Gorasul: The Legacy of the Dragon
Developers | |
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Silver Style Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
JoWood Productions[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | 2001 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Isometric |
Genres | RPG |
Themes | Fantasy |
Key points
- Patch 1.05 completely overhauls the original English translation and removes its problems.[2]
General information
- Official website (retrieved)
- FAQ (retrieved)
- Manual (German)
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 4.6x DRM Disc 1 must be inserted to play. Patch 1.04 fixes potential problems with DRM. |
English demo and German demo are available.
Patches
For the most recent patch (1.06, includes all previous patches) by language version:
Game data
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save[Note 1] |
- Settings are stored in the savegames. Changing settings in the main menu is not persistent. To change a setting: Load a game, change them and then save.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Isometric view | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
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
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | - Tied to savefile. Changes in the main menu are not kept. - Keymaps are case-sensitive. If you accidentially map something while ⇪ Caps Lock is activated, then it will be mapped only to the upper-case letter. Likewise, if ⇪ Caps Lock is activated during the game, then lower-case hotkeys will not work. |
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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 |
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Separate volume controls | Effects, music, dialogue, video | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Gorasul: The Legacy of the Dragon | |||
German | Gorasul: Das Vermächtnis des Drachen | |||
Russian | Горасул: Наследие дракона | |||
Polish | Gorasul: Dziedzictwo Smoka | |||
Spanish | Gorasul: El Legado del Dragon | |||
French | Gorasul: L'héritage du dragon |
Issues fixed
Launch the game from gorasul_noov.exe instead of gorasul.exe (requires latest patch).[2]
Additionally, use Compatibility Mode for Windows XP Service Pack 3 on the gorasul_noov.exe. |
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Very low frame rate, stuttering
This happens if DirectX is not properly installed.
Install DirectX from the game's installation folder (\DirectX8\dxsetup.exe). |
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Or use a DirectX wrapper like dgVoodoo 2.[3] |
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General tab: Appearance: "Full Screen"; Scaling Mode: "Stretched, 4:3 Aspect Ratio" |
Hotkeys don't work
Deactivate ⇪ Caps Lock |
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Keymappings are case-sensitive. Make sure you don't have ⇪ Caps Lock activated. |
Issues unresolved
Crash after entering new area
The game can crash to desktop quite often after entering a new location if it starts immediately with a fight.
Save after entering new location |
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Save the game immediately whenever you enter a new area, that seems to prevent any crashes. |
Companions lose starting gear if not recruited immediately
When you encounter a new companion and don't let them join immediately, then they will go to their waiting spot. However, if you now recruit them from there they will have lost all starting equipment. However, this is not a big deal since their starting equipment is usually not very good.
Recruit, then immediately dismiss |
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To work around this, you can recruit and then immediately dismiss them (if your party is already full, temporarily dismiss another character). Then they will keep their gear if you recruit them again. Companion waiting spots are:
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After they've once been in the party, they will always keep all items that you give them, even if you dismiss and then recruit them again (only quest items will automatically transfer to the main character's inventory). So you're save from then on.
Dismissing characters resets their combat tactics (k). Also keep in mind that each char stores their money seperately, so transfer all gold to your main char before dismissing somebody.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | Program is called "fun" in Windows Task Manager. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 98 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 350 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 600 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 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%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Gorasul - JoWooD Productions Software AG (retrieved)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gorasul FAQ (Webarchive) - last accessed on 2021-08-22
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgqGT2xPSRc&lc=UgyR-rJ8n4RhmlO0u4x4AaABAg