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This page is for the original 1998 game. For the remaster, see Forsaken Remastered.

Forsaken
Forsaken	1998
Forsaken Remastered	2018

Key points

Difficult to get running on newer systems

Engine is open source with a modern multi-platform port available.

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM.

A demo is available.

The latest official patch 1.01 is available at www.patches-scrolls.de and at soggi.org.

Community port of Forsaken, runs on cross-platform technologies and currently officially supports Windows, Linux, and OS X.

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

Go to the disc and set Windows 95 compatibility mode for autorun.exe and setup.exe.
Install the game normally.
Set Windows 95 compatibility mode for all the 3 executables FORSAKEN*.EXE in the installation folder.
Download dgVoodoo 2 and extract D3DImm.dll and DDraw.dll to the installation folder (tested with v2.44).
download and extract some custom graphic card opt files.
Start FORSAKEN.EXE, select "512MB" as Renderer.
After the game starts choose any resolution in the visual options.
CD music will work if the disc is inserted in CD-ROM 0.
If you don't mind playing with CDDA, using ProjectX as engine requires a much simpler installation.

Notes

For other issues see this page

System	Location
Windows

System	Location
Windows

Set horizontal FOV^[1]
Download ProjectX. Add `-fov:<number>` command line argument. Replace `<number>` with desired FOV; default is 90, max is 120.

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play		Versus
Online play		Versus

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		Game was crashing on Win7.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

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 ==Essential improvements==
 ===Patches===
-{{mm}} Latest official patch 1.01 is available at [https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/1715/7/24953/ www.patches-scrolls.de] and [https://soggi.org/misc/game-patches.htm soggi.org].
+{{mm}} The latest official patch 1.01 is available at [https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/1715/7/24953/ www.patches-scrolls.de] and at [https://soggi.org/misc/game-patches.htm soggi.org].
 {{mm}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20150328201236/http://fly.thruhere.net/fsplanet/files.htm Unofficial patches]