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=== Wrong colors and aspect ratio ===
 
=== Wrong colors and aspect ratio ===
 
{{ii}} The game's color palette is wrong and is squashed to half the size on the horizontal axis
 
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# Use [[DxWnd]] 2.04.32 with the included profile
 
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=== Game hangs during intro movie ===
 
=== Game hangs during intro movie ===
 
{{ii}} The game hangs while playing the intro movie on Windows 10
 
{{ii}} The game hangs while playing the intro movie on Windows 10
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{{ii}} Retail version - not tested if the GoG version is affected
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{{ii}} Retail version only - GOG.com version is not affected
 
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# Replace <code>SMACKW32.DLL</code> in the game folder with a different version. This file comes with many games from around 1997-98. Verified to work:
 
# Replace <code>SMACKW32.DLL</code> in the game folder with a different version. This file comes with many games from around 1997-98. Verified to work:
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# Make sure the 'No movies' flag is set - this will disable all in-game cutscenes!
 
# Make sure the 'No movies' flag is set - this will disable all in-game cutscenes!
 
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=== Map scrolling with mouse too fast ===
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{{ii}} Using the mouse to scroll the game map will scroll to fast
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{{ii}} Retail version only - GOG.com version is not affected
  
 
==Other information==
 
==Other information==

Revision as of 08:45, 13 October 2018

Rage of Mages
Rage of Mages cover
Developers
Nival Interactive
Publishers
Buka Entertainment
Monolith Productions
Nival Interactive
Release dates
Windows April 10, 1998
Rage of Mages on Wikipedia
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Rage of Mages 2: Necromancer 1999
Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul 2001
Allods Online 2009

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Sound settings.
Sound settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Polish
Local retail version only.
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
16
Online play
16

Issues unresolved

Wrong colors and aspect ratio

The game's color palette is wrong and is squashed to half the size on the horizontal axis
Retail version only - GOG.com version is not affected
DxWnd
  1. Use DxWnd 2.04.32 with the included profile

Game hangs during intro movie

The game hangs while playing the intro movie on Windows 10
Retail version only - GOG.com version is not affected
Replace Smacker library
  1. Replace SMACKW32.DLL in the game folder with a different version. This file comes with many games from around 1997-98. Verified to work:
    • Diablo (SHA1: D85BC8A2AEC0EAFA35F59BAA1CC9293661C7B618)
    • Available on the internet (SHA1: 97EB8B87BE15B228C5498AEBE9F384EC31D4570D)
  2. If you are using DxWnd with the default profile, then unset the 'No movies' flag.
DxWnd - No movies
  1. Use DxWnd with the included profile
  2. Make sure the 'No movies' flag is set - this will disable all in-game cutscenes!

Map scrolling with mouse too fast

Using the mouse to scroll the game map will scroll to fast
Retail version only - GOG.com version is not affected

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 100 Intel Pentium 166
System memory (RAM) 16 MB 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 85 MB
Video card (GPU) 1 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ 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