Difference between revisions of "Summoner"

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Key points

The official multiplayer service is no longer available.

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

GOG.com
Steam

Game data

In-game options menu.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/275570/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\players^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/275570/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher general video settings.

Launcher advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use Timeslip's Summoner patch. However, this displaces the menus. Not compatible with German version.^[2]
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		^{[citation needed]}
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Running the game at a framerate higher than 60 FPS increases game speed.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

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

Controller types

Audio

Launcher audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German
Russian				Pirate translation (Fargus) Audio and Subtitle Download

Network

Launcher network settings.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		4	Co-op
Online play		4	Co-op

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		Z3D User created game profile, (Glide !!) see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues Fixed

Better Performance on Modern Systems

Use dgVoodoo 2 Wrapper^[3]
Download dgVoodoo 2. Copy dgVoodooCpl.exe Copy Glide, Glide2x, Glide3x from 3Dfx\x86 to the game install directory. Run "dgVoodooCpl.exe", go to "Glide" tab and configure it Launch "Summoner" and go to "setup"; Make sure "Detect Glide" is checked; Click "Detect Available Cards";

Missing Mouse and/or Incomplete In-Game Rendering

Set Windows Compatibility Mode to Windows XP Service Pack 3 for Sum.exe and Summoner.exe in the installation folder

Game runs to fast

Enable vsync in options game and set monitor on 60hz^{[citation needed]}

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7
OpenGL		Mac OS only.
Glide

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	THQmultiplay.net

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, ME
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 400 MHz AMD K6-2 400 MHz	Intel Pentium III 500 MHz AMD K2-6 500 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	800 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible	16 MB of VRAM

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	8.6
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC G3
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	800 MB

Notes

↑ ^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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (275570) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ All of our games run on our own engine that we developed in-house - Twitter - last accessed on 2015-05-05
↑ Summoner Patch (by Timeslip), page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
↑ Optional solution for modern systems

[gamedir-2] 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).

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (275570) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (275570) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] All of our games run on our own engine that we developed in-house - Twitter - last accessed on 2015-05-05

[4] Summoner Patch (by Timeslip), page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[5] Optional solution for modern systems

[1]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[2]

[3]

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 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
 {{Image|Summoner Launcher Audio.png|Launcher audio settings.}}
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    =
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   |fan       = true
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+}}
+==Network==
+{{Image|Summoner Launcher Network.png|Launcher network settings.}}
+{{Network/Multiplayer
+|local play           =
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+|local play modes     =
+|local play notes     =
+|lan play             = true
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+|lan play modes       = Co-op
+|lan play notes       =
+|online play          = true
+|online play players  = 4
+|online play modes    = Co-op
+|online play notes    =
+|asynchronous         =
+|asynchronous notes   =
+}}
+{{Network/Connections
+|matchmaking        = false
+|matchmaking notes  =
+|p2p                = true
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+|self-hosting       = true
+|self-hosting notes =
+|direct ip          = false
+|direct ip notes    =
+}}{{Network/Ports
+|tcp  =
+|udp  =
+|upnp =
 }}
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 |play area room-scale        =
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-}}
-==Network==
-{{Image|Summoner Launcher Network.png|Launcher network settings.}}
-{{Network/Multiplayer
-|local play           =
-|local play players   =
-|local play modes     =
-|local play notes     =
-|lan play             = true
-|lan play players     = 4
-|lan play modes       = Co-op
-|lan play notes       =
-|online play          = true
-|online play players  = 4
-|online play modes    = Co-op
-|online play notes    =
-|asynchronous         =
-|asynchronous notes   =
-}}
-{{Network/Connections
-|matchmaking        = false
-|matchmaking notes  =
-|p2p                = true
-|p2p notes          =
-|dedicated          = false
-|dedicated notes    =
-|self-hosting       = true
-|self-hosting notes =
-|direct ip          = false
-|direct ip notes    =
-}}{{Network/Ports
-|tcp  =
-|udp  =
-|upnp =
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Developers

	Volition
Publishers
Original	THQ
Current	Nordic Games
Mac OS	Graphic Simulations Corporation
Engines
	CTG^[1]
Release dates
Windows	March 19, 2001
Mac OS (Classic)	July 12, 2001
Reception
Metacritic	78