.

Unofficial Patches

AiO Unofficial Patch (377/447)

(Arokh's Lair (2nd link)/Google Drive/Mod DB)

Contains all previous patches.

Improves stability of game and level editor.

Fixes multiplayer problems on modern Windows and Wine.

Adds widescreen fixes.

Drakan Community Patch

(Arokh's Lair (1st link))

Uses AiO Patch as base with additional fixes.

Contains all fan made singleplayer & multiplayer levels and mods.

Recommended for playing multiplayer. Includes various fixes for community made levels and restores balance.

Modifications

Drakan: 10th Anniversary

Drakan: 10th Anniversary is a mod fixing the majority of known bugs and adding new graphic effects based on an additional DirectX 9 rendering engine.

Deprecated and abandoned. Causes various graphical glitches. Use dgVoodoo wrapper (included with Drakan Community Patch) instead.

Developer mode

This allows you to select and play player-created levels when you select New Game in the main menu.

Enable dev mode^{[citation needed]}
Hold `⇧ Shift` while opening the game via double clicking the game icon. In the Riot Engine Options window, click the Developer tab. Click Enable Developer Mode. Now click OK to start Drakan. To select difficulty, hold `Ctrl` when you click New Game, otherwise, it defaults to Normal difficulty.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saves^{[Note 1]}

Video settings

External graphics settings.

In-game graphics settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

In-game key map settings.
In-game mouse/joystick/gamepad settings.

Audio settings

External sound settings.

Template:Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

In-game network settings.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		12
Online play		12

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	27045, 27046, 27910
UDP	27045, 27046, 27910

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Crash after exiting the level "Alwarren"

Install AiO Patch^{[citation needed]}
If this doesn't work, try disabling dithering from the developer mode and then enabling it again after getting out of Alwarren. Dithering is useless except on ancient hardware that couldn't support 32-bit color modes.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6, 9	D3D9 renderer is provided by Drakan: 10th Anniversary mod.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	MPlayer.com

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166 MHz	Intel Pentium II 233 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	320 MB	400 MB
Video card (GPU)	4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible	8 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 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).

References

[gamedir-1] 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).

[Note 1]

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 '''Key points'''
+{{ii}} Use [[#Drakan Community Patch|Drakan Community Patch]] to install and run the game on modern systems.
 {{++}} Riot Engine Level Editor, 3D modeler and export plug-ins for 3D modeling tools are available for making custom content.
@@ Line 23: / Line 24: @@
 {{mm}} [http://www.arokhslair.net Arokh's Lair]
 {{mm}} [http://www.arokhslair.net/forum/ Arokh's Lair Forum] - The only Drakan forum. Not very lively.
-{{mm}} [https://github.com/Zalasus/opendrakan OpenDrakan] - Open-source recreation of Surreal Software's Riot Engine.
+{{mm}} [https://github.com/Zalasus/opendrakan OpenDrakan] - Open-source recreation of Surreal Software's Riot Engine. Project is still in an early stage.
 {{mm}} [http://www.mobygames.com/game/drakan-order-of-the-flame MobyGames entry]
@@ Line 37: / Line 38: @@
 ===Patches===
-Patch 445:
+====Patch 445====
-* [http://www.arokhslair.net/downloads.php Arokh's Lair (4th link)]
+([http://www.arokhslair.net/downloads.php Arokh's Lair (4th link)]/[http://www.moddb.com/games/drakan-order-of-the-flame/downloads/drakan-patch-v445 Mod DB])
-* [http://www.moddb.com/games/drakan-order-of-the-flame/downloads/drakan-patch-v445 Mod DB]
+{{++}} Removes CD-Check from the game.
-===Community Patch===
+===Unofficial Patches===
-AiO Patch:
+====[http://www.arokhslair.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3765 AiO Unofficial Patch (377/447)]====
-* [http://www.arokhslair.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3765 Arokh's Lair]
+([http://www.arokhslair.net/wp/downloads/ Arokh's Lair (2nd link)]/[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2DPRdP0LBDGOXV0ZVR3d1pfbU0 Google Drive]/[http://www.moddb.com/games/drakan-order-of-the-flame/downloads/drakan-aio-unofficial-patch Mod DB])
-* [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2DPRdP0LBDGOXV0ZVR3d1pfbU0 Google Drive]
+{{ii}} Contains all previous patches.
-* [http://www.moddb.com/games/drakan-order-of-the-flame/downloads/drakan-aio-unofficial-patch Mod DB]
+{{++}} Improves stability of game and level editor.
+{{++}} Fixes multiplayer problems on modern Windows and Wine.
+{{++}} Adds widescreen fixes.
-===Mods===
+====[http://www.arokhslair.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4286 Drakan Community Patch]====
-====Drakan: 10th Anniversary====
+([http://www.arokhslair.net/downloads.php Arokh's Lair (1st link)])
+{{ii}} Uses AiO Patch as base with additional fixes.
+{{++}} Contains all fan made singleplayer & multiplayer levels and mods.
+{{++}} Recommended for playing multiplayer. Includes various fixes for community made levels and restores balance.
+===Modifications===
+====[http://drakan.eu/ Drakan: 10th Anniversary]====
 {{ii}} [http://www.moddb.com/mods/drakan-10th-anniversary/downloads/drakan-10th-anniversary Drakan: 10th Anniversary] is a mod fixing the majority of known bugs and adding new graphic effects based on an additional DirectX 9 rendering engine.
+{{--}} Deprecated and abandoned. Causes various graphical glitches. Use dgVoodoo wrapper (included with [[#Drakan Community Patch|Drakan Community Patch]]) instead.
 ===Developer mode===
@@ Line 92: / Line 102: @@
 |fov notes                  = Use [http://www.arokhslair.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3765 AiO Patch] to set the FOV multiplier.
 |windowed                   = true
-|windowed notes             =
+|windowed notes             = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
 |borderless windowed        = hackable
 |borderless windowed notes  = Use [http://www.arokhslair.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3765 AiO Patch].
@@ Line 193: / Line 203: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes = It mutes unless Creative ALchemy is used to restore 3D sound and EAX.
 |eax support              = true
-|eax support notes        = A3D 1.0<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000229220515/http://www.vortexofsound.com/techhelp/gm_drak.htm Games tech help: Drakan: Order of the Flame - Vortex of Sound (retrieved)]</ref> & EAX
+|eax support notes        = EAX 1.0 & A3D 1.0<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000229220515/http://www.vortexofsound.com/techhelp/gm_drak.htm Games tech help: Drakan: Order of the Flame - Vortex of Sound (retrieved)]</ref>
 }}
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 ==Issues fixed==
-===Crash after exiting the map "Alwarren"===
+===Crash after exiting the level "Alwarren"===
 {{Fixbox|description=Install [http://www.arokhslair.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3765 AiO Patch]|ref={{cn|date=May 2017}}|fix=
 {{ii}} If this doesn't work, try disabling dithering from the [[#Developer mode|developer mode]] and then enabling it again after getting out of Alwarren. Dithering is useless except on ancient hardware that couldn't support 32-bit color modes.
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 {{API
 |direct3d versions      = 6.1, 9
-|direct3d notes         = D3D9 renderer is provided by [[#Drakan:_10th_Anniversary|Drakan: 10th Anniversary]] mod.
+|direct3d notes         = D3D9 renderer is provided by [[#Drakan: 10th Anniversary|Drakan: 10th Anniversary]] mod.
 |directdraw versions    =
 |directdraw notes       =

Developers

	Surreal Software
Publishers
	Psygnosis
Engines
	Riot Engine
Release dates
Windows	July 14, 1999