Champions of Krynn

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Subseries of Dungeons & Dragons
Pool of Radiance (series)
Curse of the Azure Bonds	1989
Secret of the Silver Blades	1990
Buck Rogers (series)
Champions of Krynn	1990
Neverwinter Nights	1991
Pools of Darkness	1991
Gateway to the Savage Frontier	1991
Death Knights of Krynn	1991
The Dark Queen of Krynn	1992
Treasures of the Savage Frontier	1992
Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace	1992
Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures	1993

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions for game series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Run in DOSBox.
GOG.com		Bundled with Death Knights of Krynn and The Dark Queen of Krynn.
Steam		Bundled with Death Knights of Krynn and The Dark Queen of Krynn.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Launch with Start.exe Woof Helm parameters^[2]
Run the game with `Start.exe Woof Helm`

Skip copy protection prompts

Use protection fix^[3]
Run the game with `Start.exe Woof Helm` Open `GAME.OVR` with a hex editor such as HxD. Change the necessary values (see save checks).

Gold Box Companion

Gold Box Companion is a program for Windows that adds various optional features when playing the DOS version in DOSBox (automap, party HUD, raising level restrictions, character editing, etc.)

Sound Effects and Music

Gold Box Sound Hacks allows for Tandy sound effects while using Adlib or Roland MT-32 for music.

Enable PCjr/Tandy sound on DOSBox

Most later releases are configured to use PC speaker sound. DOSBox can be set to emulate the additional sound hardware of PCjr/Tandy systems and the game configured to use PCjr/Tandy for sound instead of more primitive PC speaker.

Edit the configuration file of DOSBox in the installation folder^{[citation needed]}
Open the configuration file of DOSBox and seek `tandy` setting under `[speaker]` section. This setting is usually `tandy=auto`. Change the setting to `tandy=on` and save the changes.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\KRYNN.CFG
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1904620/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\SAVE\
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1904620/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

The default save folder can be changed by editing KRYNN.CFG.

Saves are SAVGAMA.DAT to SAVGAMJ.DAT.

Character files are *.WHO. Character files are only present when that character is not part of a party in a save file.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

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

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
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

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	CGA, EGA, Tandy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
↑ ^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>/1904620/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1904620) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Release: Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft, Dark Sun, Krynn Series - GOG.com
↑ Verified by User:Garrett on December 26, 2016
↑ Champions of Krynn Save Checks - last accessed on May 2023

[DOSBox_mounted-4] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

[Proton_path_note-5] 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>/1904620/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1904620) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[release_date-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Release: Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft, Dark Sun, Krynn Series - GOG.com

[2] Verified by User:Garrett on December 26, 2016

[3] Champions of Krynn Save Checks - last accessed on May 2023

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Developers

	Strategic Simulations Inc.
Publishers
Retail	Strategic Simulations Inc.
Digital, GOG.com	GOG.com
Digital, Steam	SNEG
Engines
	Gold Box
Release dates
DOS	1990
Windows (DOSBox)	October 28, 2015^[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	October 28, 2015^[1]
Linux (DOSBox)	October 28, 2015^[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Series	Gold Box