Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge

Wizardry
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord	1984
Wizardry: Knight of Diamonds - The Second Scenario	1986
Wizardry: Legacy of Llylgamyn - The Third Scenario	1987
Wizardry: The Return of Werdna - The Fourth Scenario	1988
Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom	1988
Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge	1990
Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant	1992
Wizardry Gold	1996
Nemesis: The Wizardry Adventure	1996
Wizardry: Llylgamyn Saga	1997
Wizardry: New Age of Llylgamyn	2000
Wizardry 8	2001
Wizardry Online	2013
Wizrogue: Labyrinth of Wizardry	2017
Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls	2019

Key points

Characters cannot be imported from earlier games, unlike most games in the series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

PostCount.Net Wizardry Series forum

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	OS
Retail	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Manual lookup copy protection (removed for digital versions).	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
GOG.com	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[3] Includes Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant and Wizardry Gold.	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Steam	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination		Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination

Digital versions have copy protection bypassed; simply press ↵ Enter when prompted.

Essential improvements[edit]

Remove audio popping (Windows)[edit]

The Steam version already includes this fix.^[4]

Use Custom DosBox^[5]

Download Custom DosBox.
Extract to the game installation folder, replacing the existing DOSBOX folder and its files when prompted.
Edit the DOSBox configuration file.
Find the line pcspeaker=true
Add the line wizpopfix=6
Save your changes and close the file.

Carrying Capacity Bug[edit]

The carrying capacity of your characters is set at game start, and does not change with increases in strength or class changes, as it does in Wizardry VII.^[6] If you want a fix for this, Mike Marcelais has made one available.

Level 7 Spell Bug[edit]

The Level 7 Spell Bug will haphazardly render monsters immune to the four level 7 spells which damage all monsters: Nuclear Blast, Word of Death, Mind Flay, and Deadly Air.^[7] A patch for this bug may be downloaded here.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\SCENARIO.HDR
Windows	<path-to-game>\SCENARIO.HDR^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 2]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 2]}

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\*.DBS
Windows	<path-to-game>\*.DBS^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 2]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		320x200 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Set in Graphic Mode Setup (GOG.com) or toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter`.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input settings[edit]

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).

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Full/Soft/Off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles		All speech is text-only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German

Issues fixed[edit]

No keyboard input indicator in menus[edit]

The keyboard input indicator is not shown when in mouse mode; these steps switch to keyboard mode, allowing the indicator to be displayed.

Full keyboard input is also useful if you are wanting to play with a controller (use the DOSBox Mapper to change key assignments).

Change input mode^{[citation needed]}

At the main menu go to Game Configuration.
Change Input to Keyboard.
Choose Exit to save your changes. Repeat to switch back to mouse mode.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes

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

System requirements[edit]

DOS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	DOS
Processor (CPU)	IBM/Tandy and 100% compatibles
System memory (RAM)	640K
Hard disk drive (HDD)	Required
Video card (GPU)	VGA, EGA, MCGA, CGA & Hercules

Mac OS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Mac Plus
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	One Meg B/W	Two Meg Color
Hard disk drive (HDD)	Optional

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0c compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Leopard 10.5	Mountain Lion 10.8
Processor (CPU)	1.0 GHz	1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	128 MB
Video card (GPU)	3D graphics card or onboard graphics compatible with OpenGL

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS	Ubuntu 13.04
Processor (CPU)	1.0 GHz	1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	128 MB
Video card (GPU)	100% OpenGL accelerated card or onboard graphics

Additional libsound1.2 and libnet1.2 packages may be required on Linux.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS and/or PC booter game data.

References

[gamedir-8] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).

[DOSBox_mounted-9] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS and/or PC booter game data.

[1] Release: Wizardry 6+7 - GOG.com

[release_date-2] 2.0 ^2.1 News - Now Available - Wizardry 6, 7, and 8

[3] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[4] New Update Out Now - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge

[5] Wizardry 6 Audio Popping, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

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[7] ttps://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/564807-wizardry-vi-bane-of-the-cosmic-forge/faqs/63361

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Developers

	Sir-Tech
Release dates
DOS	1990
Mac OS (Classic)	1990
Windows (DOSBox)	May 23, 2013^[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	September 11, 2013^[2]
Linux (DOSBox)	September 11, 2013^[2]
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