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Trial by Magic

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Trial by Magic
Trial by Magic cover
Developers
Silver Lightning Software
Release dates
DOS 1995

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
DOS

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS C:\TBM.CD\PREFS.CFG
C:\TBM.CD\SETUP.CFG
Files are always stored in C:\TBM.CD\ rather than a user-specified installation folder.
PREFS.CFG contains in-game settings.
SETUP.CFG contains setup settings.

Save game data location

System Location
DOS C:\TBM.CD\SAVE*.TBM
Files are always stored in C:\TBM.CD\ rather than a user-specified installation folder.
Saves are SAVE0.TBM to SAVE9.TBM.

Video

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
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller types

Audio

Settings.
Settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound FX.
Surround sound
Subtitles
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 VGA, SVGA SVGA is only used for cutscenes.

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) 80486DX
System memory (RAM) 4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) VGA, SVGA


References