Difference between revisions of "Tales of Maj'Eyal"

Latest revision as of 14:49, 5 May 2023

Key points

Base game is freeware with limitations (see Freeware version).

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website		Paid version requires an account, see Freeware version for free version.
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming		Tales of Maj'Eyal: Volume I-III also available.
Humble Store		Tales of Maj'Eyal: Volume I-III also available.
Steam		Can be run without Steam.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Ashes of Urh'Rok
Embers of Rage
Forbidden Cults

Freeware version

Exclusive to the official site and to Linux package repositories.

Can be converted to the paid version by logging in in-game with a Tales of Maj'Eal account which has made a donation on the official site, or has purchased the game via Steam/GOG.

DRM-free

Contains the full Age of Ascendancy campaign and all vanilla unlockable races/classes.

Lacks certain features such as the donator class, custom tiles for player characters, expansion packs, and Exploration (infinite lives) mode.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\T-Engine\4.0\tome\settings\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/T-Engine/4.0/tome/settings/
Linux	$HOME/.t-engine/4.0/tome/settings/

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\T-Engine\4.0\tome\save\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/T-Engine/4.0/tome/save/
Linux	$HOME/.t-engine/4.0/tome/save/

Save game cloud syncing

In-game Steam Cloud options.

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud		Can be disabled or purged in-game. Is currently broken as of patch 1.7.3.

Video

UI options.

Gameplay options.

Online options.

Miscellaneous options.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		2D game so N/A. You can fully zoom in/out though.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Game is purely 2D, but does offer an antialiased fonts option.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS		Built in configurable frame rate limiter, from 5 to 60
120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Follows windows settings.
Mouse sensitivity		Follows windows settings.
Mouse input in menus		Option to use windows cursor or a custom one.
Mouse Y-axis inversion		2D game.
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio options.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, effects
Surround sound		Stereo only
Subtitles		Game is text only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Easy to toggle audio on/off in options quickly
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information

API

Executable	PPC	32-bit	64-bit	ARM	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux					^[1]^[2]

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	512 MB
Video card (GPU)		OpenGL 2 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.9
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	512 MB
Video card (GPU)		OpenGL 2 compatible

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	512 MB
Video card (GPU)		OpenGL 2 compatible

References

↑ Install Tales of Maj'Eyal for Linux using the Snap Store - last accessed on 2021-01-17
↑ FreshPorts -- games/tome4 - last accessed on 2021-05-08

[1] Install Tales of Maj'Eyal for Linux using the Snap Store - last accessed on 2021-01-17

[2] FreshPorts -- games/tome4 - last accessed on 2021-05-08

[1]

[2]

