Arx Fatalis (Arx Libertatis)
Game: Arx Fatalis (Windows, 2002)
Arx Libertatis: a cross-platform port of Arx Fatalis based on the source code Arkane Studios released, which adapts it to modern systems, brings it to new platforms, and removes bugs and limitations of the original. Version 1.2 (July 13, 2021), eight years after 1.1, brought more forgiving rune recognition when drawing spells and a bow aim mode where the arrow flies where it points, both of which can be turned off for the original controls; configurable HUD, player book, and cursor scaling for high resolutions, without stretching the book or minimap in widescreen or ultrawide; text and voice language selection in the menu; fixed item physics; adjustable field of view, an option to remove camera bobbing, and a frame rate limit; HRTF surround sound with OpenAL Soft and the reverb that used to need an EAX sound card; SDL 2, with raw mouse input and Wayland; and a console for running script commands. The latest release is 1.2.1 (April 10, 2022), a bugfix release that restored Windows XP support; there’s a Windows installer and Linux binaries, plus development snapshots and packages for macOS (Homebrew), many Linux distributions, the BSDs, and Haiku. The latest commit is from August 22, 2024. On Linux, its data install script (arx-install-data), if you install from the CD and it can’t find the patch on your machine, downloads the official 1.21 patch by itself from Bethesda’s CDN or its Internet Archive copy, and for the Japanese version the 1.02j patch from the Internet Archive copy of Capcom’s site; you can avoid this with the --no-patch option or by pointing it to your own file.
You needThe data from your own copy of Arx Fatalis (from GOG, Steam, the Microsoft Store, or the CD, which also needs the 1.21 patch) or from its demo. On Windows, install Arx Fatalis before Arx Libertatis; on Linux, the data is installed with its script. Plus Windows or Linux (on other systems, through community packages or by building it) and a graphics card with OpenGL 1.5, though 2.1 or later is recommended.
- How it gets to PC
- Port of the released source code
- Console
- Microsoft Windows
- Original studio
- Arkane Studios
- Year
- 2002
- Author
- dscharrer / Eli2
- Stars
- 1.1k
- Last activity
- 2024-08-22 · 2 years ago
- Latest version
- 1.2.1 · 2022-04-10
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Language
- C++
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