Drakan Windows 10

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Drakan: Order of the Flame
Developers
Publishers
JapanImagineer[1]
Engines
Release dates
WindowsJuly 14, 1999
Taxonomy
MicrotransactionsNone
ModesSingleplayer, Multiplayer
PerspectivesThird-person
ControlsDirect control
GenresAction
ThemesFantasy
  • Drakan: 10th Anniversary works based on a engine hack enabling the use of high quality DirectX 9 rendering.
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Drakan: Order of the Flame is an action game (TPP) released in 2001 by Psygnosis. The game was released for PC (Windows). Many centuries ago, Drakan's world was in chaos - there was a constant war between dragons and people.

  • 2Essential improvements
    • 2.1Patches
    • 2.2Unofficial Patches
    • 2.3Modifications
  • 3Game data
  • 6Audio
  • 7Network
  • 8Issues fixed
  • 9Other information

Key points

Use Drakan Community Patch to install and run the game on modern systems.
Riot Engine Level Editor, 3D modeler and export plug-ins for 3D modeling tools are available for making custom content.
MPlayer.com online services have been shut down. Use alternative master server list provided by Drakan Community Patch.

General information

Windows 10 Update

Arokh's Lair
Arokh's Lair Forum - The only Drakan forum. Not very lively.
OpenDrakan - Open-source recreation of Surreal Software's Riot Engine. Project is still in an early stage.

Availability[edit]

SourceDRMNotesKeysOS
Retail Disc check; install the latest patch to play without the CD.
This game is not available digitally.
Demo available (mirror1 (4th link)/mirror2/mirror3/mirror4)

Essential improvements[edit]

Hidden developer settings.

Patches[edit]

Patch 445[edit]

(Arokh's Lair (3rd link)/Mod DB)

Removes CD-Check from the game.

Unofficial Patches[edit]

AiO Unofficial Patch (377/447)[edit]

(Arokh's Lair (2nd link)/Google Drive/Mod DB)

Contains all previous patches.
Improves stability of game and level editor.
Fixes crash after selecting difficulty and multiplayer disconnect bug on modern operating systems.
Adds widescreen fixes.
Forced resolution allows high resolution without shrinking the HUDmenus and SSAA
Better compatibility with XInput gamepads

Drakan Community Patch[edit]

(Arokh's Lair (1st link))

Uses AiO Patch as a base with additional fixes.
Contains all fan-made singleplayer & multiplayer levels.
Recommended for playing multiplayer as all community hosted servers are compatible only with this patch.

Modifications[edit]

Drakan: 10th Anniversary[edit]

(Project Site/Arokh's Lair (8th link)/Mod DB)

Fixes the majority of known bugs and adds new graphic effects based on an additional DirectX 9 rendering engine.
Deprecated and abandoned. Causes graphical glitches and low frame rates. Use dgVoodoo 2 wrapper (included with Drakan Community Patch) instead.

Developer mode[edit]

This allows you to select and play player-created levels when you select New Game in the main menu.
Enable Developer Mode[citation needed]
  1. Hold Shift while opening the game via double clicking the game icon.
  2. In the Riot Engine Options window, click the Developer tab.
  3. Check Enable Developer Mode. Now click OK to start Drakan.
  4. To select difficulty, hold Ctrl when you click New Game, otherwise it defaults to Normal difficulty.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

SystemLocation
Windows <path-to-game>Drakan.cfg[Note 1]
AiO Patch changes the default path to %USERPROFILE%DocumentsMy GamesDrakanDrakan.cfg. Patch specific config is stored in Arokh.ini.

Save game data location[edit]

SystemLocation
Windows <path-to-game>Saves[Note 1]
AiO Patch changes the default path to %USERPROFILE%DocumentsMy GamesDrakanSaves.

Video[edit]

External graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.
Graphics featureStateNotes
Widescreen resolution Use AiO Patch for proper widescreen adjustment.
Multi-monitor Use AiO Patch for proper widescreen adjustment.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)Use AiO Patch to set the FOV multiplier.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowedUse AiO Patch.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)Can be forced via driver settings, but it corrupts fonts.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPSPreferred frame rate for glitch-free experience.
120+ FPSCan be run this fast, but is not recommended due to physics and visual glitches (eg. invisible flame on flaming swords).

Input[edit]

Keyboard and mouseStateNotes
Remapping
Mouse accelerationOnly in menus if Enhance pointer precision setting is enabled in Windows.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio[edit]

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External sound settings.
Audio featureStateNotes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lostIt mutes unless Creative ALchemy is used to restore 3D sound and EAX.
EAX supportEAX 1.0 & A3D 1.0[2]
  • In-game audio settings.

Localizations

LanguageUIAudioSubNotes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese[1]
Spanish

Network[edit]

In-game network settings.

Multiplayer types

Connection types

TypeNativeNotes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

ProtocolPort(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP27045, 27046, 27910
UDP27045, 27046, 27910
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed[edit]

Crash after exiting the level 'Alwarren'[edit]

Install AiO Patch[3]

Notes

If this doesn't work, disable Dithering from the Graphics tab in the Riot Engine Options and then enable it again after getting out of Alwarren. Dithering is useless except on ancient hardware that couldn't support 32-bit color modes.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Drakan Windows 10

Technical specsSupportedNotes
Direct3D6.1, 9D3D9 renderer is provided by Drakan: 10th Anniversary mod.

Middleware[edit]

Drakan Windows 10 Iso

MiddlewareNotes
MultiplayerMPlayer.comMplayer.com services were taken offline in 2001.

System requirements[edit]

Drakan Windows 10 Versions

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS)9598
Processor (CPU)Intel Pentium 166 MHz Intel Pentium II 233 MHz
System memory (RAM)32 MB64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)320 MB400 MB
Video card (GPU) 4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 6.1 compatible
8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7 compatible

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Notes

  1. 1.01.1When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

  1. 1.01.1PC Watch - Drakan: Order of The Flame - Complete Japanese Edition review - last accessed on 2020-04-12
  2. Games tech help: Drakan: Order of the Flame - Vortex of Sound (retrieved)
  3. Arokh's Lair Forums - Widescreen hack and some other fixes aka AiO Patch - last accessed on 2018-09-19
    'Fixed crash after exiting Alwarren.'
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