The Temple of Elemental Evil

The Temple of Elemental Evil

Developers
	Troika Games
Publishers
	Hasbro
Engines
	Steam
Release dates
Windows	September 16, 2003
macOS (OS X)	April 18, 2014

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

GOG version setup guide

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM disc check. Removed in The Master Collection
GOG.com

Demo

A free demo is available here.

Essential improvements

Patches (officials)

Patches are already included in GOG version.

• #1 (9 MB) Fixes a lot of things (patch #2 does contain patch #1).
• #2 (5.4 MB) A necessary download for anyone playing the game. The official patch fixes a huge amount of bugs and even adds some new game features like item descriptions and a brightness/gamma slider.
• #3 (6 MB) This patch only corrects problems associated with upgrading to DirectX 9.0c, specifically, the inability to loot bug.

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\data\movies\ Delete or rename AtariLogo.bik, introcinematic.bik, TroikaLogo.bik and WotCLogo.bik.

Circle of Eight Modpack

This mod fixes a lot of game breaking bugs[citation needed]
This is for the GOG.com and Anthology versions of the game. See this link for info on installing the CD version. This mod requires java installed. Java is used for the mod's launcher. Troubleshooting the mod/general advice Go to the co8 Standard page. Install the mod by executing the file. Enjoy.

Temple+

Performance Optimizations, Pathfinding Fixes & UI Improvements

Rewrites the engine, allowing for performance & pathfinding optimizations as well as UI improvements for modern systems. Compatible with co8, GOG.com and CD-ROM version of the game with Patch 2 installed. Although it contains many bugfixes, it still does not fix some things co8 takes care of, so installation of both is recommended. Temple+ FAQ Temple+ Support Go to the mod page Download & install the mod Launch the game using the Temple+ launcher. Might have been installed to %LOCALAPPDATA%\TemplePlus

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\ToEE.cfg
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\modules\ToEE\Save\
macOS (OS X)

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD			Base game: Characters and fog are not rendered at 1920x1080 or higher.
Field of view (FOV)		Fixed overhead
Windowed		Use the -window parameter. Window is 800x600. See also Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Possible with DxWnd. See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		On/off only.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

DxWnd

Launch DxWnd and add a shortcut to ToEE.exe Main tab: Run in Window checked. Choose "Desktop" if going for borderless windowed, or Desktop Center otherwise. Video: Emulate Win Maximize. ToEE.cfg: Edit video_width and video_height to match desired resolution. Note that height is before width. Notes If the game's resolution is set too high, character models and fog of war will not be rendered. Window may be initially pinned; tab in and out of the game to have it behave normally

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound Effects, Speech, Music, 3D.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Only retail version. Fan translation 1, Fan translation 2
Polish				Local retail version only.
Russian				Official localization by Akella. Local retail version only.
Russian				Fan translation by «Greyhawk.ovl.ru»

Game Issues

Crashes on rest

This happens only when rest on certain areas.

Try resting in another area[citation needed]

Crash on startup

Replace temple.dll
Backup the existing temple.dll file. Download the replacement file, unzip, and place in main game folder. Notes Applies to one type of crash after "initializing sector data".

Other information

API

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

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible