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Avadon: The Black Fortress

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Avadon: The Black Fortress
Avadon: The Black Fortress cover
Developers
Spiderweb Software
Linux Ryan C. Gordon
Publishers
Spiderweb Software
Release dates
macOS (OS X) February 28, 2011
Windows May 2, 2011
Linux August 17, 2011
Taxonomy
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Genres RPG
Themes Fantasy
Series Avadon
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Avadon: The Black Fortress on MobyGames
Avadon: The Black Fortress on Wikipedia
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Avadon
Avadon: The Black Fortress 2011
Avadon 2: The Corruption 2013
Avadon 3: The Warborn 2016

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
CD key
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GamersGate (unavailable)
Requires online activation
 SecuROM PA DRM.
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Essential improvements

Patches

For the DRM-free version see the Updates and Support section of the website.

Using DirectX Graphics

Download and Install the DirectX version[citation needed]
  1. Install the DirectX version of Avadon
  2. Move file to <path-to-game> and run it

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Spiderweb Software\Avadon Saved Games\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Documents/Spiderweb Software/Avadon Saved Games
~/Library/Application Support/Spiderweb Software/Avadon Saved Games/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Avadon/
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Spiderweb Software\Avadon Saved Games\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Documents/Spiderweb Software/Avadon Saved Games
~/Library/Application Support/Spiderweb Software/Avadon Saved Games/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Avadon/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Start-up settings.
Start-up settings.
In-game settings.
In-game settings.
Key rebind settings.
Key rebind settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
Multi-monitor
 
Ultra-widescreen
 
4K Ultra HD
 
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Choose between Slow, Medium and Fast in in-game settings
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master and background only.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Russian
Fan translation by «ZoG Forum Team»

Issues fixed

Spiderweb Software has put together an Updates and Support Page on their website

Problems with Graphics/Game Running Slowly (Windows)

Uninstall and Reinstall the game, your saves may be corrupted[1]
In the settings set Game Area Size to Small and Graphics Extra Details to Don't Draw[citation needed]
Install the latest graphics drivers[citation needed]
Close all other programs before running Avadon[citation needed]
Run the DirectX version of the game[citation needed]

See Using DirectX Graphics for more information.

In Settings use Fast Graphics[citation needed]

Poor performance (OS X)

Change around settings[2]
Press ⇧ Shift and D, enter fps, and check if your FPS is unsatisfactory. If so, do the following:
  1. Run as few other programs as possible in the background.
  2. On the Video Mode window that comes up when you launch the game, choose to play in a window and then select a small size for the window. Alternately, run the game, select Game Options on the title screen, and set Game Area Size to Small.
  3. Run the game, select Game Options on the title screen, and set Graphics Extra Details to Don't Draw.

GUI Outside Screen

If GUI elements are truncated by the edge of the screen, or disappear altogether, this could be because your PC is configured to display text at a larger setting (125% or upwards).

Disable this setting for Avadon only[3]
  1. Right-click on the game's executable; for example, C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Avadon The Black Fortress\Avadon.exe.
  2. Select the Compatibility tab.
  3. Turn on Disable display scaling on high DPI settings.
  4. Click OK.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 1.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 300 MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL compliant
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5
Processor (CPU) 1.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 300 MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL compliant
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 2.6 kernel+
Processor (CPU) 1.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 300 MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL compliant


References