Crusaders of Might and Magic


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General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

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The game is entirely different than the PlayStation 1 variation.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM^{[Note 1]}
GOG.com

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

A free demo version is available from Archive.org.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename video files^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\Media\Movies\` Delete or rename `3do.bik` and `CMMIntro.bik`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Gamers\latest.cfg^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Gamers\*.sav^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		2D elements stretch from 4:3.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Use LegacyD3DResolutionHack
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Use dgVoodoo 2
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Force in the graphics card's control panel.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Force in the graphics card's control panel.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Force in the graphics card's control panel.
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Recognizes multiple axes but Z axis only works in one direction (Z-).
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound, Dialog and Music.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Disabled by default; enable in Graphics Settings, Show Dialogue Text.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		Change 3D Audio Support to CL EAX.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Polish				Local retail version only.
Russian				Local retail version only.

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
vorpX		Z3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

Game defaults to 24Hz refresh rate on HDMI display

Use a wrapper to force the refresh rate^[3]

When using dgVoodoo make sure to move the DLL files from MS folder into the main game, run dgVoodoo configurator and select the game's directory. After that check in Enumerate Refresh Rate in General tab and after that set the resolution in DirectX tab. For the 60Hz refresh rate you must pick the resolution with @59Hz or @60Hz at the end. Be wary that the game's main menu might suffer from some lag when using dgVoodoo.

Enable games to hook ddraw.dll from their own directories^[4]

There is a chance that dgVoodoo won't get hooked by the game because of some Windows registry values being hard-coded to a single ddraw.dll location. In this case, download the InstallDDrawCOMRedirection.reg file (direct link) from the "Tools" folder in narzoul's DDrawCompat GitHub repository^[5] and run it. This will add registry entries that enable games to hook ddraw.dll from their own directories, instead of using the system's default.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166 MMX	P233 MMX
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	290 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectDraw-compatible	Direct3D-compatible 3D card 4 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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

↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑ November 2017
↑ Crusaders of Might and Magic \ VOGONS (Saved)
↑ narzoul/DDrawCompat: DirectDraw and Direct3D 1-7 compatibility, performance and visual enhancements for Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10 and 11 (Saved) - last accessed on May 2023

[3] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]

[gamedir-4] 2.0 ^2.1 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).

[1] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[2] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[5] November 2017

[6] Crusaders of Might and Magic \ VOGONS (Saved)

[7] rzoul/DDrawCompat: DirectDraw and Direct3D 1-7 compatibility, performance and visual enhancements for Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10 and 11 (Saved) - last accessed on May 2023

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Developers

	3DO
Publishers
Retail	3DO
Digital	Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows	December 20, 1999
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	ARPG
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Might and Magic