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required for multiplayer
i made the config
reduced TDP and GPU clock speed to minimum, otherwise the game seems to drain battery very fast, this config doesnt seem the affect performance noticeably, specially for a turn based game
game must be run in windowed mode otherwise you get a black screen
sometimes frames drop in very busy maps with tons of sprites
you need to use protontricks and install directplay, otherwise multiplayer wont work
boy i sure have done a lot to get this game running as close to perfect as possible, things i do for love...
anyhow as per my previous report, you need to download this mod
and follow the readme instructions in order to play this game widescreen, i couldnt make fullscreen work, but windowed mode with a resized window that fills the screen and doesnt stretch the image is as good as you are gonna get
then if you want to play multiplayer, either via the internet or LAN, you need directplay:
- install and launch protontricks, you can do this via the Discover app
- Select Age of Wonders Shadow Magic
- In the next page select "Select the default wineprefix"
- Select "Install a Windows DLL or component"
- Select "directplay" from the list
if the install fails, you probably need to delete the game's proton files and have steam redownload em
i tried playing a LAN game between my steam deck and my windows PC and it worked, altough i couldnt join deck games from my windows pc, only windows games from my deck, but i suspect this may be a firewall issue
Broken
I have played in the past, 180 hours on my account, came back to play some more and it is now broken. I will not wate time tinkering with closed source junk, third party 'tools' and 'patches'. Sort your act out or take it off the store site
i made the config
30 FPS, since the framerate can drop a bit at higher resolutions in more complex maps, Half-Rate shading
the game is not playable in conventional fullscreen, requiring a fix to resize the game in window mode a fill the screen
while playing widescreen some of the more complex maps can cause the framerate to dip slightly below 30 FPS while scrolling
just download this mod and check the readme, you will be able to play the game widescreen without issues
https://www.moddb.com/games/age-of-wonders-shadow-magic/downloads/aowsm-fix-for-steamdeck
i made the layout
game can only be played on windowed mode, the deck displays it as fullscreen but only on a 4:3 ratio
despite the issues with the aspect ratio, its still a very good game
i think launching the game on fullscreen causes an error, window mode works fine and the Deck displays the game as fullscreen anyways
the current version of proton doesnt work but 5.13 does
Game works perfect in Windowed mode.
Taskbar obstructed part of screen when running fullscreen, and input was broken.
Mouse interface is broken fullscreen.
The text didn't display correctly using 3840x2160. Dropping to 1920x1080 fixed the problem.
UnknownBoth software renderer and Direct3D work perfect
UnknownUnknownWorks perfectly
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