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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|June 25, 2003}}
 
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|gogcom id side =  
 
|gogcom id side =  
 
|strategywiki =  
 
|strategywiki =  
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|mobygames    = valhalla-chronicles
 
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==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
{{Availability/row| retail | disc | | |  | Windows }}
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{{Availability/row| retail | | disc check | |  | Windows }}
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}}
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==Essential improvements==
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===Skip intro videos===
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{{Fixbox|description=Instructions|ref=<ref>{{refcheck|user=Aemony|date=2019-03-30}}</ref>|fix=
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# Go to <code>{{p|game}}</code>.
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# Rename {{file|binkplay.exe}} and {{file|Intro.bik}}.
 
}}
 
}}
  
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===Save game data location===
 
===Save game data location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
{{Game data/saves|Windows|}}
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{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\Savegames\*.sav}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
==Video settings==
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==Video==
{{Video settings
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{{Video
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|wsgf link                  =  
|widescreen wsgf award      = incomplete
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|widescreen wsgf award      =  
|multimonitor wsgf award    = incomplete
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|multimonitor wsgf award    =  
|ultrawidescreen wsgf award = incomplete
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|ultrawidescreen wsgf award =  
|4k ultra hd wsgf award    = incomplete
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|4k ultra hd wsgf award    =  
|widescreen resolution      = unknown
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|widescreen resolution      = false
|widescreen resolution notes=  
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|widescreen resolution notes= Locked to 800x600 (4:3) resolution.
|multimonitor              = unknown
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|multimonitor              = false
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
|ultrawidescreen            = unknown
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|ultrawidescreen            = false
 
|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
 
|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
|4k ultra hd                = unknown
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|4k ultra hd                = false
 
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
 
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
|fov                        = unknown
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|fov                        = n/a
 
|fov notes                  =  
 
|fov notes                  =  
|windowed                  = unknown
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|windowed                  = false
 
|windowed notes            =  
 
|windowed notes            =  
|borderless windowed        = unknown
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|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
|anisotropic                = unknown
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|anisotropic                = false
 
|anisotropic notes          =  
 
|anisotropic notes          =  
|antialiasing              = unknown
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|antialiasing              = false
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
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|upscaling                  = false
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|upscaling tech            =
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|upscaling notes            =
 
|vsync                      = unknown
 
|vsync                      = unknown
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|vsync notes                =  
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|120 fps                    = unknown
 
|120 fps                    = unknown
 
|120 fps notes              =  
 
|120 fps notes              =  
|hdr                        = unknown
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|hdr                        = false
 
|hdr notes                  =  
 
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|color blind                = unknown
 
|color blind                = unknown
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}}
 
}}
  
==Input settings==
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==Input==
{{Image|Valhalla Chronicles settings.png|In-game settings menu}}  
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{{Image|Valhalla Chronicles settings.png|In-game settings menu}}
{{Input settings
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{{Input
 
|key remap                = true
 
|key remap                = true
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|key remap notes          =  
|acceleration option      = unknown
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|acceleration option      = n/a
 
|acceleration option notes =  
 
|acceleration option notes =  
|mouse sensitivity        = unknown
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|mouse sensitivity        = n/a
 
|mouse sensitivity notes  =  
 
|mouse sensitivity notes  =  
 
|mouse menu                = true
 
|mouse menu                = true
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}}
 
}}
  
==Audio settings==
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==Audio==
{{Audio settings
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{{Audio
|separate volume          = unknown
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|separate volume          = false
 
|separate volume notes    =  
 
|separate volume notes    =  
|surround sound          = unknown
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|surround sound          = false
 
|surround sound notes    =  
 
|surround sound notes    =  
|subtitles                = unknown
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|subtitles                = n/a
 
|subtitles notes          =  
 
|subtitles notes          =  
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|closed captions          = false
 
|closed captions notes    =  
 
|closed captions notes    =  
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|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|eax support              =  
 
|eax support              =  
|eax support notes        =  
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|eax support notes         =
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|royalty free audio       = unknown
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|royalty free audio notes  =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
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{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
  |language  = English
 
  |language  = English
  |interface = unknown
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  |interface = true
  |audio    =  
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  |audio    = n/a
  |subtitles =  
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  |subtitles = n/a
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
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===API===
 
===API===
 
{{API
 
{{API
|direct3d versions      = 8
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|direct3d versions      = 8.1
 
|direct3d notes        = DirectX 8.1.810 required.
 
|direct3d notes        = DirectX 8.1.810 required.
 
|directdraw versions    =  
 
|directdraw versions    =  
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|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
|64-bit executable      = false
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|windows 32-bit exe    = true
|64-bit executable notes=  
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|windows 64-bit exe    = false
}}
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|windows arm app        = unknown
 
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|windows exe notes      =  
===Middleware===
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|macos intel 32-bit app =  
{{Middleware
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|macos intel 64-bit app =  
|physics          =  
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|physics notes    =
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|macos app notes        =  
|audio            =
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|linux 32-bit executable=  
|audio notes      =  
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|linux 64-bit executable=  
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|interface notes  =  
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|linux executable notes =  
|input            =  
 
|input notes     =
 
|cutscenes       =  
 
|cutscenes notes  =  
 
|multiplayer      =  
 
|multiplayer notes=  
 
|anticheat        =
 
|anticheat notes =  
 
 
}}
 
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|minRAM  = 32 MB
 
|minRAM  = 32 MB
 
|minHD    =  
 
|minHD    =  
|minGPU  = DirectX 8 compatible
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|minGPU  =  
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|minDX    = 8
  
 
|recOS    =  
 
|recOS    =  

Latest revision as of 07:16, 4 February 2023

Valhalla Chronicles
Valhalla Chronicles cover
Developers
Paradox Interactive
Oblivion Entertainment AB
Publishers
Scandinavia Pan Vision
Release dates
Windows June 25, 2003
Valhalla Chronicles on MobyGames

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions[1]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>.
  2. Rename binkplay.exe and Intro.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Savegames\*.sav[Note 1]

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Locked to 800x600 (4:3) resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

In-game settings menu
In-game settings menu

Audio

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

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8.1 DirectX 8.1.810 required.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 2, 233 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) DirectX 8 compatible


Notes

  1. 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

  1. Verified by User:Aemony on 2019-03-30