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Age of Wonders

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Age of Wonders
Age of Wonders cover
Developers
Triumph Studios
Epic Games
Publishers
North America Gathering of Developers
Europe Take-Two Interactive
Release dates
Windows October 31, 1999
Age of Wonders guide on StrategyWiki
Age of Wonders on Wikipedia
Age of Wonders
Age of Wonders 1999
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne 2002
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic 2003
Age of Wonders III 2014
Age of Wonders: Planetfall 2019
Age of Wonders 4 2023

Key points

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums for game series
Age of Wonders Heaven fansite

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
GamersGate
Error: DRM 'GamersGate' not recognised
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Soundtrack and HD wallpaper included.
Windows
Steam
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Windows
The demo is available at FilePlanet.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch is v1.36. It can be found in the Age of Wonders Heaven fansite (only needed for retail versions).

Mods

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.

Warlock's Rule-Set

The most popular rule-set in Age of Wonders which is a basis 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).

Age of Wonders - Community Content Pack

Includes a lot of popular mods and maps, including Warlock and various full campaigns.

Skip intro videos

Instructions
Instructions

Game data

In-game menu can be found by clicking the dragon icon in the lower-left corner.
In-game menu can be found by clicking the dragon icon in the lower-left corner.

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/61500/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/61500/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
Hot seat
LAN play
Direct TCP protocol.
Online play
Direct TCP protocol.
Asynchronous multiplayer
Play-by-Mail; see Asynchronous multiplayer.

Asynchronous multiplayer

  • 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 to eliminate mistakes made by manual e-mail sending.
If you don't want to play through the wrapper, be sure to check this guide on AoW Heaven forums.

Connection types

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

Instructions

Game crashing/mapview error/error during draw

Instructions
Instructions

Garbled text

Instructions

Retail doesn't work on Windows 7

Instructions

Maps

The game also supports external singleplayer and multiplayer maps. Map editor is included in the game.
Archive: AoW Heaven Downloads Central

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 166
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 300 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 6 compatible
Other 4x CD-ROM drive

Notes

  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>/61500/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (61500) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References