Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna
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Developers | |
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Gas Powered Games | |
Mad Doc Software | |
Publishers | |
Microsoft Game Studios | |
Engines | |
Siege Engine[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 11, 2003 |
macOS (OS X) | November 11, 2003 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 73 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Dungeon Siege |
Dungeon Siege | |
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Dungeon Siege | 2002 |
Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna | 2003 |
Dungeon Siege II | 2005 |
Dungeon Siege III | 2011 |
Warnings
- The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.
Key points
- Standalone expansion pack; includes Dungeon Siege along with new bonus content and gameplay improvements.
- If original campaign is started from within LOA, then new items and spells from the expansion will appear in that campaign too.
General information
- ChickenGeorgeMods - collection of official and fan made tools for modding the game.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SmarteSECURE DRM disc check.[2] |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Bonus Pack | Download this archive, extract its files into the installation folder and create a shortcut with required arguments. |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Instructions[3] |
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Playing on modern systems
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Siegelets, maps and mods
- Return To Arhok - official bonus single player map by Mad Doc Software.
- Yesterheaven - official bonus multiplayer map for original Dungeon Siege made by Gas Powered Games. Single player conversion files are available here.
- Myros Mod - converts the original Utraean Peninsula multiplayer map to singleplayer. Conversion files are available here or already prepared map can be downloaded here.
- Utima V: Lazarus - a remake of Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny.
- Ultima 6 Project - a remake of Ultima VI: The False Prophet.
- Many notable fan made siegelets and maps can be downloaded here; Mageworld, The Elemental, Lands Of Hyperborea, Copperhead: Retaliation, Realm of Kings.
- Dungeon Siege - high resolution textures - texture pack made for the original game using AI image upscaling ESRGAN.
- SeeFar2020 - collection of modifications that increase the draw distance, add more camera control options, add support for more resolutions, fix 3D character preview in the inventory and slightly increase the default font size.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Dungeon Siege\DungeonSiege.ini %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Dungeon Siege LOA\DungeonSiege.ini |
macOS (OS X) |
- Certain settings are stored in the DungeonSiege.ini file.
- The default main character along with every other option is stored in the prefs.gas file.
- The keybinds are stored in the
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Dungeon Siege\Keys\
folder in the current.gas file.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Dungeon Siege\Save\ %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Dungeon Siege LOA\Save\ |
macOS (OS X) |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution | ||
4K Ultra HD | Too high resolutions (above 1080p) will crash the game; use dgVoodoo2 for these resolutions. The in-game user interface will be very small. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See the WSGF entry. After starting a new game the normal executable can be used afterwards, so the menus are not broken. | ||
Windowed | Affected by a slow framerate on a windowed mode. See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Main menu breaks when borderless. See Borderless fullscreen windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Can cause framerate issues, it can be disabled with the vsync=false command line argument. |
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60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | No frame rate cap. Use the bltonly=true command line argument to fix potential frame rate problems. |
Widescreen resolution
- Widescreen fixes only work in-game, not on the main menu.
- Widescreen aspect ratios are Vert-; to set FOV see the WSGF entry.
- Some higher resolutions will crash the game; use dgVoodoo2 for these resolutions.
- Any resolution warnings can be safely ignored when prompted (or see here).
Set in DungeonSiege.ini[4] |
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Set in launch options[4] |
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Windowed
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Shadow resolution
Instructions[3] |
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Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
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 | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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UDP | 2300-2400, 6073 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Unsupported display mode
- When starting a game a Critical Error message appears about unsupported display mode. This can be ignored or use the following instructions, so it doesn't appear.
Instructions[3] |
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Low frame rate
Instructions[3] |
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Other information
API
Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | ||||
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum[5] | ||
Operating system (OS) | 98 | |
Processor (CPU) | 333 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
References
- ↑ Dungeon Siege Heaven: Siege Engine
- ↑ You receive a "SmarteSECURE has trapped a windows resource error" error message when you start Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Verified by User:Antrad on October 13, 2019
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dungeon Siege | WSGF
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20040402180325/http://www.microsoft.com:80/games/pc/dsloa.aspx#sysreqs