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Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager

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Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager
Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager cover
Developers
Strategic Simulations Inc.
Publishers
Retail Strategic Simulations Inc.
Digital, GOG.com GOG.com
Digital, Steam SNEG
Release dates
DOS 1994
Windows (DOSBox) October 27, 2015[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) October 27, 2015[1]
Linux (DOSBox) October 27, 2015[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Genres RPG
Themes Fantasy
Series Dark Sun
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Dark Sun
Subseries of Dungeons & Dragons
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands 1993
Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager 1994

Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager is a singleplayer bird's-eye view RPG game in the Dark Sun series.

General information

Characters can be imported from Dark Sun: Shattered Lands (see Import 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
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
Floppy version prompts for answers from the manual. CD version has a disc check.
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
CD version. Bundled with Dark Sun: Shattered Lands. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Bundled with Dark Sun: Shattered Lands. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Windows

Essential improvements

Import characters

Characters can be imported from Dark Sun: Shattered Lands.
Import characters[2]
  1. Make a new folder in the Wake of the Ravager installation folder (e.g. dsun).
  2. Copy the Shattered Lands saves (*.SAV) into this new folder.
  3. Edit the DOSBox configuration file (dosbox_darksun2_single.conf for GOG.com).
  4. Change ravager to chartran, then save the file.
  5. Run Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager.
  6. Press 2 at the prompt.
  7. Type C for the drive.
  8. Enter the name of the installation folder (C:\ for GOG.com).
  9. Press Enter, then follow the prompts to choose the save to import from.
  10. Edit the DOSBox configuration file again.
  11. Change chartran back to ravager, then save the file.
  12. Run Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager. The imported characters are now available in-game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\DARKRUN.GFF
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]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1904601/pfx/[Note 2]
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Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SAVE**.SAV
<path-to-game>\CHARSAVE.GFF
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]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1904601/pfx/[Note 2]
CHARSAVE.GFF contains saved characters.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings (CD version).
General settings (CD version).

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
320x200 only.
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
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound Effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1904601/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1904601) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References