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Drakensang: The River of Time

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Drakensang: The River of Time
Drakensang: The River of Time cover
Developers
DTP Entertainment
Publishers
ValuSoft
Spain, Italy FX Interactive
Engines
Nebula Device
Release dates
Windows January 11, 2011
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Continuous turn-based
Perspectives Third-person
Genres RPG
Art styles Realistic
Themes Fantasy
Series Drakensang, The Dark Eye
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Drakensang
Subseries of The Dark Eye
Drakensang: The Dark Eye 2008
Drakensang: The River of Time 2010
Drakensang Online 2011

Drakensang: The River of Time is a singleplayer third-person RPG game in the Drakensang and The Dark Eye series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Manual

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM 7 DRM
Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Unavailable in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Middle East and CIS countries.
Windows
A free German language demo can be found here.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Phileasson's Secret
Windows
Installing the Phileasson's Secret expansion is sufficient to access all content, including that of the base game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Drakensang_TRoT\profiles\default\profile.xml
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33770/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Drakensang_TRoT\profiles\default\save
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33770/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
For unlisted resolutions, see Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
See Widescreen resolution. HUD scales well.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Launch with -windowed parameter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Launch with -windowed parameter and use a tool like Borderless gaming.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Widescreen resolution

Set resolution in profile.xml[1]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Edit profile.xml.
  3. Set Width= and Height= to the desired values.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
X-axis can also be inverted.
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

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
French
Retail only; download for Steam version
German
Retail only; download for Steam version (also works for add-on, includes audio)[2]
Italian
Retail only; download for Steam version[3]
Spanish
Retail only, download for Steam version (also works for add-on, includes audio)[4]

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.Note: The official profile may also work with the first game of the series (not confirmed).

Issues fixed

Launch problems

Launch with command line arguments[5][6][7]
  • Launch with -windowed -d3d9 command line arguments.
  • If this doesn't work, you can try adding the -novideo parameter as well, so -windowed -d3d9 -novideo.
  • Alternatively, use -autoconfig -noborder -windowed parameters instead.
  • After applying whatever command line arguments work for you, use a tool like Borderless gaming to make the game run in fullscreen.
Make your antivirus program ignore the game folders[8][9]

Issues unresolved

Ice Cold Warrior spell corrupts saves

Savegames made while the Ice Cold Warrior spell is active on a character can get corrupted and cause endless loading screens. The spell can also cause the game to crash on some area transitions. It is best to wait out the duration of the spell before saving or changing areas.

Miscellaneous

Quest mods

There are a number of mods available that add new content. However, most are only available in German language. Kaltensteins Schatten is by far the largest and most polished player-made expansion. For a complete list see here.

If you use the Steam version of Phileasson's secret, you need to first edit the Registry to correctly install the mods for Phileasson's secret. Use regedit, got to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\DTP\Drakensang_TRoT and add a string named version_addon with value 1.11.[10]

More character creation options

This mod adds new faces and body types to character creation. Mod installation UI is in German, but should work with any game version. Download Charakteroptik Mod.

Fixpack for German version

Small fan-made fixpack that fixes some typos and gameplay bugs. Specifically for German version. Download Fixpack. List of all changes here (German).

Add special edition items

Enter the following codes in the main menu "Enter Code" section:[11][12][13][14]

  • a8b479b52cd8
  • 14bb5655458d
  • 3aed77ac2edf
  • c458aec126d6
  • 3f90eb983bdcb097b7b56db83b5bc3a1f70cbfc73d4aefb2b6f3d97a49ed188f631c5d59d96c3a7b7ff252f9e6659eb8841a006c02158a6015230bc5deb0687e
  • 755f325a539df61e55215033bae4048e57cf4686f96da 86349f5eb0ba1c3c6e4cef65c4bfed3f6fd3f774c4112153d905a9d38feaf6cb368576c0fd6664870dd

This unlocks items in the game that were limited to pre-order or otherwise special editions of the game. You can get the items by visiting the courier at the Nadoret harbour.

All those items together might make a character overpowered in the early game.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
drakensang.exe is for base game, drakensanga1.exe is for the add-on Phileassons Secret. You can start the complete game from the latter.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3, Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66 Ghz
System memory (RAM) 3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/33770/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (33770) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References