Shade: Wrath of Angels

Shade: Wrath of Angels

Developers
	Black Element Software
Publishers
	Cenega
Engines
	Enforce
Release dates
Windows	October 1, 2004
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	Third-person, First-person
Genres	Action, Hack and slash, TPS
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Supernatural, Fantasy

General information

Manual

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 3.4.53.0 DRM (use SFUPDATE to update)
Publisher website		Website doesn't work well with modern browsers. You have to login before making the purchase. You find your activation key and download link by clicking on "Order Detail" on your Purchases page. You might have to look manually in the browser console for the download file if it gets blocked. This version doesn't use StarForce DRM and works on modern systems.

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Order from publisher website

The publisher website doesn't work well with modern browsers. If you have problems, follow these steps: Deactivate any adblockers etc. if you have one. Go to the game site. Login (top right) BEFORE trying to buy the game. You can create a new account or link a Steam / Facebook / Google account. Go to the game page. Purchase the game. Go to your Purchases page (top right, hover over profile name -> Purchases). Wait some time, if it says you're not logged in, it just needs time to load. Once your see your purchase of Shade: Wrath of Angels, click on Order Detail. Copy your Serial Key somewhere. Then, click on Download. If nothing happens, that means your browser blocked the download. On Chrome, Edge or Firefox, open the browser console (F12). Go to the field Console and there, manually click on the blocked download link to download the game installer. If it redirects you to a page with a certificate error, temporarily disable certificate checks (e.g. for Chrome, do this) and try again from step 6. Once you have downloaded the installer (WoA.exe), execute it to install the game. Use the serial key that you copied previously.

Essential improvements

Patch

Patch 1.2 is the latest. The download from the publisher website already has this patch installed.

• English EU
• English US
• German
• Czech

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\settings.cfg

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\save\

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Use g_fov Y console command, where Y is your value. ~40 is around 90 horizontal°
Windowed		Set Fullscreen to 0 in settings.cfg.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Enabled by default. Launcher option. Disable by setting VSync to 0 in settings.cfg.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Combo menu (F1) can not be remapped.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		On by default.
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Use special attacks

Equip the sword (2). Hold the block button. While holding the block button, also start holding the attack button. The sword will glow. While still holding both attack and block, press the combo keys in order (for available combos, see F1). For example, for a basic combo press forward (W) and then backward (S). You can normally change direction of blocks or attacks by pressing the movement keys (very helpful when fighting multiple enemies). However, while charging a combo the direction can no longer be changed. You have to let go of the attack button (you can keep blocking) to re-orient the character.

Cast spells
Change to demon form (R). Equip spell from inventory (Q) or via quickslot. Press the right mouse botton to go into targetting mode. Press the right mouse botton again to cast the spell.

Target weapons with crosshair
Equip gun or crossbow. Go to first-person mode (⇧ Shift). Press attack button once. Now, a crosshair appears and you can shoot by repeatedly pressing the attack button. Reload the gun with right mouse button. If you want to get out of targetting mode, press a movement key.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		5.1, 7.1
Subtitles		Option to turn it on/off its located in "advance" settings in "options" menu.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
German
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese				CD Expert.
Russian

Other information

Developer console

To open developer console press keys Ctrl+Alt+F3

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Issues fixed

Missing sounds in the game

Method 1: Set sound quality to low
Open the game's audio settings. Set sound quality to "Low". If this is locked, first disable EAX. You can enable EAX again. Restart the game.

Method 2: Restore EAX sounds
This method actually may not work for everyone ! Download the latest DSOAL. Extract all the contents from the archive to the games installation directory. You should now have all sounds restored in the game without setting the quality to "Low".

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98 SE	XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 3 - 700 MHz	Intel Pentium 4 - 2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 2 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible	Nvidia GeForce 4 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device)		Sound Blaster Audigi 2 ZS