The Summoning
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Developers | |
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Event Horizon Software | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Strategic Simulations Inc. |
Digital | SNEG |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1992 |
Windows (DOSBox) | June 6, 2023 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | ARPG |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | DarkSpyre |
DarkSpyre | |
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DarkSpyre | 1990 |
The Summoning | 1992 |
The Summoning is a singleplayer bird's-eye view and isometric ARPG game in the DarkSpyre series.
General information
Availability
Game data
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\SAVES\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2414350/pfx/[Note 1] |
- In-game settings are stored in each save rather than shared.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | On/off only (toggle with F9). | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Everything is text-based. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
|
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Issues fixed
Conversation printing
- Official DOSBox builds don't support printing (error message: "Printer offline. Press spacebar").
Enable printer support[1] |
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Set up DOSBox printer support (this game requires the fonts fix). |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes | VGA |
System requirements
DOS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | 286, 386, 486 | |
System memory (RAM) | 640K | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
Notes
- ↑ Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2414350/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2414350) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Garrett on October 13, 2017