Dawn of Magic 2
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| Developers | |
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| SkyFallen Entertainment | |
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| 2006-2018 | 1C Company |
| 2018-2022 | 1C Entertainment |
| 2022-present | Fulqrum Publishing |
| European retail, initial digital | Kalypso Media |
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| TheEngine | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 8, 2009 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
| Genres | ARPG |
| Themes | Fantasy |
| Series | Dawn of Magic |
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| Dawn of Magic | |
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| Dawn of Magic | 2005 |
| Dawn of Magic 2 | 2006 |
Dawn of Magic 2 is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view ARPG game in the Dawn of Magic series.
General information
- Released as Time of Shadows in North America.
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\tbm.ini[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33540/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\profiles[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33540/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | See the WSGF entry. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | See the WSGF entry. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | Slider is present, but a numerical value is not shown outside the configuration file. | ||
| Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to x16 | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No FPS cap. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Video quality settings
Video settings
Game settings
Input
Camera settings
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | Also has X-axis inversion option. | |
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| Controller support |
Audio
Audio settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Master, music, voice, effects, interface. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Russian | Retail only. |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
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| LAN play | |||
| Online play | The official multiplayer servers have been shut down. | ||
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
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| vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
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Issues fixed
Game does not restart after exiting
- The game is unable to end its process after exiting.
Manually end the dawnofmagic2.exe process in the Task Manager before trying to restart the game.[1]
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9.0c |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | FMOD | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 2000, XP | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz AMD Athlon XP+ 1800 | Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon XP+ 2500 |
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| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 2.5 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti 4200 ATI Radeon 9700 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 1.1 support | Nvidia GeForce 6800 ATI Radeon 9800 128 MB of VRAM Shader model 2.0 support |
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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%\VirtualStoreon 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 (33540) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.