Orcs Must Die!

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Orcs Must Die!

Developers   Robot Entertainment

Publishers   Microsoft Studios

Engines   Vision

Release dates Windows October 12, 2011

Orcs Must Die!

Orcs Must Die!	2011
Artifacts of Power
Lost Adventures
Orcs Must Die! 2	2012
Classic levels
Fire and Water Booster Pack
Family Ties Booster Pack
Are We There Yeti?
Orcs Must Die! Unchained	2014

Key points

Reported to run well even on older machines.^{[citation needed]}

General information

Orcs Must Die! Wiki - A small wiki for the Orcs Must Die! series

Official Forums

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums - For the series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys
Steam

All versions require Steam.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\startup\user.cfg %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Orcs Must Die\VideoSettings.xml

VideoSettings.xml includes resolution, vsync and MSAA. user.cfg has to be created by user.

Save game data location

	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\startup

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
GameSave Manager

Video settings

In-game options menu.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			Refer to WSGF article.
Field of view (FOV)		Use FOV tool or Flawless Widescreen.
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
High frame rate		No frame rate or refresh rate cap.

Overheating Graphics Card

There's reports game overheating GPU. Vsync seems to help but some users may prefer not to use it.

Cap the frame rate Open created user.cfg in configuration file location. Add new line Forcefps=XX and replace XX with desired value.

Windowed

Edit user.cfg Open created user.cfg in configuration file location. Add new line Window

Input settings

The default keyboard/mouse layout for Orcs Must Die!

The gamepad layout for Orcs Must Die!

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping		See Remapping.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput controllers fully supported.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller Y-axis inversion

Remapping

Edit user.cfg Open created user.cfg in configuration file location. Copy and paste the following to user.cfg, uncomment key you want to rebind and change key to desired one. // Sample Key Bindings // Uncomment and remap to your liking. (delete the // marks at the beginning of the line) // Only the commands listed below support key remappings. //KeyBinding_Forward="w" //KeyBinding_Backward="s" //KeyBinding_Left="a" //KeyBinding_Right="d" //KeyBinding_Run="lshift" //KeyBinding_Jump="space" //KeyBinding_Go="g" //KeyBinding_Book="b" //KeyBinding_Weavers="v" //KeyBinding_Map="m" //KeyBinding_Bloodmap="l" //KeyBinding_SellTrap="e" //KeyBinding_RotateTrap="r" //KeyBinding_ActionBar_1="1" //KeyBinding_ActionBar_2="2" //KeyBinding_ActionBar_3="-" //KeyBinding_ActionBar_4="4" //KeyBinding_ActionBar_5="5" //KeyBinding_ActionBar_6="6" //KeyBinding_ActionBar_7="7" //KeyBinding_ActionBar_8="8" //KeyBinding_ActionBar_9="9" //KeyBinding_ActionBar_0="0" // The following list is a complete list of valid keys that can be used for remapping // // Abbrevation Key(s) //------------ -------------- // a - z letters // 0 - 9 numerals // , comma // . period // - minus // ~ tilde // ins INS // del DEL // home HOME // end END // pgup PGUP // pgdn PGDN // up up arrow // down down arrow // left left arrow // right right arrow // space space bar // lshift left shift (single key mapping only - not to be used as a modifier) // rshift right shift (single key mapping only - not to be used as a modifier) // kp_slash Keypad / // kp_mul Keypad * // kp_minus Keypad - // kp_plus Keypad plus // kp_enter Keypad enter // kp_period Keypad period // kp_0 Keypad 0 // kp_1 Keypad 1 // kp_2 Keypad 2 // kp_3 Keypad 3 // kp_4 Keypad 4 // kp_5 Keypad 5 // kp_6 Keypad 6 // kp_7 Keypad 7 // kp_8 Keypad 8 // kp_9 Keypad 9

Alternative Keyboard Layouts

Edit user.cfg Open created user.cfg in configuration file location. Add new line Keyboardlayout="XXXXX" and replace XXXXX with either azerty, qwerty or qwertz to force said keyboard layout.

Audio settings

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

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

Issues fixed

Black Boxes On Flaming Arrows

This issue is most likely caused by incompatibility with certain graphics cards. You can avoid this by lowering the graphics detail slider in the games options.

Bladestaff Alt-fire Crash

Most recent game patches should have addressed this issue. If you are still experiencing this with Nvidia SLI setup try following fix.

Nvidia Control Panel Open the NVIDIA Control Panel and click 'Manage 3D Settings'. Click on the 'Program Settings' tab and click Add, before selecting orcsmustdie.exe located in <path-to-game>\Build\release. Scroll through the 'Feature' list until you find 'SLI Rendering Mode' and set this to 'Force alternate frame rendering 1', accepting the warning box which will appear. Finally, click apply.

"Failed To Correctly Load Data Files", "Failed To Initialise Engine"

Most recent game patches should have addressed this issue.

Make sure you meet minimum requirements

Verify game cache with steam

Reinstall game

Install redistributed DirectX and MSCV Runtime dxsetup.exe and vcredist_x86.exe located in <path-to-game>\Installer.

Missing Knight of the Order DLC

This issue is most likely to occur with pre-ordered versions of the game, and results in the Knight of the Order DLC not appearing in game. To fix this, go to ...\Steam\appcache\appinfo.vdf and delete this file before restarting Steam. This file will then automatically be recreated and the DLC should appear in-game.

Object/Unit Placement Glitch

If a machine is below the minimum requirements to run the game then this issue may occur; involving incorrect positioning of many character models and equipment. Often orcs may appear stuck in the ground and their heads will be colliding with the floor mesh. This is most likely to occur on PCs with single-core processors, as the game itself is optimized to distribute animation-related processes to a second core. Without this core the game will not properly render most enemy units, meaning the game is essentially unplayable on single-core systems. The only solution to this is to run the game on a computer which utilises a multi-core processor.

If your computer has a dual or quad-core processor and you are still encountering this issue, you should check that the game is not being forced to run on a single core. To do this, minimise the game whilst it is running and open the task manager using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Del and go to the 'Processes' tab. Here, find OrcsMustDie.exe in the list of processes and right click it before selecting 'Set Affinity...'. If you are on a dual core system, a box will appear with two processor cores listed - most likely CPU 0 and CPU 1. On quad core systems, this list will most likely also include CPU 2 and CPU 3. Tick the 'All Processors' box and press OK - the game will now correctly distribute processes amongst all processor cores.

Other information

Customize orc content of excisting levels

Orcs Must Die! has a limited capacity for modding; the developers implemented the ability to be able to customise the content of orc waves for existing levels. To do this, go to <path-to-game>\Data\. From here you will need to create a new folder called 'mod', and another folder within it named 'onslaughts'.

By editing the default onslaught files (downloadable here) and putting them in this folder, you can use your custom levels essentially as an override so that the game will load your levels. Note that you should not rename levels when editing them as the game will no longer recognise them. Also of importance is the fact that using these overrides disables leaderboard scoring and statistics for as long as you are using the modified onslaughts. To return the game to its original state after modification, simply delete the contents of the onslaughts folder.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	2 GHz dual core
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia Geforce 6800 ATI Radeon x1950 256 MB of VRAM