- Winter of the Wolf takes place 7 years before the events of Battle Realms. The Wolf Clan used to have a wild lifestyle in harmony with nature in an unexplored land. But when something shook their home, they were forced to use the power of their sacred totem to transport to a safer place.
- Game Description: Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf takes place seven years prior to the events in Battle Realms. The Wolf clan has suffered under the lash of its Lotus slave masters for three decades, toiling endlessly in the brutal depths of the shale mines.
If Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf crashes, Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf will not start, Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf not installing, there are no controls in Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf, no sound in game, errors happen in Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf – we offer you the most common ways to solve these problems.
Be sure to update your graphics card drivers and other software
Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf requires DirectX 8 to run properly. DirectX 8 is included on the original Battle Realms CD. After Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf has finished copying the. Game files, remove the CD and replace it with the Battle Realms CD. After a brief load period, the following menu should load automatically. Our Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf +8 trainer is now available and supports GOG. These Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf cheats are designed to enhance your experience with the game.
Before letting out all of your bad feelings toward development team, do not forget to go to the official website of your graphics card manufacturer and download the latest drivers. There are often specially prepared optimized drivers for specific game. You can also try to install a past versions of the driver if the problem is not solved by installing the current version. It is important to remember that only the final version of the video card driver must be loaded – try not to use the beta version, since they can have some terrible bugs.
Do not also forget that for good game operation you may need to install the latest version DirectX, which can be found and downloaded from official Microsoft website.
Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf not starting
Many of the problems with games launching happen because of improper installation. Check, if there was any error during installation, try deleting the game and run the installer again, but before install don’t forget to disable antivirus – it may often mistakenly delete files during installation process. It is also important to remember that the path to the folder with a game should contain only Latin characters and numbers.
You also have to check whether there is enough space on the HDD for installation. You can also try to run the game as an administrator in compatibility mode with different versions of Windows.
Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf crashes. Low FPS. Friezes. Hangs
Your first solution to this problem install new drivers for a video card. This action can drastically rise game FPS. Also, check the CPU and memory utilization in the Task Manager (opened by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + ESCAPE). If before starting the game you can see that some process consumes too many resources - turn off the program or simply remove this process from Task Manager.
Next, go to the graphics settings in the game. First – turn off anti-aliasing and try to lower the setting, responsible for post-processing. Many of them consume a lot of resources and switching them off will greatly enhance the performance, and not greatly affect the quality of the picture.
Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf crashes to the desktop
If Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf often crashes to the desktop, try to reduce quality of the graphics. It is possible that your PC just does not have enough performance and the game may not work correctly. Also, it is worth to check out for updates - most of today's games have the automatic patches installation system on startup if internet connection is available. Check to see whether this option is turned off in the settings and switch it on if necessary.
Black of black screen in the Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf
The most common issue with black screen is a problem with your GPU. Check to see if your video card meets the minimum requirements and install the latest drivers. Sometimes a black screen is the result of a lack of CPU performance.
If everything is fine with your hardware and it satisfies the minimum requirements, try to switch to another window (ALT + TAB), and then return to the game screen.
Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf is not installed. Installation hangs
First of all, check that you have enough space on the HDD for installation. Remember that to work properly installer requires the declared volume of space, plus 1-2 GB of additional free space on the system drive. In general, remember this rule – you must always have at least 2 gigabytes of free space on your system drive (usually it’s disk C) for temporary files. Otherwise, the games and the other software may not work correctly or even refuse to start.
Problems with the installation may also be due to the lack of an internet connection or it’s instability. Also, do not forget to stop the antivirus for the time game installation – sometimes it interferes with the correct file copy, or delete files by mistake, mistakenly believing they are viruses.
Saves not working in Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf
By analogy with the previous solution, check for free space on HDD - both on where the game is installed, and the system drive. Often your saves are stored in a folder of documents, which is separate from the game itself.
Controls not working in Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf
Sometimes the controls in game do not work because of the simultaneous connection of multiple input devices. Try disabling gamepad, or, if for some reason, you have two connected keyboards or mouses, leave only one pair of devices. If your gamepad does not work, remember - the games usually officially support only native Xbox controllers. If your controller is defined in system differently - try using software that emulates the Xbox gamepad (eg, x360ce - step by step manual can be found here).
