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Drakan: Order of the Flame
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Developers
Surreal Software
Publishers
Psygnosis
Engines
Riot Engine
Release dates
Windows August 18, 1999
Drakan: Order of the Flame on Wikipedia

General information

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Disc check; install the latest patch to play without the CD.
Windows
This game is not available digitally.
Demo available (mirror1/mirror2/mirror3)

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 445:

Community Patch

AiO Patch:

Accessing Dev Mode

Hold Shift while opening the game via double clicking the game icon. This opens the Riot Engine Options window. To enable Dev Mode in Drakan, go to the Developer Tab and click Enable Developer Mode. Now click OK to start Drakan.

Mods

Drakan 10th Anniversary - A beta mod to enable DX9 shaders for Drakan.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location

Video settings

300px
External video settings.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
12
Online play
12

Connection types

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 map "Alwarren"

To fix this, you must install the unofficial AiO Patch. If this doesn't work, try disabling dithering from the Dev Mode (next paragraph) and then enabling it again after getting out of Alwarren.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Pentium 166MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 320 MB
Video card (GPU) 4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 6 compatible

References