Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant

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

This page is for the original DOS game. For the enhanced remake, see Wizardry Gold.

Key points

Characters can be imported from Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge (see Import characters).

Later remade as Wizardry Gold.

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	Keys	OS
Retail		Manual lookup copy protection.
GOG.com		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[3] Includes Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge and Wizardry Gold.
Steam		Includes Wizardry Gold.

GOG.com has the English DOS version in the bonus content while the German DOS version is part of the main installer.

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

German digital versions have copy protection intact; refer to Keywords.txt for the answers.

Essential improvements[edit]

Import characters[edit]

Characters can be imported from Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge saves.

The game offers several possible beginnings for imported parties. If player imports his/her party before completing Bane, the default beginning is given (the same as with new parties). The rest of the beginnings are reserved for each of the possible endings in Bane.

Bane of the Cosmic Forge uses different file extensions for regular saves and completed games (*.DBS or *.BCF).

Import saves^{[citation needed]}

Copy your save file into the installation folder (usually DSAVANT).
Choose Import (BANE) at the main menu.
Change SAVEGAME.BCF to the name of your save.
Click Load and the game will start using your imported party.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\SCENARIO.HDR
Windows	<path-to-game>\SCENARIO.HDR^{[Note 1]}
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>\SAVEGAME.DBS
Windows	<path-to-game>\SAVEGAME.DBS^{[Note 1]}
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
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
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		Effects, Monster, Background and Music.
Surround sound
Subtitles		All speech is text-only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German
Russian				Incomplete (95%) fan translation by «wiz7rus.chat.ru» for floppy version. Download from RPGNuke or Old-Games.ru forum.

Issues fixed[edit]

No keyboard input in menus[edit]

Most keyboard input is disabled in mouse mode; these steps switch to keyboard mode, allowing the game to be fully controlled with a keyboard.

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 device^{[citation needed]}

At the main menu go to Configuration.
Change Input Device to Keyboard.
Choose Save to save your changes. Repeat to return to mouse mode.

Audio popping in PC speaker mode[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=7
Save your changes and close the file.

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	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	DOS 3.x	DOS 5.0
Processor (CPU)	10 MHz
System memory (RAM)	640k
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	256-color VGA/MCGA or EGA

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)	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-4] 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-5] 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

[6] New Update Out Now - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant

[7] Wizardry 7 (DOS) Audio Popping Fix, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

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Developers

	Sir-Tech
Release dates
DOS	1992
Windows (DOSBox)	May 23, 2013^[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	September 11, 2013^[2]
Linux (DOSBox)	September 11, 2013^[2]