Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna

Dungeon Siege
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.

General information

ChickenGeorgeMods - collection of official and fan made tools for modding the game.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SmarteSECURE DRM disc check.^[2]

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
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]
See Command line arguments instructions. Use the `nointro=true` argument.

Playing on modern systems

Instructions^{[citation needed]}
Download the following archive and extract its files into the installation folder.

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 .

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Dungeon Siege\ %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Dungeon Siege LOA\
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
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Dungeon Siege\Save\ %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Dungeon Siege LOA\Save\
macOS (OS X)

Video

General settings for Dungeon Siege.

Video settings for Dungeon Siege.

General settings for Legends of Aranna.

Video settings for Legends of Aranna.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
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.
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]
Open `%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Dungeon Siege LOA\DungeonSiege.ini` Change the `width =` and `height =` numbers to match your resolution. Save your changes.

Set in launch options^[4]
Add `width=####` and `height=####` to your games launch options. Replace #### with your desired resolution. Save your changes.

Windowed

Instructions^{[citation needed]}
Go to the installation folder and find `DungeonSiege.exe` or `DSLOA.exe`. See Windows Compatibility Mode. Tick the Reduced color mode checkbox and select the 16-bit (65536) mode. See Command line arguments. Use the `fullscreen=false` argument.

Shadow resolution

Instructions^[3]

Go to the installation folder and open system_detail.gas with a text editor.
Increase the value of shadow_tex_size = 64 to 128, 256, etc... (changing the entry under [64M32B] should be enough).
Save the file.

Notes

This is only worth doing when Complex shadows are enabled in-game.

Input

Input settings for Dungeon Siege.

Input settings for Legends of Aranna.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio settings for Dungeon Siege.

Audio settings for Legends of Aranna.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
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]
Go to the installation folder and open `system_detail.gas` with a text editor. Add a new display mode with the resolution you want (adding a new entry under `[64M32B]` should be enough): For example: `[1920x1080] {max_back_buffers = 2;}`. Save the file.

Low frame rate

Instructions^[3]
Use `bltonly=true` command line argument. Make sure vsync is not enabled in the GPU control panel or in a third-party graphics wrapper if they are used.

Other information

API

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

System requirements

Windows
	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)
	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

[1] Dungeon Siege Heaven: Siege Engine

[2] You receive a "SmarteSECURE has trapped a windows resource error" error message when you start Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna

[Antrad-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Verified by User:Antrad on October 13, 2019

[WSGF-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Dungeon Siege | WSGF

[5] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20040402180325/http://www.microsoft.com:80/games/pc/dsloa.aspx#sysreqs

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Developers

	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
IGDB	90
Taxonomy
Series	Dungeon Siege