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DescriptionDrakan: Order of the Flame PC (1999) Many centuries ago, mankind and dragonkind fought each other, and chaos ruled. After many years, the conflict came to an end, as the Order of the Flame was created, bonding men and dragons togather as the protectors of peace and virtue. Under the direction of the Order, the world of Drakan has prospered in peace, attaining new heights of learning of magic. All this came to an end when Navros, the war mage, betrayed the Order of the Flame, and led the Dark Union against the Order in the Dark Wars. He released evils on the world such as the Wartocks, to serve as his army. The Order was demolished, and only by the sacrifice of the great dragon Arokh the Drak Union was stopped. Arokh and the rest of the surviving dragons went away to sleep, and the Order and the Union were thought to be finished at that time, centuries ago. They were wrong. g Waking up from a Wartock raid of her village, Rynn, a young warrior, discover the village in ruins and her brother kidnapped. As she sets out to find him, she becomes, perhaps by destiny, bound to the legendary dragon Arokh. The two then set out to find out what is happening...  [hr] Installation System requirements Pentium 166, 32 MB RAM, DirectX 6-capable 4MB 3D Accelerator, Windows 95 or higher [hr] Uploader's Notes: I have scanned this and it is clean according to a Comodo Deep scan. I did not create the Iso, only compacted it for easier download. If you do not install the ++ patch it won't run. [hr] ====================================== == DRAKAN: ORDER OF THE FLAME(tm) == == Patch 445++ README == == (UNOFFICIAL) == == == == 08/04/08 == ====================================== (For correct viewing of this document, you may need to enable "Word Wrap" from the Edit Menu) --------- TABLE OF CONTENTS --------- 1. The important things 2. What this patch fixes 3. What this patch does not fix 4. Compatibility 5. Authors 6. License and Disclaimer == 1. The important things == + This patch fixes problems with the game hanging when leaving the difficulty menu (the famous error, incorrectly perceived as the inability to play the intro. The intro can be played, however, with a command line argument "+fpstest", but the hang-up will also occur when you press "Esc" in this menu). + This patch fixes famous Alwarren problem as well (game hanging during Alwarren location leaving) + This patch can ONLY be applied on the full, official 445 or 445+ without any other third-party addons (excluding maps). + Saved games WILL work correctly after applying this patch. + This patch was scanned with the AVG antivirus and should not contain any viruses + This patch, although it was tested, modifies the game's executable files. This could, potentially, increase the frequency of hang-ups (although Drakan hangs pretty frequently on modern graphic cards already). + This patch WAS NOT tested for memory leaks. If the game starts running slow, and you notice it uses too much memory, save the game and restart it. If you're using the 9x family of Windows (Windows 95, 98 and Me), a system reboot is necessary. + The patch 445+ was tested on the following graphic cards: GeForce 8600M GT, GeForce 6600 GT, GeForce 4 MX (to check there are no side-effects on older cards). This patch WAS NOT tested on any Radeon graphic cards. + The patch 445++ was tested on the following graphic cards: GeForce 8600M GT. This patch WAS NOT tested on any Radeon graphic cards. + Multiplayer between versions 445 and 445++ is NOT working! (downgrade to 445 included, run RemovePatch.exe from drakan directory) == 2. What this patch fixes == + The hang-up on GeForce 6+ cards when leaving the difficulty menu. + The game hang-up during Alwarren location leaving == 3. What this patch does not fix == + The occasional blue-screen pointing to a graphic card driver file. + The famous Queen Shilla bug == 4. Compatibility == + Saved games WILL work correctly after applying this patch. + Multiplayer between versions 445 and 445++ is NOT working. == 5. Authors == Shelim & Kronikarz (445+), Shelim (445++) The authors would like to thank the following people: + Eris - for saved game status just before Alwarren location. + Laina - for giving access to a GeForce 4 MX computer, on which we could test the game without hang-ups. + [Shelim] The people of the "Dragon Cave" Polish forum, for 5 years in their company and for many discussions about dragons. + The entire Psygnosis Ltd. and Surreal Software, Inc team for creating one of the most beautiful games about dragons. [hr] ====================================== == DRAKAN: ORDER OF THE FLAME(tm) == == Patch 445 README == == == == 02/07/00 == ====================================== (For correct viewing of this document, you may need to enable "Word Wrap" from the Edit Menu) *** SAVE GAME WARNING *** Saved games from the retail build of Drakan or any patch up to (and including) patch 444 will NOT WORK (and may crash) with patch version 445 and after. *** SAVE GAME WARNING *** SPECIAL THANKS: goes to MindFire and "The Blood That Binds" for coordinating the beta testing effort - http://www.drakan.net/bloodbound/ --------- TABLE OF CONTENTS --------- 1. Introduction 2. The New Drakan Multiplayer 3. Playing Behind A Firewall 4. New Joystick / Gamepad Support 5. Benchmarking With Drakan 6. Primary Single-Player Changes 7. New Multiplayer Server Commands 8. Guidelines For Server Administrators 9. Complete List of Changes / Fixes *** UPDATED FOR PATCH 445 *** 10. Technical Support ======================= == 1. Introduction == ======================= Thanks for installing the Drakan Patch. We are confident that the new features and fixes in this patch will greatly enhance your enjoyment of Drakan. We have gone to the extra effort to ensure that your previously saved games function correctly with this new patch. The biggest change is in Drakan's multiplayer game, which has been completely rewritten using Winsock for a completely new Internet experience. Modem users should have no problems playing over the Internet now, and Drakan dedicated servers are more stable and can now handle 8+ players without trouble. For frequent updates on the status of the patch and tips on configuring Drakan, check out the new Surreal Tech Page at http://www.surreal.com/tech For the latest Drakan information, go to http://www.drakan-game.com Chat with other Drakan players on the Drakan Forum at: http://www.drakan.net ===================================== == 2. The New Drakan Multiplayer == ===================================== After several weeks of open beta testing, we feel the networking code in this patch is quite solid and very playable on the Internet, even with modems. Since the code is now using Winsock, the Drakan dedicated server now runs under Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 3 or newer). In addition, clients can now connect to servers from behind firewalls if configured properly (see section 3, "Playing Behind A Firewall"). Please see Section 9 "Complete List of Changes / Fixes" for additional fixes to multiplayer, and Section 7 "New Multiplayer Server Commands" for additional commands available to server operators. In addition to network code changes, we have also tweaked with some features to improve the multiplayer gameplay. To make the Blue Energy Bow more effective and useful, we have increased the radius and damage on Blue Energy Bow explosion. We have also adjusted the Green Energy bow (DragonStrife) so that it seeks from a longer range. This should make it easier to kill the dragon and balance out Master of the Dragon levels. In addition, we have decreased the damage on ring of fire and lightning axe. Good armor will now reduce the damage on these weapons enough to survive them. One final thing to be aware of: when running a dedicated server on a LAN and you do not have Internet access or if DNS (TCP/IP domain-name lookup) is not configured properly, the server may hang when it attempts to register itself with the master server. If you run a dedicated server on the LAN, make sure you specify +nomaster on the command-line so that Drakan will not attempt to contact the master server. ==================================== == 3. Playing Behind A Firewall == ==================================== Some users who are playing from behind a firewall may experience problems such as getting kicked off the server or not being able to connect. To solve these problems, the firewall or client settings may need to be configured to run properly with Drakan. The following guidelines are required for successful play from behind a firewall or proxy server. Make sure the game and query ports for the server you are connecting to is "open" on your firewall. "Open" means that both TCP and UDP packets, inbound AND outbound are allowed. Also make sure that all the ports for your clients are open as well. The default server ports are 27045 and 27046. The default client ports are 27910 through 27929. This configuration allows up to 20 clients to play from behind your firewall. You can change the starting port and default range (20) by modifying the settings "Client_GamePort" and "NumAlternatePortSelections" values in the Drakan.cfg file. Usually, no more than "NumAlternatePortSelections" clients can play from behind the same firewall, so this value may need to be increased, or the "Client_GamePort" value may need to be moved to a lower value for the clients that are having problems connecting. ========================================= == 4. New Joystick / Gamepad Support == ========================================= Drakan adds additional joystick and gamepad support by allowing the joystick axes to now control forward/back, strafe, up/down (jump/crouch) as well as turn and pitch. There is a new interface in the Options - Controls screen which gives full control over the binding of these five movements to any joystick axis. To change which joystick axis causes a movement to occur, click on the axis in the table next to the desired movement to toggle through the available axes. You may also invert (reverse) an axis by checking the box to the right of the axis. Keep in mind that to use the joystick, you must enable joystick support by checking the box at the top of the screen. Also, you may need to calibrate your joystick in Windows and/or adjust the