General information
- Official Website
- Steam Users' Forums for game series
- Steam Community Discussions
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Age of Wonders Heaven fansite
Availability
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- The demo is available at FilePlanet.
Improvements
- The latest official patch is v1.36. It can be found in the Age of Wonders Heaven fansite (only needed for retail versions).
Mods
- As with other games in the series, Age of Wonders has a strong community that keeps this game alive and therefore there are plenty of mods to choose from. These usually range from rule-sets that change how the game works to mods which only change the appearance of the game.
- Most mods are found in the AoW Heaven fansite.
- DevEdit, the tool for customizing the game, is available also at the AoW Heaven fansite, and also make sure to read the beginner's guide if you want to start modding.
- The most popular rule-set in Age of Wonders which is a base to many other rule-sets.
- For 64-bit systems: download this mod fix if you want it to work on your configurations (works with GOG.com, doesn't work with Steam).
Other rule-sets
Maps
- The game also supports external singleplayer and multiplayer maps. Map editor is included in the game.
- Archive: AoW Heaven Downloads Central
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Game data
In-game menu can be found by clicking the dragon icon in the lower-left corner.
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- The configuration files are stored inside the registry.
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Video settings
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Input settings
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Audio settings
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Multiplayer
- Age of Wonders uses a couple of multiplayer types. It uses Hot Seat (Single Computer), TCP Internet and Play-By-Email and these differ in the style of gameplay.
TCP Internet
- TCP Internet play is a direct online or LAN play. The advantage to this is that the games play out and the turns change quickly while the disadvantages to it are that it is time-consuming and harder to set up.
- This is a recommended way to play in LAN and the IPX LAN doesn't seem to work.
- If you want to play with someone online, you could check out Hamachi (an account required).
Play-by-Email
- Play-by-Email is an another form of online play which basically works by e-mailing the turns. The advantage to it is that you can post turns at any time while the disadvantage is the slowness of the games.
- Age of Wonders Email Wrapper is almost a required way to play the game by E-mail. It automates the sending and receiving process so the mistakes made by the manual e-mail sending are eliminated.
- If you don't want to play through the wrapper, be sure to check this guide on AoW Heaven forums.
Issues fixed
- If you haven't found an issue, even if you haven't downloaded from GOG.com, read GOG.com Support Page for more information.
Enabling cheats
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Retail doesn't work on Windows 7
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP or newer | |
Processor (CPU) |
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System memory (RAM) |
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Hard disk drive (HDD) |
350 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7
| 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9 |
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