The Wheel of Time

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Key points

Very small but active community.

The game has been re-released for free and patched to the latest version by the community.

The game is not available in digital distribution.

Modification of the engine's advanced options in D3D rendering mode can cause the game to crash.

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		DRM: SafeDisc disc check.^[1]

The game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

The latest patch (v333b) for the German, US, and International releases is available here.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\System\WoT.ini

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows

Video settings[edit]

Graphics option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF entry.
Field of view (FOV)	See the WSGF entry.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Only Trilinear filtering through D3D rendering mode. Must be enabled through Advanced Options.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input settings[edit]

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

Audio settings[edit]

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

Issues fixed[edit]

Technical Issues[edit]

Run the game in 3DFX mode after installing nGlide if D3D mode is giving error messages.

Cutscene Fix[edit]

Without this fix cutscenes do not play, or play but stutter to the point of where they are unwatchable.

Cutscene Fix^[2]

Patch the game to the latest version.
Download this DDraw Wrapper
Put it in <path-to-game>\System

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, ME
Processor (CPU)	Pentium 200Mhz	Pentium 2 233Mhz
System memory (RAM)	32MB	64MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500MB	500MB
Video card (GPU)	Standard PCi Video Card	3DFx certified card

References

[1] redump.org • The Wheel of Time • Disc 1

[2] Wheel of Time - Choppy QuickTime Video Problem Fix • VOGONS

[1]

[2]

Developers

	Legend Entertainment
Publishers
	GT Interactive
Engines
	Unreal Engine 1
Release dates
Windows	October 31, 1999