Difference between revisions of "Shadow Sorcerer"

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Silver Box
Subseries of Dungeons & Dragons
Heroes of the Lance	1988
Dragons of Flame	1989
War of the Lance	1990
Shadow Sorcerer	1991

Shadow Sorcerer is a singleplayer bird's-eye view and isometric RPG game in the Silver Box series.

General information

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 Heroes of the Lance, Dragons of Flame and War of the Lance. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Steam		Bundled with Heroes of the Lance, Dragons of Flame and War of the Lance. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename INTRO.EXE^[1]

Go to the installation folder.
Delete or rename INTRO.EXE.

Notes

Pre-game screens (copyright etc.) will still be displayed.

Game data

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\SAVEGAME._*_ <path-to-game>\SAVEGAME.DIR
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2344020/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save files are SAVEGAME._A_ to SAVEGAME._J_.

SAVEGAME.DIR contains save file names (this file is not needed to load saved games).

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
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		For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		On/off only (toggle with `V`).
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

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	640 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	EGA, TGA, VGA, MCGA

Notes

↑
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2344020/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2344020) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Garrett on September 23, 2017

[Proton_path_note-2] Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2344020/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (2344020) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

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

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2344020/.

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

[5] The app ID (2344020) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[1] Verified by User:Garrett on September 23, 2017

[1]

[Note 1]

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 |taxonomy     =
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | }}
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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      | Bird's-eye view, Isometric }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | RPG }}
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-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Fantasy }}
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+{{Introduction
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 {{Availability|
 {{Availability/row| Retail |  | unknown |  |  | DOS }}
-{{Availability/row| GOG.com | silver_box_classics | DRM-free | Bundled with [[Heroes of the Lance]], [[Dragons of Flame]] and [[War of the Lance]]. Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]]. Coming soon. |  | Windows | unavailable }}
+{{Availability/row| GOG.com | silver_box_classics | DRM-free | Bundled with [[Heroes of the Lance]], [[Dragons of Flame]] and [[War of the Lance]]. Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]]. |  | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| Steam | 2344020 | Steam | Bundled with [[Heroes of the Lance]], [[Dragons of Flame]] and [[War of the Lance]]. Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]]. Coming soon. |  | Windows | unavailable }}
+{{Availability/row| Steam | 2344020 | Steam | Bundled with [[Heroes of the Lance]], [[Dragons of Flame]] and [[War of the Lance]]. Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]]. |  | Windows }}
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 {{ii}} Save files are {{file|SAVEGAME._A_}} to {{file|SAVEGAME._J_}}.
 {{ii}} {{file|SAVEGAME.DIR}} contains save file names (this file is not needed to load saved games).
+===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
+{{Save game cloud syncing
+|discord                   =
+|discord notes             =
+|epic games launcher       =
+|epic games launcher notes =
+|gog galaxy                = false
+|gog galaxy notes          =
+|origin                    =
+|origin notes              =
+|steam cloud               = true
+|steam cloud notes         =
+|ubisoft connect           =
+|ubisoft connect notes     =
+|xbox cloud                =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
+}}
 ==Video==

Developers

	U.S. Gold
Publishers
Retail	Strategic Simulations, Inc.
Digital	SNEG
Release dates
DOS	1991
Windows (DOSBox)	March 27, 2023
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Genres	RPG
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Silver Box