No sound in Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf
Check if the sound works in other programs. Then check to see if the sound is turned off in the settings of the game, and whether there is correct audio playback device selected, which is connected your speakers or headset. After this check volumes in system mixer, it can also be turned off there.
If you are using an external audio card - check for new drivers at the manufacturer's website.
| Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf | |
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| Developer(s) | Liquid Entertainment |
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| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
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| Genre(s) | Real-time strategy |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf is an expansion pack for the real-time strategy video game Battle Realms, developed by Liquid Entertainment and co-published by Ubisoft and Crave Entertainment. The game was announced on July 7, 2002,[2] and released on November 5, 2002 in North America.[1]
Synopsis[edit]
The martial arts-themed RTS takes place seven years prior to the events in the first game.[3][4]
The story begins with Grayback, the last heir to the Wolf clan's throne, explaining that long ago that life was better for their clan before the storms came and drowned their paradise. They were saved from death by their druidess order using their clan's most sacred treasure the white wolf's skull, given to them by their clan's totem, the white wolf.[4]
The skull guided them to the lands of the Serpent empire where their new neighbors the Serpent and Lotus clan welcomed them as allies but unfortunately they trusted them. Thinking that their lives seemed simple and good again little did they know that Lord Zymeth of the Lotus clan made a deal with the Serpent emperor and attacked them by surprise. The Serpent clan looked away as the Lotus burned their towns and killed their people, many wolvesmen tried to fight back but were unsuccessful, the survivors of the battle became slaves in the Lotus shale mines, ever since then Grayback trained his fellow miners in the arts of war, led them to rebellion and struggle for freedom from the grip of their slave master Mistress Yvaine.[4]
Grayback and some slaves had the chance to escape slavery from the shale mines, and formed new equipment along with reinforcements led by Longtooth, Grayback's old friend. With the successful escape of Grayback and his Wolfmen, they recruited fellow clans to aid their war. Soon they rallied around different Lotus and Serpent camps and destroyed them one by one.
Reception[edit]
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Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf received 'mixed or average,' according to review aggregator Metacritic, based on reviews from 10 professional critics.[6]Greg Kasavin from GameSpot criticized the chaotic combat and difficulty 'to keep track of what's happening in the game's large-scale battles,' limited user interface, relatively 'small unit counts' and 'limited base defenses,' and lack of 'any huge changes to the original;' rating the game 7.3 out of 10.[3] Similarly, IGN's Dan Adams rated it 7.5 out of 10, claiming that 'levels can be unimaginative and the character development and dialogue are uninspired,' and didn't like the 'short overall campaign.'[4]GameZone gave it 8.5 out of 10, the highest of all reviews.[8]
Winter of the Wolf was packaged with the original game in North America for $29.99, with a $10 rebate offer for those who already owned Battle Realms.[1][3] It was also sold separately.
References[edit]
- ^ abcCalvert, Justin (November 5, 2002). 'Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf ships'. GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
- ^Walker, Trey (July 1, 2002). 'Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf announced'. GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
- ^ abcdKasavin, Greg (November 21, 2002). 'Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf Review'. GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
- ^ abcdeAdams, Dan (2002-11-18). 'Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf'. IGN. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
- ^'Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf for PC'. GameRankings. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
- ^ ab'Battle Realms Winter of the Wolf for PC Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. November 21, 2002. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
- ^'Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf'. Computer Gaming World: 108. March 2003. Archived from the original on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
- ^ abSchutz, Jake (2002-12-02). 'Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf - PC - Review'. GameZone. Archived from the original on 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
- ^Peckham, Matthew (February 2003). 'Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf'. PC Gamer: 84. Archived from the original on 2005-02-07. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
- ^Bemis, Greg (2002-11-16). ''Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf' (PC) Review'. X-Play. Archived from the original on 2002-12-17. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
- ^Pavlovic, Uros 'Vader' (2002-11-06). 'Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf Review'. ActionTrip. Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
External links[edit]
Battle Realms Winter Of The Wolf Deutsch Patch
- Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf at MobyGames
Battle Realms Winter Of The Wolf Patch Notes