This page is for the original game. For the 2017 remake, see Realms of Arkania: Star Trail (2017).
Key points
- Characters can be imported from Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny (see Import characters).
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- The manual is needed to answer copy protection questions (see
passwords.pdf for digital versions).
DLC and expansion packs
Version differences
- The English version has MIDI music whereas the German version has CD music; it is possible to Use CD music in English version.
Essential improvements
Import characters
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Copy save files (non-OS X)[5]
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- Go to the Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny installation folder.
- Copy the
*.GAM files.
- Go to the Star Trail installation folder.
- Go into the
GAMES folder and paste the Blade of Destiny files.
- Run the game and load the save you want. The party will be imported.
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Copy save files (GOG.com OS X)[citation needed]
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- Open a Finder window.
- Open the Go menu and choose Go to Folder.
- Paste the following and click OK:
~/Library/Application Support/Boxer/Gamebox States
- Go into
com.game.realms-of-arkania-1
- Right-click
Current.boxerstate and choose Show Package Contents.
- Go into
C Realms of Arkania 1.harddisk
- Copy the saves (
*.GAM).
- Go back to the
Gamebox States folder.
- Go into
com.gog.realms-of-arkania-2
- Right-click
Current.boxerstate and choose Show Package Contents.
- Go into
C Realms of Arkania 2.harddisk
- Go into
GAMES and paste the saves here.
- Run the game and load the save you want. The party will be imported.
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Use CD music in English version
- These steps change the German CD version to use English text. This requires the German CD version (GOG.com has both).
- The intro and some minor game text will still be in German.
- To have German speech with English subtitles copy only
STAR.DAT from the English folder.
- NPCs will have 50x their normal XP value when you recruit them, as the English version uses has a multiplier for all XP gained or required. This can be fixed by hex-editing STAR.DAT, but must be done from a save from before the NPC is recruited to prevent excessive stat increases.
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Use CD music in English version[6]
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- Go to
DATA in the English installation folder.
- Copy
SPEECH.DAT, SPEECH.FN, SPEECHCD.DAT, SPEECHCD.FN and STAR.DAT.
- Go to
DATA in the German installation folder.
- Paste the files here, replacing existing files when prompted.
- Delete
DPATCH.DAT.
- Use the German version of the game which will now be in English.
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Game data
Save game data location
| System |
Location |
| DOS |
<path-to-game>\GAMES\*.GAM |
| Windows |
<path-to-game>\GAMES\*.GAM[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) |
~/Library/Application Support/Boxer/Gamebox States/com.gog.realms-of-arkania-2/Current.boxerstate/C Realms of Arkania 2.harddisk/GAMES |
| Linux |
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- Generated characters are stored in
<path-to-game>\GAMES\CHARS1.DAT; this file is not needed for loading save games (characters are stored in each save).
- In-game settings are stored in each save rather than shared.
- Exported diary and character sheet files are saved in
<path-to-game>
- Diary and character sheet data is saved to file when Print to is set to File in Game Options (F3). To print from within the game see printer support.
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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Issues fixed
No voices (GOG.com)
- GOG.com's Windows version is incorrectly configured.
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Fix DOSBox IRQ[citation needed]
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- Go to the installation folder.
- Edit
dosbox_realms2.conf.
- Change
irq=7 to irq=5 and save your changes.
- Voices will now work correctly in-game.
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Printer support
- Official DOSBox builds don't support printing.
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Enable printer support[citation needed]
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- Set up DOSBox printer support.
- For the GOG.com version the file to edit is
dosboxrealms2.conf in the installation folder.
- For the GOG.com version also copy the
FONTS folder from the DOSBox folder into the Realms of Arkania 2 folder.
- Journal pages and character sheets can now be printed when Print to is set to Printer in Game Options (F3).
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Other information
API
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| DOS video modes |
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| Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
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System requirements
| DOS | Windows | macOS (OS X) | Linux |
| DOS |
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Minimum |
| Operating system (OS) |
5.0 |
| Processor (CPU) |
386DX/33 |
| System memory (RAM) |
4 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
30 MB |
| Video card (GPU) |
VGA |
| Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista | |
| Processor (CPU) |
1 GHz
| 1.4 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
256 MB |
512 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
150 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 7.0 compatible
| DirectX 9.0 compatible |
| macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
| Operating system (OS) |
10.6.8 |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz+ |
| System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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| Video card (GPU) |
64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
References
