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The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut

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The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut
The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut cover
Developers
inXile Entertainment
Engines
Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows August 27, 2019
macOS (OS X) August 27, 2019
Linux August 27, 2019
The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut on MobyGames
The Bard's Tale
The Bard's Tale 1987
The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight 1988
The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate 1990
The Bard's Tale Construction Set 1991
The Bard's Tale (2005) 2005
The Mage's Tale 2017
The Bard's Tale Trilogy 2018
The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep 2018
The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut 2019
The Bard's Tale ARPG : Remastered and Resnarkled 2020

Key points

Updated version of The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep with more character customization options, new items, new enemies, revised UI, and a new expansion dungeon.[1]
Provided for free to owners of The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep.[2]

General information

Official wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Xbox Play Anywhere, Xbox Game Pass for PC
Windows
Steam
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Version differences

Standard Edition

Standard Edition content.
Standard Edition content.
Includes the base game, Fire Horn in-game item, manual, guidebook, and code wheel.

Deluxe Edition

Deluxe Edition content.
Deluxe Edition content.
Includes all Standard Edition content, The Bard's Tale Trilogy, the Kael's Axe, Red Boots, Bardic Brian Skin, and Bardic Brian Booty in-game items, hi-res map, hi-res wallpapers, novellas, art book, songbook, and soundtrack.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename movie files[3]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\BardsTale4\Content\Movies\.
  2. Delete or rename BardIV_FireLogo.mp4, BardIV_InxileLogo.mp4, and BardIV_LegalScreen.mp4.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\BardsTale4DC\Saved\SaveGames\BT_Prefs.sav
%LOCALAPPDATA%\BardsTale4DC\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/.config/Epic/BardsTale4DC/Saved/SaveGames/BT_Prefs.sav
$HOME/.config/Epic/BardsTale4DC/Saved/Config/LinuxNoEditor
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\BardsTale4DC\Saved\SaveGames\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/.config/Epic/BardsTale4DC/Saved/SaveGames/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

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Field of view (FOV)

The in-game options menu allows for FOV settings between 60 and 120, with 80 as the default.
Due to the use of Vert- scaling, the default FOV slider does not have comfortable options for multi-monitor setups.
Adjust the field of view (FOV) manually[4]
  1. Navigate to the Configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open the file GameUserSettings.ini with a text editor, such as Notepad.
  3. Find the line [/Game/Blueprints/BP_GameUserSettings.BP_GameUserSettings_C] and add the following line below: FieldOfView=136.67
  4. Save the document and close the editor.

Notes

Changing the field of view in-game will reset the value to 120 or below. However, other settings can be changed without changing the field of view.
136.67 is the equivalent of the default FOV for three 16:9 monitors. Use the WSGF Field of View Calculator to find your preferred field of view and the appropriate number for the display. The default field of view in-game for 16:9 is 80.

Input settings

In-game gameplay settings.
In-game gameplay settings.
In-game keybinds.
In-game keybinds.

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Issues unresolved

General issues and bugs

See this list of known issues and bugs from inXile Entertainment.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio Wwise

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-2500K
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 29 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 760
AMD Radeon HD 7970
A 64-bit system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.13
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 3.7 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 60 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 760
AMD Radeon HD 7970
A 64-bit system is required.
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 18.04
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-2500K
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 43 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 760
AMD Radeon HD 7970
A 64-bit system is required.

References

  1. The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut - Standard Edition on GOG.com - last accessed on 2019-08-27
    "The Director’s Cut brings more character customization options, new items, new enemies, revised UI, and a free expansion dungeon."
  2. The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep - Wikipedia - last accessed on 2019-08-27
    "Existing owners of the Windows version can upgrade their game to the Director's Cut version for free."
  3. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-08-27
  4. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Eyefinity FOV testing