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Blackguards

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Blackguards
Blackguards cover
Developers
Daedalic Entertainment
Engines
Unity 3[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows January 22, 2014
macOS (OS X) January 22, 2014
Blackguards on Wikipedia

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
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General information

Official site
Official forum
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
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Amazon sells both Steam keys and their own unknown version, boxed version is DRM-free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GamersGate
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Origin
Origin
Included with EA Play.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
A demo is available.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Deluxe Edition Artbook, Soundtrack, digital World Map, Developer Interview Videos and 6 Exclusive Wallpapers.
No upgrade option, GOG.com version contains some of the content by default.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Untold Legends
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Daedalic Entertainment GmbH\Blackguards
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/249650/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Daedalic Entertainment GmbH\Blackguards\Save
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/249650/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

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Widescreen resolution

Edit registry settings[2][3]
  1. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Daedalic Entertainment GmbH\Blackguards
  2. Change res_height_h4152408033 and res_width_h1023409048 according to your screen resolution.

Windowed

Edit registry settings
  1. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Daedalic Entertainment GmbH\Blackguards
  2. Change fullscreen_h1476830426 to 0.

Input settings

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Brazilian Portuguese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Spanish
Turkish

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: Blackguards.

Issues unresolved

Game freezes or crashes to desktop

Some users reported game freezes or crashes to desktop at random/certain situations.[4][5][6]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
OpenGL 2 OS X only.
Shader Model support 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista SP2, 7 SP1, 8, 8.1
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.7
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD Graphics 4000

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Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 3.5.6f4[1]
  2. 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>/249650/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (249650) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References