Difference between revisions of "Darkstone"

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Key points

A Quest Editor is available for making custom content.

Major graphics glitches on recent AMD drivers (see Broken graphics on AMD graphics cards).

General information

Darkstone Database community site

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate		DRM-free version.
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming		DRM-free version.
Steam

Essential improvements

Patch v1.05b

The latest patch is v1.05b. Some previous patches are required. The GOG.com version is already fully patched.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Quest Editor

The Darkstone Quest Editor supports adding or editing monsters, NPCs, buildings and quests.

Journey in Uma addon

Journey in Uma is an official quest pack built with the Quest Editor.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/320320/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/320320/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Video settings

General settings.

Template:Video settings

Windowed

Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Remapping

Go to config in the installation folder and edit keyboard.txt.

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Swedish

Network

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Direct IP

Issues unresolved

Characters and buildings display incorrectly on recent AMD drivers.

Broken graphics on AMD graphics cards

3D elements are broken on AMD drivers newer than Catalyst 13.1.^[1]

The -sortbyz command line argument will fix some issues but others remain.^[2]

Instructions

Issues fixed

Broken interface in windowed mode

Setting 32-bit color mode fixes the windowed mode interface.^[3]

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Pentium 233 MHz MMX (or AMD equivalent)
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	170 MB
Video card (GPU)	4 MB Direct3D

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (320320) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Game does not work, Cannot send support ticket either...., page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
↑ Exhaustive List of Command Line Parameters, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named windowed

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (320320) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (320320) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] Game does not work, Cannot send support ticket either...., page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[3] Exhaustive List of Command Line Parameters, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[windowed-4] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named windowed

[Note 1]

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[2]

[3]

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 {{mm}} [http://www.gog.com/forum/darkstone GOG.com Community Discussions]
 {{mm}} [http://www.gog.com/support/darkstone GOG.com Support Page]
+{{mm}} [http://steamcommunity.com/app/320320/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
 ==Availability==

Developers

	Delphine Software International
Publishers
	Gathering of Developers
	Anuman Interactive
	VectorCell
	Gravity Europe SAS
Release dates
Windows	July 31, 1999