Warhammer: Chaosbane


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General information

Official website

Official FAQ

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website		Deluxe Edition and Magnus Edition also available.
GamersGate		Deluxe Edition and Magnus Edition also available.
		Deluxe Edition and Magnus Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Deluxe Edition and Magnus Edition also available.
Humble Store		Deluxe Edition and Magnus Edition also available.
Origin		Included with EA Play Pro. Deluxe Edition and Magnus Edition also available.
Steam		Deluxe Edition and Magnus Edition also available.

Deluxe and Magnus edition owners were given early game access - from May 31, 2019.^[1]

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
XP Boost	5% more experience when equipped.
Helmet Pack	One cosmetic helmet for each character.
Gold Boost	5% more gold when equipped.
Emotes Pack	One extra equippable emote for each character.
Pets Pack	A companion that increases the looting radius for each character.
Base Fragment Boost	5% more fragments when equipped.
Skulls Pack	One extra emote, cosmetic item and HUD skin for each character.
Emotes 2 & Blessing	One extra equippable emote for each character, and Blessing of Luck item that adds 50% to loot quality.
Season Pass	Base Fragment Boost, Emotes 2 & Blessing, Gods Pack, Pets Pack, New Main Story Quest.
Gods Pack	Alternative God Skill Tree, Blessing of Godsend (5% more Divine fragments), Blessing of Bonding (5% more Link fragments).

Downloadable packs' content and boosts are available from the Skills menu, within Fan Skills.^[2]^[3]

Version differences

All pre-order editions include the XP Boost, Helmet Pack and Skulls Pack DLC.

The Deluxe Edition includes the Gold Boost, Emotes and Pets packs DLC.

The Magnus Edition includes all Deluxe Edition content and the Season Pass.^[4]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\save\^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>\Data\GD\adjust.cnf^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/774241/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\save\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/774241/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Graphics settings.

Template:Video settings

FOV at 16:9
FOV at 21:9
FOV at 48:9

Additional graphics settings

Edit the configuration file^[5]

Modifying the values in <path-to-game>\Data\GD\adjust.cnf allows to adjust, enable and disable a lot of the graphics effects missing from the game options, including bloom, ambient occlusion and more.
For instance, changing 3D/gs_EnableBloom:1;0 to 3D/gs_EnableBloom:1;1 enables bloom.

Contains strings that are not self-explanatory.

External resolution selection

Access the tool by launching `<path-to-game>\Exe\ResolutionsOptions.exe`^[6]
May detect custom system resolutions previously unseen by the game, allowing for SSAA.

Input settings

Controls settings.

Keyboard remapping.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Game settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language selection is done by right-clicking the game from the Steam library, selecting Properties, then Language.^[7]^[8]

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Issues unresolved

Mouse cursor disappearing in fullscreen mode

The cursor may completely disappear when running the game in the fullscreen mode. Running the game windowed solves the issue.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]

Issues fixed

Mouse cursor constrained to a box

Press `Alt`+`↵ Enter` twice^[14]

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	4	Co-op Cross-play between local and online players is possible.^[4]
LAN play
Online play	4	Co-op
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking		^[4]
Peer-to-peer		^[4]
Dedicated		^[4]
Self-hosting		Part of the Online Game menu.
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD, OpenAL
Multiplayer	Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3 AMD Phenom II X4 940	Intel Core i7-3770 AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Radeon HD 6870 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 AMD Radeon R9 290

A 64-bit system is required.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
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>/774241/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (774241) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ RESOLVED Early Access Launch Delay - last accessed on June 2, 2019
↑ Pre-order Items - last accessed on June 1, 2019
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-01
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named faq
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-01
I set some of the values from 0 to 1 and vice versa, which resulted in visible differences in screenshots of the same location.
↑ Invasion Patch Hotfix (1.03) - last accessed on 2019-06-20
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-01
Tested by launching the game after the change.
↑ [1] - last accessed on June 1, 2019
↑ missing mouse - last accessed on 2019-06-19
↑ no mouse cursor?? - last accessed on June 2, 2019
↑ Mouse Cursor disappears on Fullscreen - last accessed on June 2, 2019
↑ fullscreen no mouse cursor - last accessed on June 2, 2019
↑ Beta - Invisible mouse cursor - last accessed on June 2, 2019
↑ Mouse constrained to game-screen in windowed mode? - last accessed on June 2, 2019

[gamedir-5] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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).

[Proton_path_note-6] 2.0 ^2.1 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>/774241/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (774241) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/774241/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (774241) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] RESOLVED Early Access Launch Delay - last accessed on June 2, 2019

[2] Pre-order Items - last accessed on June 1, 2019

[3] Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-01

[faq-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named faq

[7] Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-01
I set some of the values from 0 to 1 and vice versa, which resulted in visible differences in screenshots of the same location.

[8] Invasion Patch Hotfix (1.03) - last accessed on 2019-06-20

[9] Verified by User:Rose on 2019-06-01
Tested by launching the game after the change.

[10] [1] - last accessed on June 1, 2019

[11] ssing mouse - last accessed on 2019-06-19

[12] use cursor?? - last accessed on June 2, 2019

[13] Mouse Cursor disappears on Fullscreen - last accessed on June 2, 2019

[14] ullscreen no mouse cursor - last accessed on June 2, 2019

[15] Beta - Invisible mouse cursor - last accessed on June 2, 2019

[16] Mouse constrained to game-screen in windowed mode? - last accessed on June 2, 2019

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Developers

	Eko Software
Publishers
	Bigben Interactive
Release dates
Windows	June 4, 2019