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Darkstone

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Darkstone
Darkstone cover
Developers
Delphine Software International
Publishers
Gathering of Developers
Anuman Interactive
VectorCell
Gravity Europe SAS
Release dates
Windows July 31, 1999
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Darkstone guide on StrategyWiki
Darkstone on Wikipedia
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Key points

For Windows 8 and later use the low frame rate fix.
A Quest Editor is available for making custom content.
Major graphics glitches on recent AMD drivers (see Broken graphics on AMD graphics cards).
The in-game music will frequently skip and stutter on modern hardware. There is no known fix.[1]

General information

Darkstone Database community site
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SafeDisc DRM[Note 1].[4]
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Steam
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Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Journey in Uma Released for free.
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest patch is v1.05b. Some previous patches are required. The GOG.com version is already fully patched.

Skip intro videos

Add -nointro to shortcut[citation needed]
  1. Go to the shortcut properties.
  2. Add -nointro to the end of the target.
  3. Click OK to save your changes.

Quest Editor

The Darkstone Quest Editor supports adding or editing monsters, NPCs, buildings and quests.

Journey in Uma addon

Journey in Uma is an official quest pack built with the Quest Editor.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\config[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/320320/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\save[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/320320/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.

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Windowed

Add -32bit -window to shortcut[5]

Use the -32bit -window command line arguments.

The 32-bit parameter must be present or the interface will be broken.[5]

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Swedish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
Not supported (Steam store page is incorrect).[6]
LAN play
2 Co-op
Online play
2 Co-op

Connection types

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

Issues fixed

Broken graphics on AMD graphics cards

Characters and buildings display incorrectly on recent AMD drivers.
Characters and buildings display incorrectly on recent AMD drivers.
3D elements are broken on AMD drivers newer than Catalyst 13.1.[7][8] The -sortbyz command line argument will fix some issues but others remain.[9]
Use dgVoodoo2[citation needed]
  1. Download dgVoodoo2.
  2. Open the ZIP file downloaded and copy DDraw.dll and D3Dlmm.dll from the MS folder.
  3. Paste the file into the installation folder.

Notes

If you use a multi-monitor setup and intend to play the game fullscreen, you'll also need to extract dgVoodooSetup.exe to the folder of your choosing so you can set the display monitor to your primary (See Readme.txt, included in the ZIP file, for more details).

Broken interface in windowed mode

Setting 32-bit color mode fixes the windowed mode interface.[5]
Set 32-bit color mode[5]

Use the -32bit command line argument

Low frame rate in fullscreen mode

This game has frame rate issues on Windows 8 and later when running in fullscreen mode.
Apply necessary fixes[citation needed]
  1. Install the Darkstone low frame rate fix.
  2. Use the -32bit command line argument to avoid flickering/invisible graphics.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 6
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Xaudio MPEG Audio Engine

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 233 MHz MMX
(or AMD equivalent) 		Intel Pentium II 350 MHz MMX
(or AMD equivalent)
System memory (RAM) 32 MB 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 170 MB 380 MB
Video card (GPU) 4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 6.1 compatible 		4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 6.1 compatible

Notes

  1. ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[3]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References