Betrayal at Krondor

Betrayal at Krondor is a singleplayer first-person and bird's-eye view RPG game in the Krondor series.

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[2] Comes bundled with Betrayal in Antara.
Steam		Comes bundled with Betrayal in Antara.

A demo and a shareware version are available from Archive.org.

Change DOSBox Settings^[3]

Since the game runs on a resolution of 320×200, it is slightly stretched if played with DOSBox. To prevent this, change the DOSBox settings.

Follow this guide to get MIDI soundtrack with (limited) voice acting, which is more dynamic and doesn't randomly stop like the CD music.

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\KRONDOR.CFG
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/559640/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

KRONDOR.CFG, the game's main configuration file, is not designed to be human-readable.

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\GAMES\
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/559640/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

General settings.

Setup utility settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
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
120+ FPS

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		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound, music, combat music; on/off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Dialogue and narration is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Cannot be disabled.
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio		The CD tracks are very short and do not loop, so longer combat sequences end up being completely silent. Also, the tracks do not dynamically fade out, so you get sudden scene transitions. Can be deactivated in the menu.
General MIDI audio		Prevents digital sound effects and voiced dialogue from playing when enabled. See Improved music for how to prevent this.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German				Retail only; download for digital versions

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	VGA

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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>/559640/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (559640) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

Developers

	Sierra On-Line
	Dynamix
Publishers
Retail	Sierra On-Line
Digital	Activision
Release dates
DOS	June 22, 1993
Windows (DOSBox)	March 30, 2010^[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	First-person, Bird's-eye view
Controls	Point and select, Direct control
Genres	RPG
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Krondor