Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat
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| Developers | |
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| Mindscape | |
| Publishers | |
| Retail | Mindscape |
| Digital | GOG.com |
| Release dates | |
| Windows 3.x | November 1995 |
| Windows | November 1995 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | RPG, Strategy |
| 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 |
Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat is a singleplayer bird's-eye view RPG and strategy game in the Warhammer series.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
Retail copies include the 16- and 32-bit versions on the same disc. | |
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| GOG.com | |
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Essential improvements
Installation from CD on modern Windows
- Use this unofficial tool to install the game from the disc.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\TEMP[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\TEMP\savegame.*[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy |
Video
General settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Native resolution is 640x480 (4:3). | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Press Alt+Tab ↹. | ||
| 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) | |||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Sound effects and music can only be toggled on/off. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| General MIDI audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| German | Retail only. |
Other information
API
| Executable | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm. |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology |
System requirements
| Windows 3.x | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 3.1 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 90 MHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 640x480 resolution, 256 colors | |
| Other | 2x CD-ROM drive | |
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel i486 DX2 | Intel Pentium 90 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 640x480 resolution, 256 colors DirectX 1.0 compatible | |
| Other | 2x CD-ROM drive | |
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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).