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Anvil of Dawn

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Anvil of Dawn
Anvil of Dawn cover
Developers
DreamForge Intertainment
Publishers
Retail New World Computing
Digital Ubisoft
Release dates
DOS October 31, 1995
Windows (DOSBox) May 14, 2013[1]
Anvil of Dawn guide on StrategyWiki
Anvil of Dawn on MobyGames
Anvil of Dawn on Wikipedia

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Disc check. Install in DOSBox and use the Version 1.1 patch.
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2]
Windows
Ubisoft Store
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Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest retail patch is Version 1.1. The GOG.com version already has this patch.

Skip intro videos

Use replacement LOGOS.DFA

Use the Anvil of Dawn intro skip.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\DATA\OPTIONS.DAT
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SAVES\
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Automaps are saved to <path-to-game>\AUTOMAPS\
To save automaps to file go to Options (F3) and choose Output to Disk. To print automaps see automap printing.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Ubisoft Connect

Video

General settings.
General settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
320x200 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Built-in support only recognises certain discontinued Logitech controllers.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Volume and Balance.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Disabled by default; enable in Options (F3).
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Russian
1) Unofficial translation by «Fargus Multimedia».
2) Fan translation by Pavel Borisov (pavel04).

Issues fixed

Automap printing

Official DOSBox builds don't support printing.
Enable printer support[3]
  1. Set up DOSBox printer support. For the GOG.com version the file to edit is dosboxAnvil.conf in the installation folder.
  2. Automaps can now be printed when automap output is set to Output to Printer in Options (F3).

Other information

Mods

An unofficial Map Editor is available.

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) 486/33
System memory (RAM) 450k of conventional memory and 2900k of Extended (XMS) or Expanded (EMS) memory
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 MB (Minimum Installation)
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 9 compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.

References

  1. Release: Anvil of Dawn ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
  2. List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
  3. Verified by User:Garrett on May 30, 2013