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General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- 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 |
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Legends of Urak |
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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
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- Download the latest build from here or here.
- Extract the contents of the archive downloaded into the
<path-to-game> folder.
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Skip intro videos
Delete/rename/move video files
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- Open the
<path-to-game>\smk folder.
- Delete, rename or move
Intro.smk and IMPTITLE.smk .
- Do the same for
Credits.smk to skip the credits video shown when exiting the game.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Install dgVoodoo 2
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- Follow the installation instructions for installing for a DX2-8 game.
- 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.
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Music, sound effects, speech, ambience |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Network
Multiplayer types
Type |
Native |
Players |
Notes |
LAN play |
| 4 |
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Online play |
| 4 |
The official WON multiplayer service has been shut down. |
Connection types
Other information
API
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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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
References