Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession

Ravenloft
Subseries of Dungeons & Dragons
Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession	1994
Ravenloft: Stone Prophet	1995
Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft	1997

Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession is a singleplayer first-person RPG game in the Ravenloft series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions for game series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Bundled with Ravenloft: Stone Prophet. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Steam		Bundled with Ravenloft: Stone Prophet. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.2 updates the game to the latest version. The GOG.com release is already patched.^[2]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\GAME.OPT
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1904570/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\SAVE**\
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1904570/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save folders are SAVE00 to Template:Folde.

Automaps are saved in <path-to-game>\AUTOMAPS.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		640x400 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		For DOSBox toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		On/off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		For DOSBox change the `priority` background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail version
German				Included in GOG release.

Issues fixed

Automap printing

Official DOSBox builds don't support printing.

Enable printer support^[2]
Set up DOSBox printer support. For the GOG.com release the file to edit is `dosbox_strahd.conf` in the installation folder. Automaps can now be printed.

Arrows do no damage

Appearently, there is a bug in the CD version of the game (which is also carried over to the Steam and GOG version), that makes non-magical arrows deal 0 damage. See here for solution.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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>/1904570/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1904570) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Release: Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft, Dark Sun, Krynn Series - GOG.com
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Verified by User:Garrett on May 6, 2017

[DOSBox_mounted-3] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

[Proton_path_note-4] 2.0 ^2.1 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>/1904570/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1904570) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[release_date-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Release: Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft, Dark Sun, Krynn Series - GOG.com

[refcheck_Garrett-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Verified by User:Garrett on May 6, 2017

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Developers

	DreamForge Intertainment
Publishers
Retail	Strategic Simulations Inc.
Digital, original	GOG.com
Digital, current	SNEG
Release dates
DOS	1994
Windows (DOSBox)	October 27, 2015^[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	October 27, 2015^[1]
Linux (DOSBox)	October 27, 2015^[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Genres	RPG
Themes	Fantasy, Horror
Series	Ravenloft