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Revision as of 03:08, 23 February 2017
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| Developers | |
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| Phenomic | |
| Publishers | |
| Encore | |
| JoWood Productions | |
| Nordic Games | |
| Engines | |
| KRASS Engine | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | December 16, 2003 |
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Warnings
Key points
- All digital releases and recent physical releases are the Platinum Edition and include the expansions 'The Breath of Winter' & 'The Shadow of the Phoenix.'
- GameSpy online server browser has been shut down.
- On modern systems, dynamic shadows (High, Very High) are only rendered on part of the screen.[1] Precise cause remains unclear.
- SLI (more than one graphics card) is not supported and causes a black anomaly to fill the screen, disable SLI to remedy.
General information
- Official Forum
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Users' Forums for game series
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
The 2007 JoWood published 'Spellforce Universe' (red box) requires CD Key only, no disk check.[2] | |
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Platinum Edition. | |
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| GOG.com | |
Platinum Edition. | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
Platinum Edition. | |
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| Steam | |
Platinum Edition. | |
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| The Breath of Winter | |
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| Shadow of the Phoenix | |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
| Instructions |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Template:Game data/row
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39540/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
Template:Game data/row
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39540/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Video settings.
Widescreen resolution
The game supports no native widescreen. There are two workarounds, one better than the other.
| Instructions |
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Alternatively you can:
| Instructions |
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This fix however produces a series of graphical errors.[citation needed]
Input settings
Audio settings
Audio settings.
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN play | 8 | |||
| Online play | 8 | GameSpy server browser has been shut down. | ||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Game asks for CD key on every launch
| Instructions |
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Other information
- Draw-distance can be increased beyond the in-game maximum in the config.lua, at the cost of performance drops.
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 1.5GHz | Intel Pentium 4 1.8GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1024 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Video card (GPU) | Geforce 4 Ti 128 MB of VRAM | 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 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>/39540/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (39540) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
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- Windows
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- Invalid template usage (Fixbox)
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- Pages needing references
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- Missing section (Audio)
- Missing section (Localizations)