Thanks to Jasoya, he found a way to explore Rynn’s village at the start of Drakan: The Ancient’s Gates which is normally seen in a cutscene. However most of the level is actually there – maybe it was intended to be playable originally? So, if you want to explore the village on foot it can be accessed through a game glitch / bug which can be exploited. It is all in a handy PDF below.
How to unlock Rynn’s village at the start of Drakan:TAG as a playable level.
I’ve been playing around with AI text to image and image to video tools which Grok Imagine excels at however it is hopeless at getting what you want from a prompt. For example a prompt asking for an image of Arokh against a backdrop of Surdana initially produced a man in a futuristic city where other AI’s namely Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini both produced images somewhat nearer. All three AI’s were given the same prompt and used the Arokh Concept art image as a reference. The man that Grok insisted on using I made into Heron. However none of these AI generated images produce a dragon that looks anything like Arokh but I thought I’d share them nevertheless. The best dragon image by far is this one which I upscaled to 8K resolution which looks fantastic and is certainly worthy of printing and framing to display on your wall as a poster. It’s not Arokh but really nice effort by Grok
Here’s a few results:-
Please click continue reading for some video examples
Thanks to our discord members Deltwin and Mr V! there is a major new release of the community patch. This fixes lots of newly discovered bugs and fixes several compatibility issues with newer graphics cards and windows 11.
As this patch makes lots of changes it requires a clean install. That is you need to completely remove the game then the existing patch then re-install the game skipping the 445 patch (this replaces it); download and basic instructions can be found on the downloads page. Please note that on Windows 11 24H2 or later support for 16 bit installers has been removed. You will get an error when you attempt to re-install the game but don’t worry, the error will show a link where you can download a patch to restore support for older games. Only current issue is save games for custom single player maps are broken and won’t load. Saves from the game’s campaign will still work.
As for the forum, due to new UK law requiring proof of age the forums have been locked indefinitely. That means no-one can register or post topics / replies except moderators and admins. The forums will be kept as read only until I find a mod or extension that can verify age automatically. There is more information on the announcement [!] Forums are now Read-Only (Update) – Arokhslair.net
You will probably be aware that the forum is more or less dead anyway and the community has moved to Discord where we are still very much active. For those that do not know, the link is on the site menu above.
Thanks to our Discord and Forum member, Deltwin there is an updated community patch which fixes several bugs and issues. Link is same as before on the downloads page, just the file has been updated. The download file is password protected – the password is listed on the downloads page.
Deltwin also hosts a full time game server and this patch will be required to be able to play on his multiplayer server. It does not affect single player save games, your existing saves from the previous patch will work on this version. *** Depreciated but link to this version is provided on the downloads page***
Thanks to our forum and Discord member, Deltwin he is hosting a Drakan multiplayer server which can host up to 60 players and is running 24/7. You will need the community patch installed on your copy of Drakan (game version should show 377/447 if installed) for you to be able to connect. You will also need the updated multiplayer map pack; both are available on the downloads page. The server lists automatically in the in-game server browser after about 10 seconds. You can check the server status at Drakan Serverlist :: 333networks masterserver at any time. If you would like any specific maps or want to know when to play and organise matches please join our Discord server.
On a side note I have re-enabled forum registration but it requires admin approval for account activation. I do not get time to check the forum regularly but I will check once a day at least. If all goes well we might re-activate the forum fully or consider moving to a new platform using Zenforo.
XTX from our discord server has shared high quality scans of the Drakan Comic which released in Germany. Unfortunately it wasn’t translated into other languages but if you want to view the comic it can be downloaded below. It’s around 55Mb in size and is in the PDF format.
https://www.arokhslair.net/downloads/Drakan_Comic_scans_by_xTx.pdf
As it’s drawing close to the end of the year and the deadline for forum closure I have decided to clarify exactly what is closing as there is some confusion as to if it’s the whole forum or just the BoD section.
Here is what has / will happen:-
The whole forum (Drakan and BoD) is now members only. No new members can register but existing members can still post and contribute.
The BoD section has been made private so you have to be logged in to view it. This keeps it hidden from public view but still allows existing members to participate.
I was going to make the BoD section (not the Drakan and general forum) read only at the end of the year. I have decided to extend this by 6 months unless I get further trouble from our Chinese scamming friend. An email has been sent out to all members.
Please join our discord server (link above) which is where the Drakan community is the most active.
The main website isn’t going anywhere at the moment and will continue as-is.
Finally, the dedicated multiplayer server will be running over the Xmas and New Year period so we can play some multiplayer together and catch up on old times. Don’t forget to install the community patch and the MP pack update.
Have a good Xmas and New Year everyone!
Hi guys the multiplayer dedicated server has been retired as its not economical to keep it going anymore. Hardly anyone plays the game now and to have a PC sat there 24/7 wasting electricity isn’t viable. Furthermore there are constant issues with windows 10 and now it keeps dropping off the network. I’ve tried to fix it but short of a total reinstall I’m stumped at what else I can do. It just seems to be a constant stream of issues. I’m sorry but it’s not worth my time and money investing in it further.
However if you have your game patched with the community patch you can host a game and it will still register with the master server. Other players will be able to see your server via the in game browser. If you have any questions about that please visit our discord server. Link in the menu bar above.
I have changed the community patch installer to be packaged inside a password protected .zip file as Microsoft Smartscreen filter sees the file as malware and prevents downloading the file. I have submitted the file to Microsoft to be removed from their database but they refused. The patch is being recognised as malware because it is not a signed application but as this is community made this isn’t really possible to get it signed. Other AV companies have removed it from their blacklists but Microsoft refuse to budge. The password for the community patch .zip is arokh.