Warhammer: Mark of Chaos
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| Developers | |
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| Black Hole Entertainment | |
| Publishers | |
| Retail (North America) | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| Retail (Europe) | Deep Silver |
| Digital | Games Workshop |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 14, 2006 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 73 |
| IGDB | 60 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
| Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
| Genres | Strategy, RTS, RPG |
| Themes | Fantasy |
| Series | Warhammer |
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| ⤏ Go to series page | |
| Blood Bowl (series) | |
| Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat | 1995 |
| Warhammer: Dark Omen | 1998 |
| Warhammer: Mark of Chaos | 2006 |
| Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning | 2008 |
| Warhammer Quest (series) | |
| Warhammer: Vermintide (series) | |
| Mordheim: City of the Damned | 2015 |
| Warhammer: Arcane Magic | 2016 |
| Total War: Warhammer (series) | |
| Man O' War: Corsair | 2017 |
| Warhammer Age of Sigmar (series) | |
| Warhammer: Chaosbane | 2019 |
| Warhammer: Chaos and Conquest | 2019 |
| Warhammer Underworlds: Online | 2020 |
Warnings
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
SafeDisc v4 DRM[Note 1]. Russian copies use StarForce 5 DRM. | |
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| GOG.com | |
Gold Edition. | |
Version differences
- The Gold Edition includes the base game and the Battle March expansion.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Battle March | |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch for the base game is v1.72.
- The latest official patch for Battle March is v2.14 (variant for European Gold Edition)
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Warhammer Mark of Chaos\Save\ %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Warhammer Battle March\Save\ |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | UI becomes very small. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | Remapping doesn't work for all functions; mapping the camera movement keys to WASD instead of the direction keys, for instance, will not work. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Master, voice, effects, ambient, music and movie volume. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian |
Issues fixed
Slow loading, stuttering, etc.
| Apply the Warhammer: Mark of Chaos Performance fix[3] |
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Notes
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Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | GameSpy services have been shut down;[4] see GameSpy for workarounds. | ||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Self-hosting |
VR support
| 3D modes | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| vorpX | G3D, Z3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 9.0c |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 2000, XP | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2.4 GHz or better |
Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz AMD Athlon XP 3.2 GHz or better |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce4 Ti 4800 ATI Radeon 9200 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce 6800GS ATI Radeon X800 256 MB of VRAM |
Notes
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
- ↑ Warhammer: Mark of Chaos Performance Fix - Federico Dossena
- ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology