Difference between revisions of "The I of the Dragon"

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General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Steam		Set to the German language by default.
ZOOM Platform
GamersGate (unavailable)

A demo is available here.

Skip intro videos

Skip Intro^{[citation needed]}
Go to `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Primal\Dragon\Show` Select the Video entry, select Decimal, then write 0.

Missing music solution

Instructions^[4]

Download the following archive and extract the files into the installation folder.
Run the patch.cmd file and select Yes when prompted.

Notes

The three files which have been extracted from the archive can be deleted once applied.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Primal
macOS (OS X)
Linux

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	<path-to-game>\Saves\*.sav^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Interface scales poorly.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions^{[citation needed]}
Go to `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Primal\Dragon\Graphics` Select the HorizontalFOV entry, select Decimal, then write the desired value.

Windowed

Instructions^{[citation needed]}
Go to `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Primal\Dragon\Graphics` Select the Windowed entry, select Decimal, then write 1.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Primal\Dragon\Graphics
Select the MultiSampling entry, select Decimal, then write the desired value.

Notes

The possible accepted values are, 2, 4, 8 and 16.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Instructions^{[citation needed]}
Go to `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Primal\Dragon\Graphics` Select the VSync entry, select Decimal, then write 1.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		See Mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Mouse acceleration

Instructions^{[citation needed]}
Go to `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Primal\Dragon\Input` Select the MouseAcceleration entry, select Decimal, then set it to 1 or 0.

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Steam version only among digital versions.
German
Hungarian				Steam version only among digital versions.
Polish				Not present in known digital versions.
Spanish				Download.
Russian				ZOOM Platform version only among digital versions.

Issues fixed

Acess Violation

Instructions^{[citation needed]}
See Windows Compatibility Mode. Go to the installation folder, and find `TheIOfTheDragon.exe` Set the executable to run under the Windows Vista compatibility mode, and as an administrator.

Crash to desktop

Doing this also solves an issue with the broken intro video.

Instructions^{[citation needed]}
See Windows Compatibility Mode. Go to the installation folder, and find `TheIOfTheDragon.exe` Set the executable to run under the Windows Vista compatibility mode, and as an administrator.

Play in a Windowed mode. See Windowed^{[citation needed]}

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, XP	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	600 MHz Pentium III	1 GHz Pentium III
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.2 GB	1.2 GB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM	32 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

[gamedir-5] When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[1] Game Watcher - The I of the Dragon

[2] Steam Community Announcement - Mac OSX version available!

[3] Linux port available now and Mac music fix! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: The I of the Dragon

[4] ttps://steamcommunity.com/app/279720/discussions/0/517142253856588188/

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Developers

	Primal Software
Publishers
	TopWare Interactive
Release dates
Windows	December 1, 2002^[1]
macOS (OS X)	September 7, 2015^[2]
Linux	March 11, 2017^[3]
Reception
Metacritic	55
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, ARPG, Strategy
Themes	Fantasy