Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic
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Developers | |
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Triumph Studios | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Gathering of Developers |
Digital, original | Triumph Studios |
Digital, current | Paradox Interactive |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 25, 2003 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 82 |
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: Shadow Magic 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 2 Heaven with Shadow Magic support as well.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 4 DRM. | |||
Publisher website | ||||
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GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is v1.30.0.2616.
Skip intro videos
Change settings[1] |
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Improve performance
- On modern systems, the game's input is sluggish if not modified.
- The following methods may also fix the issue related to the error message
Runtime error 217 at 4000C2DE
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Method 1: Use dxwrapper[2] |
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Method 2: Use dgVoodoo 2 |
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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 Shadow Magic\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/61520/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/61520/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | HUD stretches from 4:3. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen 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) |
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 | Sound effects, music | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Using Alt+Tab ↹ from a fullscreen (non-Direct3D) setting will render a black screen, forcing a hard exit from the game. | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Retail only. | |||
German | Retail only. | |||
Polish | Retail only. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | Hot seat |
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LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play | 8 | Does not have a native online lobby; used GameSpy Arcade for matchmaking. | ||
Asynchronous multiplayer | Play by Email |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Can not run game in fullscreen on later versions of Windows
- This problem shows up as Window being the only display option available.
Set AoWSMSetup.exe to run in compatibility mode for Windows XP SP3 or 16-bit (65536) color mode.[3]
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Install dgVoodoo 2. |
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Gibberish text
- This occurs when using very high resolution, likely breaking the character mapping in the fonts.
Use a lower resolution (e.g. 1920x1080)[4] |
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Shaders do not work in windowed mode
- This problem has numerous effects, such as:
- Red overlay that indicates areas pioneers can't build an outpost doesn't appear.
- Red overlay that indicates targets that are out of range doesn't appear.
- Zoom level is stuck at 100% and can't be changed.
- Bloom effect around lights is not present.
Configure dgVoodoo 2 |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 7 | |
DirectDraw | 7 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | 450 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 192 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 900 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 8.1 compatible |
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>/61520/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (61520) 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).