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Legacy of Kain
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain	1997
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver	1999
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2	2001
Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2	2002
Legacy of Kain: Defiance	2003
Nosgoth	Cancelled

Key points

A straight conversion of the PlayStation version, with none of the enhancements of the Dreamcast port.

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS; use SRHook to fix.^[1]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/224920/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savegame.her^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/224920/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver.

Issues fixed

Raziel runs in circles if a gamepad is connected

Use Peixoto's patch^{[citation needed]}

Crash when the game starts

Use Peixoto's patch^{[citation needed]}

Gamma calibration not working

Use Peixoto's patch^{[citation needed]}

Low frame rate

Use windowed mode^{[citation needed]}
Set up D3DWindower to run the game in windowed mode.

Use DLL fix^{[citation needed]}
Download Windows 8 Fix. Extract the DLL to the installation folder.

Audio issues

On modern computers, audio may have issues such as dialogue skipping at some points. In this case, to solve the issue you have to set the sampling frequency from the control panel of your audio card to a lower level (44.1 kHz should be fine).^{[citation needed]}

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III AMD Athlon MP
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	512 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 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.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (224920) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
↑ 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).

References

↑ Widescreen hack/framerate uncapper for SR1 - Square Enix Forums

[Proton_path_note-2] 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.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (224920) 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] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (224920) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[gamedir-3] 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).

[FPS_cap-1] Widescreen hack/framerate uncapper for SR1 - Square Enix Forums

[1]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

@@ Line 35: / Line 35: @@
 ===Configuration file(s) location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/row|Windows|}}
+{{Game data/config|Windows|}}
 }}
 ===Save game data location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/row|Windows|{{P|game}}\savegame.her}}
+{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{P|game}}\savegame.her}}
 }}

Developers

	Crystal Dynamics
Publishers
	Eidos Interactive
Release dates
Windows	September 8, 1999