Battle Realms Winter Of The Wolf Patch

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Battle Realms
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Release dates
WindowsNovember 7, 2001

Winter of the Wolf takes place 7 years before the events of Battle Realms. The Wolf Clan used to have a wild lifestyle in harmony with nature in an unexplored land. But when something shook their home, they were forced to use the power of their sacred totem to transport to a safer place. Source: Battle Realms Store Page - Early Access Note. As it stands now, we do not officially support the modification of the Steam version of the game, and, at this moment, discourage everyone from doing that because the game files will be everchanging. We also do not take any responsibility for what happens to your game after you modify it. Battle realms winter of the wolf free download - Battle Realms, Battle Realms Incremental Bonus Pack 3 patch, Battle Realms 1.10j to 1.50q English patch, and many more programs. 1) make sure you have the latest battle realms: winter of the wolf v1.50q 2) backup the following files from your battle realms folder a. Battle Realms.dat 3) RUN THE INSTALL.EXE INSTALLER 4) INSTALL IT TO YOUR BATTLE REALMS FOLDER.

  • 1Availability
  • 2Essential improvements
  • 3Game data
  • 4Video settings
  • 6Audio settings
  • 7Network
  • 8Issues fixed
  • 9Other information

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Key points

Can use multiplayer with GameRanger.
Small online community on Discord and GameRanger.

General information

Battle Realms Wiki
Battle Realms Community Discord
Battle Realms Revival Project
The oldest forums dedicated to Battle Realms
Battle Realms Reddit
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Battle Realms Winter Of The Wolf Patch

Availability[edit]

SourceDRMNotesKeysOS
Retail SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1].
GOG.com Includes 'Winter of the Wolf' expansion.
Steam Includes 'Winter of the Wolf' expansion.
SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

DLC and expansion packs

NameNotes
Winter of the Wolf

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

The latest version of the game is also the expansion - Winter Of The Wolf (1.50q). The latest non-expansion version, for some reason, is also 1.50q.
Patches for the non-expansion game are available.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

The only working parameters are Width and Height.
SystemLocation
Windows <path-to-game>Battle_Realms.ini[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux)<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1025600/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game data location[edit]

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SystemLocation
Windows <path-to-game>Saved Games[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux)<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1025600/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

Video settings[edit]

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Game settings
Graphics featureStateWSGFNotes
Widescreen resolution See Windowed.
Multi-monitor See Windowed.
Ultra-widescreen See Windowed.
4K Ultra HD See Windowed.
Field of view (FOV)See Windowed.
WindowedSee Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowedSee Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Windowed[edit]

Use the Resolution & FoV Patch
Allows playing online.
Supports all resolutions & allows customizing FoV.
Allows windowed/borderless mode.
Fixes most of the videocard-related issues.
  1. Download the latest version
  2. Follow the instructions.
  3. Use the resolution native to your monitor.
Use DxWnd[citation needed]
  1. Download DxWnd.
  2. Extract it and launch it.
  3. Click Edit from a bar and choose Add.
  4. Type in a name for the game.
  5. Click ... right of the Path input box.
  6. Go to the installation folder and choose Battle_Realms_F.exe.
  7. Check fields:
    • Hook Enabled
    • Run in Window
    • Hook all DLLs
    • Remap Client Rect
  8. Leave other fields unchecked.
  9. In position panel, type in the game's resolution (e.g. W 1024 H 768).
  10. Go to Video tab and check check Hide multi-monitor config (leave the rest of fields unchecked).
  11. Go to Input tab.
    • In Cursor visibility panel choose Hide.
    • In Cursor handling panel choose Correct mouse position and Force cursor clipping.
  12. Click OK, minimize DXWnd and run the game.

Input settings[edit]

Input settings
Keyboard and mouseStateNotes
RemappingAvailable via the in-game custom profile menu (not settings).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menusScroll speed is responsible for the screen navigation sensivity.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller supportSee the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio featureStateNotes
Separate volume controlsMaster, Sound Effects, Music, Dialogue
Surround sound
SubtitlesOnly in cutscenes.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

LanguageUIAudioSubNotes
English
FrenchThe addon WotW is not localized.
GermanThe addon WotW is not localized.
SpanishThe addon WotW is not localized.

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

TypeNativeNotes
LAN play
Online playGameSpy services have been shut down;[3]see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

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

Ports

ProtocolPort(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP7174,7175,7177
UDP7174,7175,7177
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed[edit]

The game gets stuck at 75% loading (Multiplayer)[edit]

Change the .exe properties
Doesn't work for everyone.
  1. Go to the .exe properties
  2. Set compatibility to WinXP SP3
  3. Select 8bit color mode
  4. Run the game as Administrator

Unable to capture/stream the game.[edit]

Use Shadowplay/GeForce Experience (overlay capture)
The easiest solution for nVIDIA users.

Could not find supported display mode / Could not rasterize API[edit]

Use the Resolution & FoV Patch
  • See Windowed

Battle Realms Winter Of The Wolf Patch Notes

Use dgVoodoo2[4]
Allows capturing Battle Realms with OBS.
Eliminates most of the issues.
Prevents from playing online by making the game unable to synchronize progress.
  1. Download the latest version of dgVoodoo2.
  2. Copy the files in the MS folder and place them in <path-to-game>.
  3. Run dgVoodooSetup.exe
  4. Under Config folder/Running instance, click Add
  5. From the window which appears, navigate to <path-to-game> and click Select Folder.
  6. Select the folder you just added from the dropdown list under Config folder/Running instance.
  7. Under Full Screen Output, choose which monitor you want the game to be displayed on from the dropdown list. For example, if you want your primary monitor, choose .DISPLAY1; if you want your tertiary monitor, choose .DISPLAY3.
  8. Click the Apply button, then click OK.
  9. If it does not work move all DLLs from the dgVoodoo[Version]MS[x86 or x64] path to the main directory of the game
Run the game in windowed mode[citation needed]
  • For alternatives, see Windowed.
Disable other monitors[citation needed]
  1. When on desktop, press Win+P.
  2. Choose single monitor.

Other information[edit]

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API[edit]

Executable32-bit64-bitNotes
Windows

Middleware[edit]

System requirements[edit]

Battle Realms Wiki

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS)982000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)Intel Pentium II 400 MHz Intel Pentium III 750 MHz
System memory (RAM)64 MB128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)500 MB600 MB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8 compatible
32 MB of VRAM

Notes

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  1. SafeDisc retail DRMdoes not work on Windows 10[1] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
  2. 2.02.1When 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).
  3. 3.03.1File/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>/1025600/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1025600) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

Battle Realms Winter Of The Wolf Download

  1. Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
  2. Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
  3. Pricing | GameSpy Technology
  4. Verified by User:Expack3 on 11 June 2015