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Onimusha: Warlords

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For the 2019 remaster, see Onimusha: Warlords HD.

Onimusha: Warlords
Onimusha: Warlords cover
Developers
Capcom
Publishers
Capcom
Russia Akella
Release dates
Windows June 2003
Taxonomy
Series Onimusha
Onimusha: Warlords guide on StrategyWiki
Onimusha: Warlords on MobyGames
Onimusha: Warlords on Wikipedia
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
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 Only released in Asia and Russia. Patch 1.01 removes SecuROM v4 DRM, although a simple disc check remains.
Windows

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 incorrect aspect ratio.
  • Restores missing shadows.
  • Forces FMVs playback with english audio (subtitles are missing in 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
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Image.
  2. 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.
High-fidelity upscaling
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
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Windowed

Use DxWnd
  1. Download and run DxWnd as administrator.
  2. Click on Edit, then Add.
  3. Set name to Onimusha - Warlords.
  4. Set path to <path-to-game>\OnimuPC.exe.
  5. Set Acquire admin caps.
  6. Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed.
  7. Click on DirectX(2) tab, set VSync to ON and Wait for Frequency.
  8. Click OK, then File and Save.
  9. 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
FMVs are not subtitled.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Use Peixoto's patch to force English audio in FMVs
Simplified Chinese
Russian
Voice-over translation of the English dub.
Using Peixoto's patch will cause the subtitles to stretch.[1]

Issues fixed

Animations speed up and errors during gameplay

Limit the frame rate to 60 FPS
Set the refresh rate to 60Hz

Crashes before the final boss

Use Peixoto's patch

Method #1

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

Method #2

  1. Download Peixoto's patch.
  2. Open the ZIP file and go to Peixoto\Program\Patches\Onimusha.
  3. 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
  1. Download d3d8to9.
  2. 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. ↑ 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

  1. ↑ Verified by User:kardivevo on 2023-12-26
    Tested with my personal copy of the game.