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FATE (WildTangent)
FATE	2005
FATE: Undiscovered Realms	2008
FATE: The Traitor Soul	2009
FATE: The Cursed King	2011

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Publisher website
GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%PROGRAMDATA%\WildTangent\FateSteam\Persistent\config.dat^{[Note 1]}
GOG.com	%LOCALAPPDATA%\WildTangent\Fate\Persistent\config.dat
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/246840/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%PROGRAMDATA%\WildTangent\Fatesteam\persistent\SAVE\^{[Note 1]}
GOG.com	%LOCALAPPDATA%\WildTangent\Fate\Persistent\SAVE\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/246840/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Limited native support. See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor		See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD		See the WSGF entry.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	On/Off toggle.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Use d3d8to9 on Windows 10.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Windowed

Edit config file^[1]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `config.dat`. Change `FULLSCREEN:1` to `FULLSCREEN:0`. Save the changes.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, SFX
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Italian				The Steam version is available in Italian even though it's not listed on the store page.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	PPC	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)				This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work* on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.*

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	800 MHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	400 MB
Video card (GPU)	3D Graphics Accelerator 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/246840/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (246840) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Jigen123 on 2020-08-30

[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).

[Proton_path_note-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/246840/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (246840) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

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

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/246840/.

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

[6] The app ID (246840) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[3] Verified by User:Jigen123 on 2020-08-30

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

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 {{Infobox game
-|cover        = FATE - Cover.png
+|cover        = FATE - cover.png
 |developers   =
 {{Infobox game/row/developer|WildTangent}}
@@ Line 8: / Line 7: @@
 |release dates=
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|May 18, 2005}}
+{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|September 19, 2008}}
+|reception    =
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|fate|80}}
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|OpenCritic|}}
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|fate|}}
+|taxonomy     =
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | None }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Bird's-eye view }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | RPG }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Cartoon }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Fantasy }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | FATE (WildTangent) }}
 |steam appid  = 246840
-|gogcom id    =
+|gogcom id    = 2050639399
+|official site= http://games.wildtangent.com/fate/default.html
+|hltb         = 3413
+|igdb         = fate
 |strategywiki =
 |mobygames    = fate
@@ Line 16: / Line 36: @@
 |license      = commercial
 }}
-{{Series|FATE}}
 '''General information'''
+{{GOG.com links|2050639399|fate_series|for game series}}
 {{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/246840/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| Retail | | unknown | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | drm-free | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| publisher | https://www.macgamestore.com/product/1000/FATE/ | unknown | | | OS X }}
+{{Availability/row| GOG.com | fate | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Humble | fate | Steam | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Steam | 246840 | Steam | | | Windows }}
@@ Line 32: / Line 54: @@
 {{Game data|
 {{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|programdata}}\WildTangent\FateSteam\Persistent\config.dat}}
+{{Game data/config|GOG.com|{{P|localappdata}}\WildTangent\Fate\Persistent\config.dat}}
 }}
 ===Save game data location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|programdata}}\WildTangent\Fate\persistent\SAVE\}}
+{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|programdata}}\WildTangent\Fatesteam\persistent\SAVE\}}
+{{Game data/saves|GOG.com|{{P|localappdata}}\WildTangent\Fate\Persistent\SAVE\}}
 }}
 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 {{Save game cloud syncing
-|discord                =
+|discord                   =
-|discord notes          =
+|discord notes             =
-|epic games store       =
+|epic games launcher       =
-|epic games store notes =
+|epic games launcher notes =
-|gog galaxy             =
+|gog galaxy                = true
-|gog galaxy notes       =
+|gog galaxy notes          =
-|origin                 =
+|origin                    =
-|origin notes           =
+|origin notes              =
-|steam cloud            = true
+|steam cloud               = true
-|steam cloud notes      =
+|steam cloud notes         =
-|uplay                  =
+|ubisoft connect           =
-|uplay notes            =
+|ubisoft connect notes     =
-|xbox cloud             =
+|xbox cloud                =
-|xbox cloud notes       =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
 }}
-==Video settings==
+==Video==
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  = https://www.wsgf.org/dr/fate
 |widescreen wsgf award      = silver
@@ Line 82: / Line 106: @@
 |antialiasing               = limited
 |antialiasing notes         = On/Off toggle.
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = true
-|vsync notes                =
+|vsync notes                = Use [https://github.com/crosire/d3d8to9/releases d3d8to9] on Windows 10.
 |60 fps                     = true
 |60 fps notes               =
@@ Line 102: / Line 129: @@
 }}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = false
 |key remap notes           =
@@ Line 166: / Line 193: @@
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    = Music, SFX
 |surround sound           = false
 |surround sound notes     =
-|subtitles                = unknown
+|subtitles                = true
 |subtitles notes          =
-|closed captions          = unknown
+|closed captions          = false
 |closed captions notes    =
-|mute on focus lost       = unknown
+|mute on focus lost       = true
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
@@ Line 186: / Line 215: @@
   |language  = English
   |interface = true
-  |audio     = unknown
+  |audio     = true
-  |subtitles = unknown
+  |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Italian
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = true
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     = The Steam version is available in Italian even though it's not listed on the store page.
   |fan       =
 }}
@@ Line 196: / Line 233: @@
 ===API===
 {{API
-|direct3d versions      =
+|direct3d versions      = 8
 |direct3d notes         =
 |directdraw versions    =
@@ Line 216: / Line 253: @@
 |shader model versions  =
 |shader model notes     =
-|windows 32-bit exe     = unknown
+|windows 32-bit exe     = true
-|windows 64-bit exe     = unknown
+|windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
-|macos 32-bit app       =
+|mac os x powerpc app   = true
-|macos 64-bit app       =
+|macos intel 32-bit app = true
+|macos intel 64-bit app = false
+|macos arm app          =
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}
@@ Line 232: / Line 273: @@
 |minOS    = 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8
-|minCPU   = 800 MHz PC or Better
+|minCPU   = 800 MHz
 |minRAM   = 512 MB
 |minHD    = 400 MB
 |minGPU   = 3D Graphics Accelerator
-|minDX    = 8
 |minVRAM  = 16 MB
+|minDX    = 8.0
 |recOS    =

Developers

	WildTangent
Release dates
Windows	May 18, 2005
macOS (OS X)	September 19, 2008
Reception
Metacritic	80
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	RPG
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Fantasy
Series	FATE (WildTangent)