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Hillsfar is a singleplayer first-person and top-down view action and RPG game in the Dungeons & Dragons series.

General information

Characters can be transferred from Pool of Radiance and Curse of the Azure Bonds (see Transfer characters).

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 Pool of Radiance, Curse of the Azure Bonds, Secret of the Silver Blades, Pools of Darkness, Gateway to the Savage Frontier, Treasures of the Savage Frontier, and Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures.
Steam		Bundled with Pool of Radiance, Curse of the Azure Bonds, Secret of the Silver Blades, Pools of Darkness, Gateway to the Savage Frontier, Treasures of the Savage Frontier, and Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures.

All versions require the Translation Wheel to answer copy protection questions. The GOG.com version includes a codewheel application for this purpose.^[2]

Essential improvements

Transfer characters

Characters can be transferred from Pool of Radiance and Curse of the Azure Bonds.

Gateway to the Savage Frontier characters are also compatible (this is not officially supported).^[3]

Instructions^[4]

If a character is currently part of a saved game, load that save in that game, go to the Training Hall, then Remove (not Drop) the character and save the game (otherwise that character's data will be out of date).
Run <path-to-game>\COPYHILL.EXE to transfer files, or manually copy the character files from Pool of Radiance (*.CHA) or Curse of the Azure Bonds (*.GUY) into Hillsfar's installation folder.
In Hillsfar, choose to transfer a character and follow the steps.

Notes

Characters can be freely moved between Curse of the Azure Bonds and Hillsfar, but Pool of Radiance characters cannot be transferred back. For Curse of the Azure Bonds, see the Curse of the Azure Bonds character transfer instructions.

Game data

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\*.HIL
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]}

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

In-game settings are not stored between sessions.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
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 and 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
Mouse input in menus		No mouse support.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		Everything is text-based.
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

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	CGA, EGA, Tandy

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2.1
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	384K
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	CGA, EGA, Tandy

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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).

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Release: Forgotten Realms: The Archives - GOG.com
↑ NOTE: Copy protection in these games, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
↑ The CRPG Addict: Game 215: Gateway to the Savage Frontier (1991) - last accessed on 5 September 2011
"Characters and items can even be swapped between Curse of the Azure bonds, and Gateway to the Savage Frontier."
↑ Verified by User:Garrett on 5 September 2021

[DOSBox_mounted-5] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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).

[release_date-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Release: Forgotten Realms: The Archives - GOG.com

[2] NOTE: Copy protection in these games, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[3] The CRPG Addict: Game 215: Gateway to the Savage Frontier (1991) - last accessed on 5 September 2011
"Characters and items can even be swapped between Curse of the Azure bonds, and Gateway to the Savage Frontier."

[4] Verified by User:Garrett on 5 September 2021

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[Note 1]

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+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
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-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | First-person, Top-down view }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Action, RPG }}
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-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
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+|mobygames    = 506
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-'''Key points'''
+{{Introduction
-{{++}} Characters can be transferred from [[Pool of Radiance]] and [[Curse of the Azure Bonds]] (see [[#Transfer characters|Transfer characters]]).
+|introduction      =
+|release history   =
+|current state     =
+}}
 '''General information'''
+{{++}} Characters can be transferred from [[Pool of Radiance]] and [[Curse of the Azure Bonds]] (see [[#Transfer characters|Transfer characters]]).
 {{GOG.com links|1432640506|forgotten_realms_collection|for game series}}
+{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/1882280/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions] for game series
 ==Availability==
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-{{Availability/row| Steam | 1882280 | physical | Bundled with [[Pool of Radiance]], [[Curse of the Azure Bonds]], [[Secret of the Silver Blades]], [[Pools of Darkness]], [[Gateway to the Savage Frontier]], [[Treasures of the Savage Frontier]], and [[Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures]].<br>Coming 29 March 2022. | | Windows, OS X, Linux | unavailable }}
+{{Availability/row| Steam | 1882280 | physical | Bundled with [[Pool of Radiance]], [[Curse of the Azure Bonds]], [[Secret of the Silver Blades]], [[Pools of Darkness]], [[Gateway to the Savage Frontier]], [[Treasures of the Savage Frontier]], and [[Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures]]. | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
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-{{ii}} All versions require the Translation Wheel to answer copy protection questions. The GOG.com version includes a codewheel application for this purpose.<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/forgotten_realms_collection/note_copy_protection_in_these_games NOTE: Copy protection in these games, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref>
+{{ii}} All versions require the Translation Wheel to answer copy protection questions. The GOG.com version includes a codewheel application for this purpose.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/forum/forgotten_realms_collection/note_copy_protection_in_these_games|title=NOTE: Copy protection in these games, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com|date=May 2023}}</ref>
 ==Essential improvements==
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 {{Fixbox|Copy character files|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Garrett|date=5 September 2021|comment=}}</ref>|fix=
-# If a character you want to transfer is currently part of a saved game, load that save in that game, go to the Training Hall, then Remove (not Drop) the character and save your game (otherwise that character's data will be out of date).
+# If a character is currently part of a saved game, load that save in that game, go to the Training Hall, then Remove (not Drop) the character and save the game (otherwise that character's data will be out of date).
-# Run <code>{{p|game}}\COPYHILL.EXE</code> to transfer files, or manually copy the character files from [[Pool of Radiance]] ({{file|*.CHA}}) or [[Curse of the Azure Bonds]] ({{file|*.GUY}}) into Hillsfar's installation folder.
+# Run {{file|{{p|game}}\COPYHILL.EXE}} to transfer files, or manually copy the character files from [[Pool of Radiance]] ({{file|*.CHA}}) or [[Curse of the Azure Bonds]] ({{file|*.GUY}}) into Hillsfar's installation folder.
 # In Hillsfar, choose to transfer a character and follow the steps.
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+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
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+|royalty free audio notes  =
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+|windows arm app        = false
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+|mac os x powerpc app   = unknown
 |macos intel 32-bit app = unknown
 |macos intel 64-bit app = unknown
-|macos arm app          =
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable= unknown
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+|linux arm app          = false
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 |OSfamily = DOS
-|minOS    = DOS 2.1
+|minOS    = 2.1
 |minCPU   =
 |minRAM   = 384K

Developers

	Westwood Associates
Publishers
Retail	Strategic Simulations Inc.
Digital, former	GOG.com
Digital, current	SNEG
Release dates
DOS	1989
Windows (DOSBox)	August 20, 2015^[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	August 20, 2015^[1]
Linux (DOSBox)	August 20, 2015^[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	First-person, Top-down view
Genres	Action, RPG
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Dungeons & Dragons