Drakan: Order of the Flame
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Developers | |
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Surreal Software | |
Publishers | |
Psygnosis | |
Japan | Imagineer[1] |
Engines | |
Riot Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 18, 1999 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Adventure, RPG |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Fantasy |
Drakan: Order of the Flame is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person action, adventure and RPG game.
General information
- Riot Engine Level Editor, 3D modeler and export plug-ins for 3D modeling tools are available for making custom content.
- Arokh's Lair
- OpenDrakan - Open-source recreation of Surreal Software's Riot Engine. Project is still in an early stage.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Disc check; install the latest patch to play without the CD. |
- A free demo is available from PCGamingWiki, Arokh's Lair (4th link), CNET, and Archive.org
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is v455, available from Arokh's Lair (3rd link), Patches-Scrolls and ModDB.
- Removes the CD ceck from the game.
Unofficial Patches
AiO Unofficial Patch (377/447)
- Mirrors: Arokh's Lair (2nd link), Google Drive, ModDB
- Contains all previous patches.
- Improves stability of game and level editor.
- Fixes crash after selecting difficulty and multiplayer disconnect bug on modern operating systems.
- Adds widescreen fixes.
Drakan Community Patch
- Uses AiO Patch as a base with additional fixes.
- Contains all fan-made singleplayer and multiplayer levels.
- Recommended for playing multiplayer as all community hosted servers are compatible only with this patch.
Peixoto's patch
- Forced resolution allows high resolution without shrinking the HUD\menus and SSAA
- Better compatibility with XInput gamepads
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Drakan.cfg[Note 1] |
- AiO Patch changes the default path to
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Drakan\Drakan.cfg
. Patch-specific config is stored inArokh.ini
.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Saves\[Note 1] |
- AiO Patch changes the default path to
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Drakan\Saves\
.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Use the AiO Patch for proper widescreen adjustment. | ||
Multi-monitor | Use the AiO Patch for proper widescreen adjustment. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Use the AiO Patch to set the FOV multiplier. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use the AiO Patch. | ||
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) | Triple Buffering. | ||
60 FPS | Preferred frame rate for glitch-free experience. | ||
120+ FPS | Can be run this fast, but is not recommended due to physics and visual glitches (eg. invisible flame on flaming swords). | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Only in menus if Enhance pointer precision setting is enabled in Windows. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | It mutes unless Creative ALchemy is used to restore 3D sound and EAX. | |
EAX support | EAX 1.0 & A3D 1.0[2] | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | [1] | |||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 12 | |||
Online play | 12 | The official MPlayer.com service has been shut down; use the community patch. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 27045, 27046, 27910 |
UDP | 27045, 27046, 27910 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Crash after exiting the level "Alwarren"
Install AiO Patch[3] |
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Notes
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Access the launcher
- After the first time launching the game, the launcher won't show up again and you will be unable to configure the settings.
Run the game with the -setup command line argument
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Hold ⇧ Shift while launching the game from the executable |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 6 | A D3D9 renderer is provided by Drakan: 10th Anniversary mod. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Multiplayer | MPlayer.com |
Modifications
Drakan: 10th Anniversary
- Mirrors: Arokh's Lair (8th link), ModDB page
- Fixes the majority of known bugs and adds new graphic effects based on an additional DirectX 9 rendering engine.
- Deprecated and abandoned. Causes graphical glitches and low frame rates. Use dgVoodoo 2 wrapper (included with Drakan Community Patch) instead.
Developer mode
- This allows players to select and play player-created levels when New Game is selected in the main menu.
Enable Developer Mode[citation needed] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 166 MHz | Intel Pentium II 233 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 320 MB | 400 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible | 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 PC Watch - Drakan: Order of The Flame - Complete Japanese Edition review - last accessed on 2020-04-12
- ↑ Games tech help: Drakan: Order of the Flame - Vortex of Sound (retrieved) - last accessed on 17 May 2023
- ↑ Arokh's Lair Forums - Widescreen hack and some other fixes aka AiO Patch - last accessed on 2018-09-19
- "Fixed crash after exiting Alwarren."