Last updated: 19/07/2025
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Features:
- Self-installing: no more manual manipulation of the game files
- Installs the original patch 445 + newest version of the AiO patch,
- Contains all of the known good fanmade singleplayer & multiplayer Drakan maps
- Optionally installs the dgVoodoo2 DirectX wrapper, for improved display quality,
- Now supports 32-bit textures (since build 153.01),
- Includes the Drakan Level Editor (set up to use dgVoodoo2 as a stability fix),
- Has various usability improvements to the Level Editor,
- Also installs some extra content - in particular, the original soundtrack and various optional mods (incl. the alternate ending patch),
- Supports the English, German, Spanish and Italian versions of Drakan (also Setup).
- If updating from a previous version of the Community Patch: just start the installer
- Fresh installation (recommended method): Install Drakan from the game disc and run the Community Patch installer.
No need to install the 445 patch first, as it's already included in the Community Patch. - Alternatively, the Community Patch can be installed over the Drakan Gold Pack - and it will work just fine, too.
Changelog:
NOTE: Please click here to view the changelog for the AiO patch, which forms the backbone of the Community Patch.
Build 155.07:
- Update of singleplayer maps structure: The structure of singleplayer maps has been updated to improve gameplay flow and enhance the overall experience. (Thanks to @vikingwasdead for his work).
- Most legacy(unofficial) multiplayer maps have been removed due to obsolescence and lack of maintenance. To use any removed maps, download the Custom Map Pack from Arokh’s Lair website.
- Completely redesigned setup: The installer has been completely revamped, featuring updated graphics and the addition of an accompanying official soundtrack "New Order (Island)" during the patch installation process.
- Compatibility with Windows 11: The game now fully supports Windows 11.
- Addition of new maps: A new multiplayer map titled "Highland" has been added, courtesy of @YanGez93, along with the new singleplayer map called "Mountain World Sandbox".
- Removal of the "Drakan's Server Tool (DST v1.0)" because it is outdated and incomplete.
- FPS cap increased from 60 to 120 (Note: Requires V-Sync to be disabled from "Drakan Engine" settings).
- dgVoodoo2 updated to significantly improve the display experience (32-bit textures).
- 32-bit texture fixed, Rynn sometimes was spawning with an unrendered face,
- Added Drakan's Server Tool (DST v1.0), you can manage the server with this tool,
- Installer now supports Italian, English, German, Spanish,
- Drakan now supports external HD Texture Packs (if there are any),
- Installer will now install automatically DirectSound-Fix (fixing in-game music/sounds),
- Multiplayer Maps updated to the latest version.
- 32-bit textures are now supported, both in-game as well as in the Level Editor; further details are in the readme file: "What's new in the Level Editor.txt",
- Added completely new landscape import functionality to the Level Editor: it's now possible to import Digital Elevation Models spanning the entire map in just a couple of clicks; additionally, the vertical (height) resolution of the imported landscape is vastly improved compared to what the original importer allowed,
- Added support for patching the Spanish language version of Drakan,
- Added support for Spanish language option in the installer itself (translation of custom message strings courtesy of Javixx95); as with the previously introduced German version, the installer language is completely unrelated to the in-game language,
- Anisotropic filtering is now disabled by default in the dgVoodoo2 settings (fixes the issue of in-game text appearing blurred),
- Drakan's configuration files (Arokh.ini and Drakan.cfg) are now backed up as Arokh.ini.old and Drakan.cfg.old during installation, to allow manually reverting to the previous settings if they become accidentally overwritten for any reason,
- Fixed a single broken texture in the System database (texture ID 5208),
- Installing the Community Patch now causes the long-defunct Mplayer utility (which gets installed by the original Drakan installer) to be properly uninstalled, instead of merely deleting its shortcuts,
- Map rebalance: reduced the damage output potential of the Fire Katana in Katana War, since in practice it turned out to be unbalanced (too powerful) now that its alternate attack has been rendered actually usable in one of the previous updates,
- Minor fix: the Alwarren water fountain "puzzle" now once more works as intended; also its sequence has been tweaked slightly, and the waterspout is no longer misaligned with the stream of water,
- Minor fix: replaced an incorrect sound file of Rynn saying "Ooh, la entrada a las minas!" instead of the expected "Oh! El cristal agrietado!" in the Spanish version,
- Minor fix: replaced one of the textures in Fountain of Life 3 with a slightly improved version (made possible by the new fixes to the Level Editor's alpha map import code - see below),
- Names of the Start Menu shortcuts created by the Community Patch installer are now in the same language as Drakan, instead of the language that the user selected during the setup process; obviously, this only matters if those 2 languages are not the same,
- Reformatted the "Quick Start and Troubleshooting Guide" for better readability - it now has a table of contents, as it was beginning to get too long for its old format,
- Some further tweaks to the Level Editor's undo functionality have been introduced by UCyborg's AiO patch; the undo limit is now 50, and the setting for the number of undo levels is remembered between sessions,
- The Level Editor received a substantial overhaul of the way it handles texture imports/exports - in particular, exporting alpha-mapped textures is now possible (both the 16-bit and 32-bit formats); also importing separate alpha maps no longer causes them to be subtly corrupted by the import process,
- The installer now checks for the presence of existing savegames from an old (pre-AiO patch) version of Drakan; if such savegames are found to exist, they will be moved to their correct location automatically,
- To help with diagnosing any installer-related bugs, the installer creates a log file named "CPInstallLog.txt"; it can be found in the Drakan installation directory,
- Uninstalling the Community Patch without having first uninstalled Drakan now leaves the base Drakan installation minimally functional (previously it would have been left in a completely broken state instead),
- Uninstalling the Community Patch after Drakan has already been uninstalled beforehand no longer results in some of the old patch files being left behind.