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Revision as of 00:22, 28 August 2019

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut
The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut cover
Developers
inXile Entertainment
Engines
Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows August 27, 2019
macOS (OS X) August 27, 2019
Linux August 27, 2019
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

Key points

Updated version of The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep with more character customization options, new items, new enemies, revised UI, and a new expansion dungeon.[1]
Provided for free to owners of The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep.[2]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Xbox Play Anywhere, Xbox Game Pass for PC
Windows
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
All OS X and Linux versions require Steam DRM.

Version differences

Standard Edition content.
Standard Edition content.
The Standard Edition includes the base game, Fire Horn in-game item, manual, guidebook, and code wheel.
Deluxe Edition content.
Deluxe Edition content.
The Deluxe Edition includes all Standard Edition content, The Bard's Tale Trilogy, the Kael's Axe, Red Boots, Bardic Brian Skin, and Bardic Brian Booty in-game items, hi-res map, hi-res wallpapers, novellas, art book, songbook, and soundtrack.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename movie files[3]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\BardsTale4\Content\Movies\.
  2. Delete or rename BardIV_FireLogo.mp4, BardIV_InxileLogo.mp4, and BardIV_LegalScreen.mp4.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\BardsTale4DC\Saved\SaveGames\BT_Prefs.sav
%LOCALAPPDATA%\BardsTale4DC\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\BardsTale4DC\Saved\SaveGames\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

In-game gameplay settings.
In-game gameplay settings.
In-game keybinds.
In-game keybinds.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio Wwise

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-2500K
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 29 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 760
AMD Radeon HD 7970
A 64-bit system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.13
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 3.7 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 60 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 760
AMD Radeon HD 7970
A 64-bit system is required.
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 18.04
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-2500K
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 43 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 760
AMD Radeon HD 7970
A 64-bit system is required.

References

  1. The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut - Standard Edition on GOG.com - last accessed on 2019-08-27
    "The Director’s Cut brings more character customization options, new items, new enemies, revised UI, and a free expansion dungeon."
  2. The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep - Wikipedia - last accessed on 2019-08-27
    "Existing owners of the Windows version can upgrade their game to the Director's Cut version for free."
  3. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-08-27