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Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord	1984
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Key points

Characters can be imported from Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant or Wizardry Gold (see Import characters).

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

PostCount.Net Wizardry Series forum

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com		Windows and OS X.
Steam
Retail

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Enable Correct for Blurred Text setting

Instructions

Patch 1.2.4 (retail)

Patch 1.2.4 fixes issues with the retail version. Retail versions that state version 1.2.4 on the CDs do not need this patch. Digital distribution versions are already fully patched.

For the Polish version use the ASCENSION PEAK patch.

Skip 3dfx logo

The 3dfx logo is shown when starting the game with the Glide renderer.

Instructions

Run in 32-bit color

The Glide renderer (the default for digital distribution versions) runs in 16-bit color; 32-bit color is noticeably more detailed.

Instructions

Adjust combat speed

Wizardry 8's default combat speed is quite slow; Wiz8Fast can be used to increase it.

Instructions

Import characters

Characters can be imported from Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant (*.DBS) or Wizardry Gold (*.SGM) saves.

Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge saves share the *.DBS extension but cannot be imported directly; import them into the sequel, then import that into Wizardry 8.

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/245450/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/245450/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

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Widescreen resolution

Widescreen resolutions stretch from 4:3; this mod makes gameplay Hor+ for 16:9 and 16:10 resolutions.

The HUD, menus and all other 2D elements still stretch from 4:3.

Instructions

Input settings

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Audio settings

Audio settings.

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Issues fixed

Game does not launch (GOG.com)

Try this fix for the GOG.com version if the game does not start after installing normally.

Instructions

Setup tool only lists 640x480 and 800x600 resolutions

See Widescreen resolution.

Lines visible in-game

The OpenGL and Software(MMX) renderers have visual problems on modern systems; see Widescreen resolution.

Unable to move after using Alt+Tab

Using Alt+Tab ↹ will make the game act like Alt is held down, preventing movement.

Instructions

Low frame rate in fullscreen mode

Wizardry 8 has frame rate issues on Windows 8 and later when using certain renderers in fullscreen mode.

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0c compatible

These requirements are from the GOG.com version.

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>/245450/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (245450) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[Proton_path_note-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>/245450/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (245450) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[Note 1]

@@ Line 135: / Line 135: @@
 |fov notes                  =
 |windowed                   = true
-|windowed notes             = Use {{key|Ctrl|F12}} or <code>/window</code> [[Glossary:Command line arguments|parameter]]<ref>[https://secure.gog.com/forum/wizardry_series/windowed_mode/post8 Windowed mode? , page 1 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref> (must be using [[#Run in 32-bit color|32-bit color]]).
+|windowed notes             = Use {{key|Ctrl|F12}} or <code>/window</code> [[Glossary:Command line arguments|parameter]]<ref>[http://www.gog.com/forum/wizardry_series/windowed_mode/post8 Windowed mode? , page 1 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref> (must be using [[#Run in 32-bit color|32-bit color]]).
 |borderless windowed        = unknown
 |borderless windowed notes  =

Developers

	Sir-Tech
Engines
	SurRender 3D
Release dates
Windows	November 15, 2001
macOS (OS X)	November 15, 2013