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+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
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+{{Availability/row| Official | https://te4.org/download | Account | Paid version requires an account, see [[#Freeware version|Freeware version]] for free version. | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
+{{Availability/row| GamersGate | tales-of-majeyal | unknown | | | Windows }}
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 {{Availability/row| GMG | tales-of-majeyal | Steam | {{store link|GMG|tales-of-majeyal-volume-i-iii|Tales of Maj'Eyal: Volume I-III}} also available. | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
@@ Line 44: / Line 58: @@
 ====Freeware version====
-{{ii}} Exclusive to the official site.
+{{ii}} Exclusive to the official site and to Linux package repositories.
 {{ii}} Can be converted to the paid version by logging in in-game with a Tales of Maj'Eal account which has made a donation on the official site, or has purchased the game via Steam/GOG.
 {{++}} DRM-free
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 {{Game data|
 {{Game data/config|Windows|{{P|userprofile}}\T-Engine\4.0\tome\settings\}}
-{{Game data/config|OS X|~/Library/Application Support/T-Engine/4.0/tome/settings/}}
+{{Game data/config|OS X|{{p|osxhome}}/Library/Application Support/T-Engine/4.0/tome/settings/}}
-{{Game data/config|Linux|~/.t-engine/4.0/tome/settings/}}
+{{Game data/config|Linux|{{p|linuxhome}}/.t-engine/4.0/tome/settings/}}
 }}
 {{XDG|false}}
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 {{Game data|
 {{Game data/saves|Windows|{{P|userprofile}}\T-Engine\4.0\tome\save\}}
-{{Game data/saves|OS X|~/Library/Application Support/T-Engine/4.0/tome/save/}}
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-{{Game data/saves|Linux|~/.t-engine/4.0/tome/save/}}
+{{Game data/saves|Linux|{{p|linuxhome}}/.t-engine/4.0/tome/save/}}
 }}
@@ Line 69: / Line 83: @@
 {{Image|TalesOfMaj'Eyal SteamCloudOptions.png|In-game Steam Cloud options.}}
 {{Save game cloud syncing
-|discord                =
+|discord                   =
-|discord notes          =
+|discord notes             =
-|epic games store       =
+|epic games launcher       =
-|epic games store notes =
+|epic games launcher notes =
-|gog galaxy             = false
+|gog galaxy                = false
-|gog galaxy notes       =
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-|origin                 =
+|origin                    =
-|origin notes           =
+|origin notes              =
-|steam cloud            = true
+|steam cloud               = true
-|steam cloud notes      = Can be disabled or purged in-game.
+|steam cloud notes         = Can be disabled or purged in-game. Is currently broken as of patch 1.7.3.
-|uplay                  =
+|ubisoft connect           =
-|uplay notes            =
+|ubisoft connect notes     =
-|xbox cloud             =
+|xbox cloud                =
-|xbox cloud notes       =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
 }}
-==Video settings==
+==Video==
 {{Image|TalesOfMaj'Eyal UIOptions.png|UI options.}}
 {{Image|TalesOfMaj'Eyal GameplayOptions.png|Gameplay options.}}
 {{Image|TalesOfMaj'Eyal OnlineOptions.png|Online options.}}
 {{Image|TalesOfMaj'Eyal MiscOptions.png|Miscellaneous options.}}
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  =
 |widescreen wsgf award      =
@@ Line 100: / Line 114: @@
 |multimonitor               = true
 |multimonitor notes         =
-|ultrawidescreen            = unknown
+|ultrawidescreen            = true
 |ultrawidescreen notes      =
-|4k ultra hd                = unknown
+|4k ultra hd                = true
 |4k ultra hd notes          =
-|fov                        = unknown
+|fov                        = n/a
-|fov notes                  =
+|fov notes                  = 2D game so N/A. You can fully zoom in/out though.
 |windowed                   = true
 |windowed notes             =
@@ Line 114: / Line 128: @@
 |antialiasing               = true
 |antialiasing notes         = Game is purely 2D, but does offer an antialiased fonts option.
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = true
 |vsync notes                =
@@ Line 126: / Line 143: @@
 }}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = true
 |key remap notes           =
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 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
 {{Image|TalesOfMaj'Eyal AudioOptions.png|Audio options.}}
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    = Music, effects
@@ Line 204: / Line 221: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes = Easy to toggle audio on/off in options quickly
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
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 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = true
+|windows arm app        = false
 |windows exe notes      =
-|macos 32-bit app       = unknown
+|mac os x powerpc app   = false
-|macos 64-bit app       = unknown
+|macos intel 32-bit app = true
+|macos intel 64-bit app = true
+|macos arm app          = false
 |macos app notes        =
+|linux powerpc app      = true
 |linux 32-bit executable= true
 |linux 64-bit executable= true
-|linux executable notes =
+|linux arm app          = true
+|linux executable notes = <ref>{{Refurl|url=https://snapcraft.io/talesofmajeyal|title=Install Tales of Maj'Eyal for Linux using the Snap Store|date=2021-01-17}}</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.freshports.org/games/tome4/|title=FreshPorts -- games/tome4|date=2021-05-08}}</ref>
 }}

Developers

	DarkGod
Publishers
	Netcore
Engines
	T-Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	December 31, 2012
macOS (OS X)	December 31, 2012
Linux	December 31, 2012
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase