Avadon: The Black Fortress

Avadon: The Black Fortress

Developers   Spiderweb Software Linux Ryan C. Gordon

Release dates Windows May 2, 2011 OS X February 28, 2011 Linux March 19, 2012

Avadon

Avadon: The Black Fortress	2011
Avadon 2: The Corruption	2013

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys
GamersGate		DRM: SecuROM
GOG.com
Steam

Essential improvements

Patches

For the DRM-free version see the Updates and Support section of the website.

Using DirectX Graphics

Download and Install the DirectX version Install the DirectX version of Avadon Move file to Program Files/Spiderweb Software/Avadon/ and run it

Game data

	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Spiderweb Software\Avadon Saved Games
OS X (standalone)	~/Documents/Spiderweb Software/Avadon Saved Games
OS X (App Store)	~/Library/Application Support/Spiderweb Software/Avadon Saved Games
Linux	~/.local/share/Avadon/

This game supports the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
GameSave Manager

Video settings

Start-up settings.

In-game settings.

Key rebind settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
High frame rate

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Choose between Slow, Medium and Fast in in-game settings
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master and background only.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Issues fixed

Spiderweb Software has put together an Updates and Support Page on their website

Problems with Graphics/Game Running Slowly (Windows)

Uninstall and Reinstall the game, your saves may be corrupted  In the settings set Game Area Size to Small and Graphics Extra Details to Don't Draw  Install the latest graphics drivers  Close all other programs before running Avadon  Run the DirectX version of the game See Using DirectX Graphics for more information.  In Settings use Fast Graphics

Poor performance (OS X)

Change around settings Press Shift and D, enter fps, and check if your FPS is unsatisfactory. If so, do the following: Run as few other programs as possible in the background. On the Video Mode window that comes up when you launch the game, choose to play in a window and then select a small size for the window. Alternately, run the game, select Game Options on the title screen, and set Game Area Size to Small. Run the game, select Game Options on the title screen, and set Graphics Extra Details to Don't Draw.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	1.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	300 MB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL Compliant

OS X
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.5
Processor (CPU)	1.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	300 MB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL Compliant

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2.6 kernel+
Processor (CPU)	1.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	300 MB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL Compliant