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You can either install the demo using windows or wine or use [http://www.cabextract.org.uk/ cabextract] to extract the data files.
You can either install the demo using windows or wine or use [http://www.cabextract.org.uk/ cabextract] to extract the data files.


There is a helper script in the <code>scripts</code> directory of the [https://github.com/arx/ArxLibertatis Arx Libertatis source code]:
There is a helper script in the <code>scripts</code> directory of the [https://github.com/arx/ArxLibertatis Arx Libertatis source code] that wraps unzip and cabextract. Run:


  scripts/install-demo <zipfile> bin/
  scripts/install-demo path/to/arx_demo_english.zip path/to/output/dir/


=== Manually extracting the data ===
If you have md5sum installed, the script will also verify the installed files.
 
This is more of interest to package maintainers, for most people the <code>install-demo</code> script should be enough.
 
First, extract the .zip file:
mkdir demo && cd demo && unzip ../arx_demo_english.zip
 
Now extract the three .cab files
<pre class="code">
cd demo
cabextract Setup1.cab
cabextract Setup2.cab
cabextract Setup3.cab
</pre>
 
If <code>data</code> is your destination directory, create a <code>data/misc</code> directory and copy the following files:
* <code>demo/bin/Arx.ttf</code> to <code>data/misc/arx.ttf</code>
* <code>demo/bin/data2.pak</code> to <code>data/data2.pak</code>
* <code>demo/bin/LOC.pak</code> to <code>data/loc.pak</code>
* <code>demo/bin/Logo.bmp</code> to <code>data/misc/logo.bmp</code>
* <code>demo/data.pak</code> to <code>data/data.pak</code>
* <code>demo/SFX.pak</code> to <code>data/sfx.pak</code>
* <code>demo/SPEECH.pak</code> to <code>data/speech.pak</code>
 
Note: Manually renaming the files to lowercase is not strictly necessary as the game will try to do so on the first run.
 
See [[Required data files and checksums]] if you want to verify that you have all required data files.

Revision as of 16:21, 22 March 2012

Full Game

Installing from a CD

Just install the game normally using either Windows or Wine and then apply the 1.21 patch.

Because there is no extractor for the patch setup file, we cannot provide an automated install script yet.

Buying a new copy on-line

The windows version of Arx Fatalis is available at various download-only stores:

Just like with the cd install, do a normal windows (or wine) install and then copy the data (or run directly in the install directory). However, the download-only versions should already include the latest patch.

Required files

The project is in need of checksums for the various versions of the data.

If you have a version not listed or you'd like to verify that you have the required files, please see Required data files and checksums.

Demo

Download arx_demo_english.zip or arxdemoenglish.zip (md5sum: 3c59a5799e1237b1b181c96e8c09155a)

The following sites work without a login and don't wrap the .zip file in an annoying .exe at the time of this writing.

You can either install the demo using windows or wine or use cabextract to extract the data files.

There is a helper script in the scripts directory of the Arx Libertatis source code that wraps unzip and cabextract. Run: 

scripts/install-demo path/to/arx_demo_english.zip path/to/output/dir/

If you have md5sum installed, the script will also verify the installed files.

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