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General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Special Edition has a disc check.
GamersGate		Special Edition.
GOG.com		Special Edition.
Green Man Gaming		Special Edition.
Steam		Special Edition.
ZOOM Platform		Special Edition.

A free demo version is available from Archive.org and SierraHelp.

Version differences

The Special Edition release includes the base game, the Legends of Urak expansion, new units, buildings, campaigns and the lord editor.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Legends of Urak

Essential improvements

Official patches

The last official for Lords of Magic is 3.01 for the Special Edition and 2.0a for the non-SE release. Both may be found here.

The Steam and GOG versions come with the 3.01 patch already installed.

The last patch for SE has a bug that causes some low level dungeons and marauder parties to spawn with Pegasus Riders, a high level unit.

Unofficial patch

Only works with the SE release patched to version 3.01

Fixes the Pegasus Rider bug mentioned above.

Install the unofficial patch
Download the latest build from here or here. Extract the contents of the archive downloaded into the `<path-to-game>` folder.

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename/move video files
Open the `<path-to-game>\smk` folder. Delete, rename or move `Intro.smk` and `IMPTITLE.smk`. Do the same for `Credits.smk` if you want to also skip the video that plays when you exit the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/404040/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/404040/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Only resolution available is 640x480.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Windowed

Install dgVoodoo 2
Follow the installation instructions for installing for a DX2-8 game. Choose one of the sets of instructions below for changing dgVoodoo's config file.

Change dgVoodoo's config with it's config utility

Also copy the files dgVoodoo.conf and dgVoodooCpl.exe from the archive into <path-to-game> then run dgVoodooCpl.exe.
Under the General tab, change the Appearance setting to Windowed. Also tick the Centre app window box.
Under the DirectX tab, untick Application controlled fullscreen/windowed state, Disable Alt-Enter to toggle screen state and dgVoodoo watermark.
Click on Ok.

Change dgVoodoo's config by editing it's text file

Also copy the file dgVoodoo.conf from the archive into <path-to-game> then open it with a text editor.
Find the setting FullScreenMode and set it to false. Change CenterAppWindow to true
Find the settings AppControlledScreenMode, DisableAltEnterToToggleScreenMode and dgVoodooWatermark, and set them all to false.
If you would like to run the game in a borderless window, find the setting WindowedAttributes and set it to borderless.
Save your changes.

Input

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German				Retail only

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		4
Online play		4

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Dedicated
Self-hosting

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	World Opponent Network

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 75 MHz
System memory (RAM)	16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	135 MB
Video card (GPU)	SVGA

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 (404040) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 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 (404040) 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 (404040) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[Note 1]

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Developers

	Impressions Games
Publishers
Retail	Sierra On-Line
Digital	Rebellion Developments
Release dates
Windows	November 19, 1997
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time, Turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Strategy
Themes	Fantasy