Difference between revisions of "Onimusha: Warlords"

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For the 2019 remaster, see Onimusha: Warlords HD.

Onimusha
Onimusha: Warlords	2003
Onimusha 3: Demon Siege	2005
Onimusha: Warlords HD	2019

Key points

Titled Onimusha: Путь Самурая in Russia.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Only released in Asia and Russia. SecuROM v4 DRM was removed in patch 1.01, although a simple disc check remains.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches 1.01 and 1.02 update the game to the latest version.

Peixoto's patch

Forces the game to run at the correct speed
Forces the game to run - pillarboxed - at your desktop resolution. Ultra-wide and 4K supported
Fixes the game's incorrect aspect ratio
Restores missing shadows
Forces the FMVs to play with english audio - there are no subtitles on FMVs
If you have a Xinput gamepad, makes FMVs skippable using the back button
Solves a very frustrating crash just before the final boss
Better compatibility with Xinput gamepads

Skip FMVs

Delete or rename the movie folder

Go to <path-to-game>\Image.
Delete or rename the movie folder.

Notes

FMVs will be skipped automatically.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\setup.ini^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\SaveGames\save.dat^{[Note 1]}

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use Peixoto's patch
Multi-monitor		Use Peixoto's patch
Ultra-widescreen		Use Peixoto's patch
4K Ultra HD		Use Peixoto's patch
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See 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 VSync does not work on Windows 10
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Causes Animations speed up and errors during gameplay

Windowed

Use DxWnd
Download and run DxWnd as administrator. Click on Edit, then Add. Set name to Onimusha - Warlords. Set path to `<path-to-game>\OnimuPC.exe`. Set Acquire admin caps. Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed. Click on DirectX(2) tab, set `VSync` to `ON` and `Wait for Frequency`. Click OK, then File and Save. Run the game directly from DxWnd.

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		Use Peixoto's patch to add support for XInput controllers
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Use Peixoto's patch to force English audio in FMVs
Russian
Simplified Chinese

Issues fixed

Animations speed up and errors during gameplay

Limit the frame rate to 60 FPS^{[citation needed]}

Set the refresh rate to 60Hz

Crashes before the final boss

Use Peixoto's patch

Method 1

Download Peixoto's patch and extract the content to any folder.
Double-click Peixoto.bat and select Onimusha from the list.
Click Play and add OnimuPC.exe.

Method 2

Download Peixoto's patch.
Open the ZIP file and go to Program\Patches\Onimusha.
Copy room404b.xsd to <path-to-game>\Image\Sound\se by overwriting the existing one.

VSync does not work on Windows 10

Use DxWnd

Use d3d8to9
Download d3d8to9. Copy `d3d8.dll` to the game directory.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4.2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce FX ATI Radeon 9200 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible

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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

[gamedir-1] 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Note 1]

@@ Line 294: / Line 294: @@
 |OSfamily = Windows
-|minOS    = 2000, XP
+|minOS    = 98, ME, 2000, XP
 |minCPU   = Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz
 |minRAM   = 256 MB

Developers

	Capcom
Publishers
	Akella
Release dates
Windows	June 2003
Taxonomy
Series	Onimusha