Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

For the 2020 remaster, see Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning.

Kingdoms of Amalur
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning	2012
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning	2020

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Origin
Steam (unavailable)

A free demo can be played on Steam, has to be installed by direct link (allow Steam client popup): steam://install/203970

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Legend of Dead Kel
Teeth of Naros
Weapons & Armor Bundle

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename reckoninglogotrain.bik^[1]
Go to `<path-to-game>\content\data\bink\` Delete or rename `reckoninglogotrain.bik`

Disable the Battle Frenzy sound

If you play a warrior, the constant hissing sound of this permanent buff can quickly get annoying.

Delete/rename FX_Player_Battle_Frenzy.fsb^[2]
Go to `<path-to-game>\content\001\` Delete or rename `FX_Player_Battle_Frenzy.fsb`

Adjust Level of Detail (AMD Radeon graphics card users only)

Adjust texture LOD^{[citation needed]}
Download and install RadeonPro Create a RadeonPro profile for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Open the "Advanced" tab and check Texture LOD Set the slider to a value between -1 and -2 (recommended: -1)

Enable high quality anisotropic filtering for AMD Radeon graphics card users

Enable high quality anisotropic filtering^{[citation needed]}

By default KOA:R uses low quality anisotropic filtering to give better performance.

Download and install RadeonPro
Create a RadeonPro profile for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Open the "Advanced" tab and check Texture LOD
Set "Texture filtering quality" to high quality

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Reckoning\personal.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/102500/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Reckoning\
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\102500\remote\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/102500/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Game profile names need to be identically named when transferring saves to different accounts or computers. If they are not, then you will need to rename the save file into one that has been 'recognised' by the game. This applies to transferring save data in any combination between computers, profiles, Steam and Origin accounts.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Origin		Syncs up to 1 GB of data online.
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud		Syncs up to 1000 MB of data online.

Video

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer.
Ultra-widescreen		Quest menu is not visible in 21:9
4K Ultra HD		Quest menu is not visible in 4K. Fix addressed in Widescreen Fixer but not functional.
Field of view (FOV)	Use Flawless Widescreen or see Field of view (FOV).
Windowed	Borderless only.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Set to "windowed".
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	FXAA. Set by post processing setting
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	No frame rate or refresh rate cap.^[3]
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

Change FOV with Widescreen Fixer^{[citation needed]}

Launch Widescreen Fixer and open Kingdom of Amalur's plugin settings.
Set desired field of view (recommended value: 60-70).
Set a keybind for Widescreen Fixer.
Launch the game.
Press your FOV keybind before doing anything else. Your FOV will expand from a shoulder-cam to third person at the correct FOV.
Should this greatly distort your image, simply reload the save and the FOV setting will take effect.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Changing mouse buttons may cause problems.^[4]
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Using an Xbox One controller may cause severe stuttering.^[5]
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		UI fluctuates when using more than one input. Input may hang when switching.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Effects, music, and dialogue
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Retail only.
French
German
Italian
Polish				Fan translation
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.

Issues unresolved

Remap key bug

Mouse button binding causes problems.^[4]

Xbox One S Controller Bluetooth Stutter Bug

The Xbox One S Controller, when connected via Bluetooth, causes the game to severely stutter, leaving the game hardly playable.^[5] A workaround is to use the controller in wired mode. For the Steam version, setting Steam Input to "Forced On" in game properties may resolve the issue.

Issues fixed

Crash after 10-15 minutes on Windows 10

Caused by a weird interaction between one version of XAudio2_7.dll and the on-screen keyboard service.

Check whether this is the cause with Windows Error Reporting^{[citation needed]}
`⊞ Win`+`R` and type `msinfo32` and `↵ Enter`. In `Software Environment\Windows Error Reporting` look for entries with Reckoning.exe and check that the faulty module is `XAudio2_7.dll`

Stop the TabTip.exe process, also referred to as Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Helper, before launching the game^{[citation needed]}

More simply, just create a batch command to run the game^{[citation needed]}

taskkill /f /im "tabtip.exe"
start /d "<path-to-game>" Reckoning.exe

Create the batch file above by replacing the <path-to-game> with the path to the installation folder.
Save as a .cmd and launch it as an administrator.
To simplify that, you can create a shortcut to the .cmd and choose Run as an administrator in the shortcut's advanced options.

Map movement to arrow keys

Map movement to arrow keys^{[citation needed]}
Follow instructions here.

Black screen in demo with AMD GPU

The demo shows nothing but a black screen with AMD GPUs. This issue is not present in the final game.

Disable post-processing in the settings^{[citation needed]}

Alternate demo fix^{[citation needed]}
Open Catalyst Control Center Create an application profile for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Set multi-sampling anti-aliasing (MSAA) to 2x

Locked out of Fast Travel

The following will work to re-enable fast-travel in a savegame, regardless of the reason that caused it^[6]
Make a copy of your file savegame somewhere, just to be on the safe side Open your savegame with a hexadicemal editor (For example HXD) Search for the following hex-values : "A5EE1700" Replace it by "00000000" Save your file savegame and close your hexadicemal editor

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Mods

YSA Heartcore Mod

Greatly increases game difficulty, as vanilla can be too easy late-game. The changes are listed here.

Includes PDF game guides and developer interviews.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+	Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4 GHz AMD Phenom X4 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 3650 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support	Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 ATI Radeon HD 4850 1 GB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
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>/102500/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (102500) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Karasuhebi on 2016-9-24
↑ Verified by User:Drat on 2019-11-18
↑ New 120Hz Games Report
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Found a bug after remapping keys - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 https://steamcommunity.com/app/102500/discussions/0/540743757479480625/
↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/102500/discussions/0/371918937259288313/

[Proton_path_note-3] 1.0 ^1.1 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>/102500/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (102500) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

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

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/102500/.

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

[5] The app ID (102500) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[1] Verified by User:Karasuhebi on 2016-9-24

[2] Verified by User:Drat on 2019-11-18

[4] New 120Hz Games Report

[mouse_remapping-5] 4.0 ^4.1 Found a bug after remapping keys - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)

[Xbox_One_Controller-6] 5.0 ^5.1 https://steamcommunity.com/app/102500/discussions/0/540743757479480625/

[Locked_out_of_Fast_Travel_-_Steam_Discussion-7] ttps://steamcommunity.com/app/102500/discussions/0/371918937259288313/

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Developers

	Big Huge Games
	38 Studios
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
	38 Studios
Engines
	Big Huge Engine
Release dates
Windows	February 7, 2012
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Genres	RPG
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Kingdoms of Amalur