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May 08, 2018
LEGACY OF KAIN: BLOOD OMEN (GL WRAPPER & PATCH)
This path redirects legacy DirectDraw graphics into OpenGL 1.1/3.0 and allow play game on modern PC under Windows 10. Numerious problems have been fixed and several PS1 features have been restored
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Fixes & features:
- Game runs on modern PC (Windows 7/8/10)
- Game runs with 60 FPS speed
- Game renders via OpenGL 1.1/3.0. If your GPU supports OpenGL 3.0 - game uses it. If no - game uses OpenGL 1.1
- Removed CD check and game can run now without CD. (see "Installation" section)
- Removed system restriction for 4 languages (Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Thai)
- When switching display modes (F12), the game does not crash now
- When switching display into "Eagle Eye" (F6), the game does not crash now
- Camera zoom is working now, not only for 320x240 mode (like on PS1), but for 640x480 too
- Camera can follow by Kain movement like in PS1 version
- Added feature to run and switch the game into windowed mode
- Added feature to switch on/off filtering
- Corrected rendering speed for Nosgoth map and Kain's inventory menu
- Added configuration window on startup, similar to Soul Reaver. To disable it - launch the game with command parameter "-noconfig"
- Added FPS counter
- Implemented subtitles engine
- Implemented 3D sounds via OpenAL
- Implemented XInput support with gamepad vibrations
- Arrows keys are duplicated on WSAD keys
- Intro movies and cutscenes are now played in progressive mode
- Cutscenes and flights movies are encoded with better quality
- Game can play stereo sound files for cutscenes
- Added HQ Sound Patch - sound files from PS1 version. Thanks to NobelGas
- Added modified installer from original CD, which help you install game from CD on modern PC together with this pach
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Languages:
Interface
- English - official
- French - official
- Brazilian Portuguese - (Vetor Ndh)
- Russian - (Allard)
- Spanish - (legacyofkain.es)
Voices
- English - official
- French - official
- German - official
- Japanese - official
- Russian - (Vector/Licy/Kudos/Paradox/Golden Leon)
- Spanish - (legacyofkain.es)
Subtitles
- English - (Razorwind Games)
- Brazilian Portuguese - (Vetor Ndh)
- Hungarian - (Janos Birinyi)
- Italian - (Luigi Gugliotta)
- Polish - (www.hansik.pl)
- Russian - (Allard)
- Spanish - (Evilangel)
- Ukrainian - (Verok)
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Key combinations:
Alt+Enter - Windowed/Fullscreen mode
Alt+I - On/Off FPS counter
Alt+F - On/Off image filtering
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Installation:
Regular CD installation
- Download and extract archive (FullPackage or SubsOnly)
- Insert your PC game disk into CD/DVD-ROM (or cd image drive)
- Launch SETUP.EXE from extracted archive
- Select installation type (Full Installation - with HQ cutscenes)
- Follow installer instruction until completion
In case you are using Wine:
- Launch Wine Configuration utility ( $ winecfg )
- On "Applications" tab add your KAIN.EXE, in case if it's not there (see example)
- On "Libraries" tab make sure ddraw is selected as "Native then Builtin" (see example)
- Launch KAIN.EXE
- Have fun ;)
For GOG player
- Install your game via regular GOG installer
- Download patch archive (FullPackage or SubsOnly)
- Extract its content and replace all old files inside game folder
In case you are using Wine:
- Launch Wine Configuration utility ( $ winecfg )
- On "Applications" tab add your KAIN.EXE, in case if it's not there (see example)
- On "Libraries" tab make sure ddraw is selected as "Native then Builtin" (see example)
- Launch KAIN.EXE
- Have fun ;)
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Downloads:
Patch + Installer + Languages (subtitles only)
KainGL_1.74_MULTI8_SubsOnly.7z - 1.7 MB
Mirror 1
https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1HtKuQxd9ZV3gwxjyLrFhH3BsSTFzi7ul
Mirror 2
https://mega.nz/file/Zw1C3AyA#yV2nzK-iOkHcW93ClsXJkofI41Dhr8WnQwpjpkBAnwU
Mirror 3
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AnztLe6c9vNlgnXuJtC4buSTQz8e?e=7xSzwj
Patch + Installer + Languages (textures, voices & subtitles)
KainGL_1.74_MULTI11_FullPackage.7z - 1.51 GB
Mirror 1
https://drive.google.com/uc?id=18l0WgBvhSeUA0LSrWZsK5wMO-p0F8aOB
Mirror 2
https://mega.nz/file/w0VgnDhI#M513OJtVNl_zyYEoNDSDP-9sD8AkvRbYvO3numW5e6A
Mirror 3
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AnztLe6c9vNlgnZRcm6q17qzf1vJ?e=XQ86Lj
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NOTE: This package does not contain game itself. It's large because it has HQ cutscenes and several languages files. To install this package and game, you still need to have original CD image mounted into your CD image drive.
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