Technical Help
editThe below was posted to the article, but I know for certain that some of it is inaccurate. The Radeon 8500 series will not work with the game at all, for example, due to an issue the game has with the card's dual monitor features. Some recent DX10 Radeon cards won't work either (I have tried.) On the other hand, I have found that the Radeon X800 does work with the game. So it is very hit and miss with Radeon cards.
Dominion Wars is known to not work on certain video cards. The following Video cards are confirmed compatible:
nVidia: TNT2~GeForce FX 5900(with old drivers) ATI: All Radeon cards SiS 630 Integrated graphics
Intel 900 series integrated Graphics will not work with DW, as well as nVidia GeForce 6100~7900 series.
If you have a v1.04 disc, you don't need any patch. There are different version of DW that require different patches:
US version 1.01: need US 1.01-1.04 patch Europe version 1.03: need Europe 1.03-1.04 patch German version 1.03: need German 1.03-1.04 patch
Do not download or use the v1.05 patch which will broke game. After patched, set compatibility mode to Windows98/Me if you are using Windows XP.
- DW requires at least one CD/DVD drive. If you have a laptop, use daemon-tools or alcohol 52% to emulate a CD drive. You can use no-cd exe, but a CD/DVD drive is still necessary.
- DW doesn't like multiple monitors, even if you have only one monitor connected, but with two or more in device manager. Check your device manager and remove unused monitors.
- DW will not run on Vista.