The Bard's Tale

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Game Info

Game version 1.0
Installer Does not work, but has workaround
Game Works, minor issues
Patch Have not tried
Download patch
Demo works No
Download demo download from UGO
Requires no-cd patch Yes
Multiplayer works Unknown
Works with Cedega version(s) 6.1 beta 3
Tested with Cedega version(s) 5.2.9, 5.0.3, 6.1 beta3
Supported by TransGaming No
URLs Official homepage

Installation Issues

  • Demo uses MSI installer which is not working. Installation of instmsia.exe doesn't help.
  • The full version uses Nullsoft installer. It's not possible to view and pass license agreement. There are two possible workarounds:

Method 1: Use /S command line option! (This will launch silent install). NB: "S" must be in uppercase.
Method 2: You need to use native windows dll-s. First, to pass licence agreement, you need riched20.dll (use google to search "riched20.dll download"). Secondly, to pass Window Media Player 9 check, extract contents of wmfdist.exe to the $GAMEFOLDER/c_drive/windows/system32 directory. Command
$cabextract wmfdist.exe
will do it. If all dll-s are in place, installation works well.

Game Issues

  • Using cedega 6.1 beta 3 engine, game works. Using default settings, there can be two problems:

1. An audio issue: Audio and video are not in sync. Using alsa backend as audiodriver will fix those problems. 2. Slow motion: All action works in slow motion. Workaround: Set GL shading language to "no" and set pixel shaders version to 1.3.

Older Issues

  • DVD version of Game uses a version of SecuRom copyprotection which is not working with cedega. Download a fixed exe from [www.gamecopyworld.com].
  • If you have done all black magic to get so far, game will crash anyway. Debug output will show repeating messages: warn:ddraw:D3D_GL_set_texture_stage_state unsupported texture stage.
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