Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

Puzzle Quest
Subseries of Warlords
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords	2007
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix	2009
Puzzle Kingdoms	2009
Puzzle Chronicles	2010
Puzzle Quest 2	2010
Marvel Puzzle Quest	2013

Key points

Supports mods. The game's expansion, though never officially released, has been converted to a mod by fans, and is freely available.

All visual assets were designed for 1024x768 resolution; setting the resolution higher will not yield any greater graphical fidelity.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Simple disc check.
GamersGate
Steam

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Revenge of the Plague Lord	Expansion pack, released as DLC for the 360 version and later incorporated for free in the PS3/mobile ports. Never officially released on PC, but has since been ported by fans, and is available as a mod/patch for the base game here.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Infinite Interactive\Puzzle Quest\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12500/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Puzzle Quest\Saves
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12500/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

By default, only a single save is allowed. In order to use multiple saves, rename the pqhero file in the save directory, then start a new game. You should now have two pqhero files, each with the name you chose for the hero. Modify the registry config key Last Hero to the name of the save file you want to restore.

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud		Up to 100 MB of saves can be uploaded.

Video settings[edit]

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Only certain resolutions from 640x480 to 1920x1200 can be selected.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Maximum settable resolution is 1920x1200.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Game is played almost exclusively with the mouse.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Changes button prompts to Xbox 360 Controller buttons.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

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

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Volume controls are not a slider, but rather a menu with choices ranging from "Very quiet" to "Loud". Sound effects and music levels can be set separately.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Russian				Fan translation by «ENPY Studio/Spirit Team»

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		2
Online play		2

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues unresolved[edit]

Audio crackling[edit]

Some players will experience infrequent crackling in the audio.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz or greater
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	105 MB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon 7000 Nvidia GeForce2 Intel GMA 900 series 64 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^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>/12500/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (12500) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[Proton_path_note-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>/12500/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (12500) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[Note 1]

Developers

	Infinite Interactive
Publishers
	D3 Publisher
Engines
	Vicious Engine
Release dates
Windows	March 16, 2007
macOS (OS X)	March 11, 2008