Age of Wonders
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Developers | |
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Triumph Studios | |
Epic Games | |
Publishers | |
Retail (North America) | Gathering of Developers |
Retail (Europe) | Take-Two Interactive |
Digital, original | Triumph Studios |
Digital, current | Paradox Interactive |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 11, 1999 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | 4X, Strategy, TBS |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Age of Wonders |
Age of Wonders | |
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Age of Wonders | 1999 |
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne | 2002 |
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic | 2003 |
Age of Wonders III | 2014 |
Age of Wonders: Planetfall | 2019 |
Age of Wonders 4 | 2023 |
Age of Wonders is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric 4X, strategy and TBS game in the Age of Wonders series.
General information
- Official Discord for game series
- Official Paradox Plaza forums
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Age of Wonders Heaven fansite
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Publisher website | ||||
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GOG.com | Soundtrack and HD wallpaper included. | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
- A demo is available.
Essential improvements
Official patches
- The latest official patch is v1.36. It can be found in the Age of Wonders Heaven fansite (only needed for retail versions).
Unofficial patch
- Players running Windows 8 or newer, or using Wine to run the game on Linux, need to download this unofficial patch to fix the
Exception during MapViewer.ShowScene
error which may appear on those systems.
Skip intro videos
Enable from launcher[citation needed] |
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Enable from registry[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Triumph Studios\Age of Wonders |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/61500/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save\[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/61500/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Unscalable UI. Small icons at higher resolutions. | ||
Multi-monitor | Fully supported in windowed mode. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Resolution is changed by dragging window borders or maximizing. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use Borderless Gaming software | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music and sound effects | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
German | Retail only. | |||
Polish | Retail only. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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Local play | Hot seat |
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LAN play | Direct TCP protocol. | ||
Online play | The official multiplayer service has been shut down. | ||
Asynchronous multiplayer | Play-by-Email (PBEM); refer to this guide or use the Email Wrapper automates the sending and receiving process to eliminate mistakes made by manual e-mail sending. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Crash at startup on Windows 10
Disable DirectSound |
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Retail version does not work on Windows 7
Run the game in windowed or borderless fullscreen windowed mode.[1] |
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Game stuttering on start, runtime error on exit
Use dgVoodoo 2[citation needed] |
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Game crashing / mapview error / error during draw
Play the game in fullscreen mode[citation needed] |
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Ensure Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is set to the default (Windows programs and services only).[2] |
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Garbled text
Reinstall the game or lower the resolution.[3] |
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Enabling cheats
Use beatrix command line argument[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DirectDraw | 6 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Maps
- The game also supports external singleplayer and multiplayer maps. Map editor is included in the game.
- Archive: AoW Heaven Downloads Central
Mods
- Most mods are found in the AoW Heaven fansite.
- DevEdit, the tool for customizing the game, is available also at the AoW Heaven fansite, and also make sure to read the beginner's guide if you want to start modding.
- Warlock's Rule-Set is the most popular rule-set and is a basis to many other rule-sets. For 64-bit systems, download this mod fix.
- The Community Content Pack includes a lot of popular mods and maps, including Warlock and various full campaigns.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, NT |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 166 MHz | Intel Pentium II 266 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 300 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 6 compatible | |
Other | 4x CD-ROM drive |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/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>/61500/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (61500) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details. - ↑ When 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).