Key points
- The game doesn't include a tutorial, and the manual is not included in the digital versions. It is highly recommended that you read the manual before playing. You can download it here. An official hintbook with additional information is available here.
- The effects of many items are not explained in their descriptions. You can find a list with the effects of all magic items here.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- List with item effects
- Offical manual
- Official Hintbook
Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
Retail |
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Oversized DRM (lead-out area shortened and used for data, to prevent most contemporary CD-RW drives from copying the method) |
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GOG.com |
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Steam |
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Essential improvements
Patches
- The 1.0.0.6 Update fixes the save problem with the book options, provides some DirectSound workarounds, and addresses some intermittent crashes. The patch is already included in the GOG and Steam version.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Input
- Two buttons on your keyboard allow you to change perspective when the eye appears in the bottom left of the screen. On English keyboards, this is
[
and ]
. On German keyboards, it's ß
and ´
.
- Holding the CTRL key enables the alternate actions, e.g. sprinting instead of walking and only doing a single attack instead of all at once.
It is highly recommended that you read the manual to find these and other options, since they are not explained in-game.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Master, Music |
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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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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German |
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Released as "Rückkehr nach Krondor" (retail-only). Can be added to GOG and Steam versions with this patch.[2] |
Issues fixed
Game not starting
If the game fails to start, try one of the solutions in this thread (check all thread pages).
Large fonts
Some in-game text, mainly during combat (the top bar and the HP when hovering over your party), may be excessively-large due to the game's fonts using Windows' font scaling.
Deactivate display scaling[3]
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- Open Windows' display settings (e.g. right-click on desktop -> display settings).
- Either set your resolution to one that comes with 100% default scaling (like 1920x1080), or put the scaling value manually to 100%.
- Then launch the game.
Notes:
Seems to only be a problem in the GOG version.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
7 |
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Software renderer |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Standard executable is RtK.exe. GOG version precedes this with launcher.exe, which in turn calls RtK.exe. GOG version can also be launched directly from RtK.exe, but this makes texts harder to read (very noticable on spell descriptions). |
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP |
Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) |
1 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) |
256 MB |
512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
575 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 7 compatible
| DirectX 9 compatible |
- Requirements are for the GOG.com release.
Original release
Windows |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
95/98/NT 4.0 |
Processor (CPU) |
Pentium 60 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
16 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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Notes
References