Anvil of Dawn

General information

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Disc check. Install in DOSBox and use the Version 1.1 patch.
GOG.com		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[2]
Uplay

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

The latest retail patch is Version 1.1. The GOG.com version already has this patch.

Skip intro videos[edit]

Use replacement LOGOS.DFA

Use the Anvil of Dawn intro skip.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\DATA\OPTIONS.DAT
Windows	<path-to-game>\DATA\OPTIONS.DAT^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\SAVES\
Windows	<path-to-game>\SAVES\^{[Note 1]}

Automaps are saved to <path-to-game>\AUTOMAPS\

To save automaps to file go to Options (F3) and choose Output to Disk. To print automaps see automap printing.

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Uplay

Video settings[edit]

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		320x200 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Set in Graphic Mode Setup (GOG.com) or toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter`.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input settings[edit]

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		Built-in support only recognises certain discontinued Logitech controllers.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Volume and Balance.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Disabled by default; enable in Options (`F3`).
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German
Russian				1) Unofficial translation by «Fargus Multimedia». 2) Fan translation by Pavel Borisov (pavel04).

Issues fixed[edit]

Automap printing[edit]

Official DOSBox builds don't support printing.

Enable printer support^[3]

Set up DOSBox printer support. For the GOG.com version the file to edit is dosboxAnvil.conf in the installation folder.
Automaps can now be printed when automap output is set to Output to Printer in Options (F3).

Other information[edit]

Mods[edit]

An unofficial Map Editor is available.

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes

System requirements[edit]

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)	486/33
System memory (RAM)	450k of conventional memory and 2900k of Extended (XMS) or Expanded (EMS) memory
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 MB (Minimum Installation)	30 MB (Maximum Installation)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9 compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).

References

↑ Release: Anvil of Dawn ● GOG.com
↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
↑ Verified by User:Garrett on May 30, 2013‎

[gamedir-3] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).

[1] Release: Anvil of Dawn ● GOG.com

[2] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[4] Verified by User:Garrett on May 30, 2013‎

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Developers

	DreamForge Intertainment
Publishers
	New World Computing
Release dates
DOS	October 31, 1995
Windows (DOSBox)	May 14, 2013^[1]