Getting the game data

Full Game

Installing from a CD

Under windows, just install the game normally and then apply the 1.21 patch.

For linux you can either do the same or use the script provided in the scripts directory of the Arx Libertatis source code. For this you will need to install Inno Extract and cabextract, download the 1.21 patch, insert the original arx cdrom and then run:

scripts/install-cd /dev/cdrom path/to/ArxFatalis_1.21_MULTILANG.exe path/to/output/dir/

or

scripts/install-cd path/to/arx.iso path/to/ArxFatalis_1.21_MULTILANG.exe path/to/output/dir/

For this you will also need fuseiso (http://fuseiso.sourceforge.net/), isoinfo from either cdrkit (http://cdrkit.org/) or cdrtools (http://cdrecord.berlios.de/), or root privileges to mount/extract the cdrom image. Althernatively you can mount the cdrom yourself and run the script as

scripts/install-cd path/to/mount/point/ path/to/ArxFatalis_1.21_MULTILANG.exe path/to/output/dir/

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

In case you haven't installed innoextract globally, you will need to make sure the script finds it by first running

export PATH="/path/to/dir/containing/innoextract/:$PATH"

If you have a localized version and the scripts complains about a checksum mismatch but the game runs fine, please add the correct checksums to Required data files and checksums. In that case you might also use the language-specific version of the 1.21 patch instead of ArxFatalis_1.21_MULTILANG.exe to get correct version of loc.pak for your language.

Buying a new copy on-line

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

• GOG.com
• Steam
• Direct2Drive

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.

The GOG.com version can be extracted without windows or wine if you install Inno Extract and then use the script provided in the scripts directory of the Arx Libertatis source code:

scripts/install-gog path/to/setup_arx_fatalis.exe path/to/output/dir/

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

In case you haven't installed innoextract globally, you will need to make sure the script finds it by first running

export PATH="/path/to/dir/containing/innoextract/:$PATH"

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.

• http://games.softpedia.com/get/Games-Demo/Arx-Fatalis.shtml
• http://www.fileplanet.com/85489/80000/fileinfo/Arx-Fatalis-Demo-%5BEnglish---Updated%5D
• http://www.atomicgamer.com/files/38003/arx-fatalis-demo
• http://www.shacknews.com/file/1145/arx-fatalis-demo-v113
• http://www.gamershell.com/download_137.shtml

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.