Lords of Magic

Lords of Magic is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric strategy game.

The game was expanded with the Legends of Urak expansion in 1998, with the Special Edition containing both.

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Special Edition has a disc check.
GamersGate		Special Edition.
GOG.com		Special Edition.
Green Man Gaming		Special Edition.
Steam		Special Edition.
ZOOM Platform		Special Edition. Pre-packaged with DDrawCompat.

Version differences

The Special Edition release includes the base game, the Legends of Urak expansion, new units, buildings, campaigns and the lord editor.

Demo

A free demo version is available from Archive.org and SierraHelp.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Legends of Urak

Essential improvements

Official patches

The last official for Lords of Magic is 3.01 for the Special Edition and 2.0a for the non-SE release. Both may be found here.

The Steam and GOG versions come with the 3.01 patch already installed.

The last patch for SE has a bug that causes some low level dungeons and marauder parties to spawn with Pegasus Riders, a high level unit.

Unofficial patch

Only works with the SE release patched to version 3.01

Fixes the Pegasus Rider bug mentioned above.

Install the unofficial patch
Download the latest build from here or here. Extract the contents of the archive downloaded into the `<path-to-game>` folder.

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename/move video files
Open the `<path-to-game>\smk` folder. Delete, rename or move `Intro.smk` and `IMPTITLE.smk`. Do the same for `Credits.smk` to skip the credits video shown when exiting the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\settings.cfg^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/404040/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savegame^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/404040/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Only resolution available is 640x480.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

Install dgVoodoo 2

Follow the installation instructions for installing for a DX2-8 game.
Copy the files dgVoodoo.conf and dgVoodooCpl.exe from the archive into <path-to-game>, then run dgVoodooCpl.exe.
Under the General tab, change the Appearance setting to Windowed. Also tick the Centre app window box.
Under the DirectX tab, untick Application controlled fullscreen/windowed state, Disable Alt-Enter to toggle screen state and dgVoodoo watermark.
Click on Ok.

Input

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

Audio

Sound settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, sound effects, speech, ambience
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail and GOG.com only.
German				Retail only; download for digital versions.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		4
Online play		4	The official WON multiplayer service has been shut down.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Smacker Video Technology
Multiplayer	World Opponent Network

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 75 MHz
System memory (RAM)	16 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	135 MB
Video card (GPU)	SVGA

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (404040) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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).

[Proton_path_note-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (404040) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (404040) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

Developers

	Impressions Games
Publishers
Retail	Sierra On-Line
Digital	Rebellion Developments
Release dates
Windows	November 19, 1997
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time, Turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Strategy
Themes	Fantasy