Flame modifies the Dungeon Keeper 2 code to fix the bugs found in both single and multiplayer. It works with the Disk, Steam and GOG versions of the game.
If you have any bugs in the game, please describe them in the discord channel: https://discord.gg/RvrQpCFUZc When you do, be sure to have followed the recommended installation steps.
- Go to the releases page and download the Flame-1.7.0-*.zip file of the newest release
- Extract the zip file into your Dungeon Keeper 2 game directory
Now run DKII-Flame-1.7.0-*.exe to play. It is possible to rename the .exe file to play Multiplayer via GameRanger.
Note: It is possible to find newer test builds on github actions
Note 2: The Data directory and ddraw.dll file are not required for this to work, but are recommended.
The Data folder in the zip file contains patches for some campaign maps taken from the link https://keeperklan.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=141. These fix creatures like Dark Angels not spawning in some campaign maps.
The ddraw.dll in the flame.zip file are taken from https://github.com/narzoul/DDrawCompat/releases/tag/v0.5.3
It fixing some graphical bugs and i think improve general stability.
This dll is especially needed for those who observe graphic artifacts when starting the game
or whose game crashes immediately upon starting any game level
The Steam version of the game is installed along with this ddraw.dll
Flame is a new approach to modifying the compiled code of Dungeon Keeper 2
Flame recompiles some functions of DKII.EXE into a separate .exe file.
Then it merges this file with the original .exe file, replacing the references to
the original functions with the references to recompiled functions.
Recompiled functions are supplemented with switchable changes that fix some game bugs
Earlier, this project implemented an approach to fully relinking DKII.EXE,
which contains false positive references that caused new bugs.
- CMake 3.25 or higher https://cmake.org/download/
- Visual Studio 2022
- Dungeon Keeper II v1.70 (GOG/Steam version)
- Python 3 https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
mkdir build && cd build"D:\Program Files\Visual Studio Community\2022\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars32.bat"cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -GNinja -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../install ..cmake --build .cmake --install .copy "..\install\DKII-Flame-<version>.exe" "<Dungeon Keeper2 dir>/DKII-Flame.exe"