Blackguards

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Blackguards
Blackguards - cover.png
Developers
Engines
 
Release dates
Windows
January 22, 2014
OS X
January 22, 2014
Blackguards at WineHQ
Blackguards at Steam Charts
Blackguards at SteamDB
 Blackguards at Wikipedia
The Dark Eye
Drakensang: The Dark Eye 2008
Drakensang: The River of Time 2010
Drakensang: Phileasson's Secret
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav 2012
Memoria 2013
Demonicon 2013
Blackguards 2014
Blackguards 2 2015

General information

More information Official site
More information Official forum
More information GOG.com Community Discussions
More information GOG.com Support Page
More information Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys
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GOG.com DRM-free
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Information A demo is available.

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name Notes
Deluxe Edition Artbook, Soundtrack, digital World Map, Developer Interview Videos and 6 Exclusive Wallpapers.
No upgrade option, GOG.com version contains some of the content by default. 		WindowsOS X
Untold Legends Steam, GOG WindowsOS X

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

  Location 
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Daedalic Entertainment GmbH\Blackguards
OS X

Save game data location[edit]

  Location 
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Daedalic Entertainment GmbH\Blackguards\Save
OS X

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud Native

Video settings[edit]

Graphics settings.
Graphics option Option Notes
Widescreen resolution Native Some resolutions not listed in-game; see Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor Unknown
Ultra-widescreen Impossible All aspects of the game, including gameplay are fixed to 16:9.
4K Ultra HD Native
Field of view (FOV) Impossible
Windowed Native Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed Hackable Use GameCompanion or similar software.
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Native
Anti-aliasing (AA) Native
Vertical sync (Vsync) Native
High frame rate Native No frame rate or refresh rate cap.

Widescreen resolution[edit]

Fix Edit registry settings[1][2]

  1. Open Registry Editor
  2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Daedalic Entertainment GmbH\Blackguards
  3. Change res_height_h4152408033 and res_width_h1023409048 according to your screen resolution.

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping Impossible Mouse-driven.
Mouse acceleration Impossible
Mouse input in menus Native
Mouse Y-axis inversion Impossible
Controller
Controller support Impossible

Audio settings[edit]

Sound settings.
Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls Native Music, effects and voice.
Surround sound Impossible
Subtitles Impossible Enabled by default.
Closed captions Impossible
Mute on focus lost Native

Localizations

Language UI Audio CC Notes
English Native Native Native
French Native Impossible Native
German Native Native Native
Italian Native Impossible Native
Polish Native Impossible Native
Brazilian Portuguese Native Impossible Native
Russian Native Impossible Native
Spanish Native Impossible Native

Issues unresolved[edit]

Game freezes or crashes to desktop[edit]

Information Some users reported game freezes or crashes to desktop at random/certain situations.[3][4][5]

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz Dual Core 2.4 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
20 GB
Video card (GPU) nVidia GeForce 8600 GT
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible 		NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
ATI Radeon 4770 Series
OS X
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.7
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD4000
NVIDIA
AMD

References

  1. ↑ Resolution help? :: Blackguards General Discussions
  2. ↑ Input Not Supported :: Blackguards General Discussions
  3. ↑ Sick of constant game freezes :: Blackguards General Discussions
  4. ↑ Crashing :: Blackguards General Discussions
  5. ↑ HELP instant crash, cannot play :: Blackguards General Discussions