sensitivity setting at the top of the Controls screen. =================================== == 5. Benchmarking With Drakan == =================================== The Drakan patch includes a new feature that allows you to benchmark 3D hardware using Drakan. Simply run Drakan using the +fpstest command-line option which will cause Drakan to run through the first cut-scene in the game, then output the average frames per second to a file called FPS.TXT which can be read by benchmarking utilities such as 3D GameGuage. Be sure to run Drakan Engine Options from the Windows Start menu first to set the Display driver, resolution, and color depth for the test. You can also disable the Sound to further limit the benchmarking to only the 3D rendering performance. Keep in mind that any variation in graphics options such as the current fog distance setting will also affect performance. ======================================== == 6. Primary Single-Player Changes == ======================================== Other than the new Joystick features outlined above, several crash bugs having to do with saving games, transitioning between levels and manipulating inventory items have been fixed. Also, each time you transition from one level to the next, an auto save file is now created. The file can then be loaded in to allow you to continue from the start of the level. A bug was also fixed that caused magic crystals to sometimes be removed from the inventory when cycling through Rynn's weapons. The boss creature at the end of the game is now smarter and harder to kill and also now honors the difficulty level setting. Finally, a new "nightmare" skill level was added. To use this new skill level, click New Game and select "Too Hard" from the difficulty dialog box. The new skill level not only makes creatures do more damage and are harder to kill, but it also makes them attack faster and makes them more aggressive. ========================================== == 7. New Multiplayer Server Commands == ========================================== The following new commands can be typed in by a server operator while the game is running. These are in addition to the existing commands that are documented in the README.TXT file that came with Drakan. CHAT [ON/OFF] - Turns on or off the display of the in-game chat to the dedicated server window. SAY [MESSAGE] - Allows the server operator to chat with players in the game. Your message will be displayed next to your player name, which is a setting in the Drakan.cfg file. TIMELIMIT [SEC] - Changes the current time limit (in seconds). A time limit of 0 means no limit. KILLSLIMIT [KILLS] or SCORELIMIT [KILLS] - Changes the current kills limit. A kills limit of 0 means no limit. LEVELLIST [FILENAME] - Changes the current level list (level group) to the given file. Only the first few letters of the file is required and the .LFL extension is optional. This changes the levels for which this server is currently cycling through. KICK [PLAYERID] - Player ID is now used to kick players from the game. Get the PLAYERID by using the STATUS command. GIB [PLAYERID] - Same as KICK except that the player is also gibbed. TEAMS [NUMTEAMS] - Change the number of teams (or 0 = no teamplay) when the level changes. LOGSCORES [0/1] - Turns on (1) or off (0) logging of multiplayer results (scores) to the file "serverscores.txt" =============================================== == 8. Guidelines For Server Administrators == =============================================== The new patch includes several example shortcuts to launch a Drakan dedicated server. You can copy and modify these shortcuts which exist in the installation folder for Drakan. Please refer to the Drakan Command-Line Options section of the Drakan README.TXT file for more information on command-line options. We recommend that server operators create a Server Rules File (SRF). An SRF allows a server operator to publish additional information to a client when extended information is queried about the server. A rule is a name/value pair. To add rules to a server, simply create a text file named ServerRules.txt in the Drakan folder where you installed the game. The file should have the following format: RuleName1=RuleValue1 RuleName2=RuleValue2 etc... An example would be: Admin_Name=Your Name Here Admin_Email=name@address.com Admin_Web=http://www.address.com/drakan There are several rule names that we have standardized and expect all dedicated server operators to use. This is mainly to support future levels that do not ship with Drakan to make it easy for players to obtain the levels and MODs that your server is running. Additional rules and information can be added freely. RULE NAME DESCRIPTION --------- ----------- Admin_Name The name of the server administrator or company. Admin_Email The e-mail contact for the server administrator. Admin_Web The URL for the administrator or server web site. URL_Levels The URL where users can download the current set of levels the server is running. URL_MOD The URL where users can download the current MOD that the server is running. =================================== Sharing Widget |
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