Requiem: Avenging Angel

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Requiem: Avenging Angel

Developers
	Cyclone Studios
Publishers
	3DO
	Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows	March 31, 1999

Key points

The game requires DirectX 6.1 to run and it won't run on newer versions. Patch 1.3 updates the game to run on DirectX 8, but the game still won't run in Windows 7. The GOG.com and Steam versions have been modified to work on modern OS including Windows 7.

Some players have reported game breaking bugs that may occur during playthrough. These bugs usually affect doors which don't open when they're supposed to and the player gets stuck. If such problem occurs it can be worked around by using the "no clip" cheat. These bugs have mostly been reported when using the Direct3D rendering method.

The game will not launch on Windows 10 in D3D mode. Update: 3dfx mode works on Windows 10

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Steam
Humble Store (unavailable)

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch 1.3 (3dfx Glide, Direct3D, Software) is available at www.patches-scrolls.de and at soggi.org.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/493310/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Gamers
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/493310/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Windowed

Use wndmode
Download wndmode and unpack into <path-to-game>. Open wndmode.ini. Set UseCursorClip to 1 to lock cursor inside game window. Set Border to 0 to disable window border.

Audio settings

DSOAL requires boost=-6 in alsoft.ini to match hardware reverb levels.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail only.
Brazilian Portuguese				Retail only.
Spanish				Retail only, download.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8	Versus
Online play		8	Versus

Issues fixed

Running the game on modern systems

Use D3DWindower[citation needed]

Install the game. Install Patch 1.2. Install Patch 1.3 (D3D). If it won't install due to unspecified Windows error, then overwrite D3D.exe within the installation folder with this D3D.exe file. This file was extracted from the patch setup. Install and run D3DWindower. Add the D3D.exe file to the list. Select the newly added file in D3DWindower and open the configuration box. Browse for the hook DLL; use D3dHook.dll which comes with the program. Set the resolution and check the "Use windowed mode" box. Run the game from within the D3DWindower. The credits videos and intro should play and the game menu should appear. The game menu will be stuck in 640x480 resolution and will not stretch within the D3DWindower box but it should be operable. Fortunately, the game itself will stretch to fill out the entire window. Set the resolution in the game menu to the one specified in D3DWindower. This part may be tricky as the game will be off at registering the mouse clicks. Try moving the mouse pointer around or even click outside the window to change focus.

Use wndmode[citation needed]

Install the game. Install Patch 1.2. Unpack Patch 1.3 into the installation folder (this will update software, d3d and 3dfx renders to 1.3). These exes are from official patch which won't install under modern OS, so, literally, its just an unpacked patch. Unpack wndmode into the installation folder. It's a heavily modified version of D3DWindower. In wndmode.ini set UseCursorClip to 1 and Border to 0. This will lock cursor inside game window and disable window border. Install nglide. nglide is optional, but 3dfx render has less graphics bugs (comparison: 3dfx vs d3d). Play the game via 3DFX.exe or D3D.exe.

Impossible to select leftmost angelic powers with the mouse pointer

Occurs when running the game with D3DWindower.

The game allows to bring up a menu where angelic powers can be selected with the mouse pointer. D3DWindower will break immediately when mouse pointer is brought up by the game and the window will most likely lose the focus when a click is performed. This occurs when mouse pointer is positioned at the left part of the screen. This makes certain angelic powers unselectable through mouse pointer.

Workarounds[citation needed]
Reduce Windows screen resolution to fit the resolution of D3DWindower box. Simply use in-game key bindings to scroll through powers instead. Unfortunately this isn't as efficient as selecting them by mouse

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Smacker Video Technology

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95/98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166 MHz	Intel Pentium 200 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	116 MB	275 MB
Video card (GPU)	2 MB of VRAM	4 MB of VRAM