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Revision as of 17:45, 24 November 2017

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The Bard's Tale
The Bard's Tale cover
Developers
InXile Entertainment
Publishers
Vivendi Universal Games
Engines
Dark Alliance Engine
Release dates
Windows June 17, 2005
macOS (OS X) May 31, 2012
Linux October 10, 2013
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The Bard's Tale (2005) on Wikipedia
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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.
The Bard's Tale
The Bard's Tale 1987
The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight 1988
The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate 1990
The Bard's Tale Construction Set 1991
The Bard's Tale (2005) 2005
The Mage's Tale 2017
The Bard's Tale Trilogy 2018
The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep 2018
The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut 2019

This page is for the 2005 reboot. For the original 1987 game, see The Bard's Tale.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
All versions also include The Bard's Tale, The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight and The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate.

Version differences

The retail release includes DOS versions of the original trilogy while digital releases include emulated Apple II/Apple IIgs versions.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename intro videos[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Res\Movies\
  2. Delete or rename bardtale.wmv, inxile.wmv and ttslogo.wmv.
The copyright screen and book opening animation will still be shown.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Windows display and language settings are stored in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\inXile Entertainment\The Bard's Tale

Save game data location

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System Location
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Included classic games are unpacked to in the configuration file(s) location when you run the game as bt1d2.2mg, bt2d2.2mg and bt3d2.dsk. Or if you want to unpack them without running the game, see here.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.

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Windowed

Toggle with ⌘ Command+F on OS X, Alt+↵ Enter on Linux. Use the steps below to enable for Windows.
Download fix (Windows)[1]
  1. Download The Bard's Tale (2005) windowed mode.
  2. Extract d3d9.dll into the installation folder (the other files are not used).
  3. Set your resolution with <path-to-game>\Config\The Bard's Setup.exe. Use the desktop resolution for borderless.
The window is locked to the top-left corner of the screen.
Delete d3d9.dll to return to fullscreen mode.

Input settings

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Game language can be changed using Config\The Bard's Setup.exe in the installation folder.
Classic games are English only.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Korean
Polish
Audio localization is avaliable only in the local retail version.
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium IV 2 GHz / AMD AthlonXP 2400
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce FX5700
ATI Radeon 9600
DirectX 9.0c compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3.6 GB
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium IV 2 GHz / AMD AthlonXP 2400
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce FX5700
ATI Radeon 9600
OpenGL 2.0 compatible

References

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