Howling Woods

Write to us

Something not working, a question, or a town you want to show off? Email us and a person will read it.

If something went wrong, these help us fix it fast:

1. What happened, and what you were doing just before.
2. Your computer's details. In the game, open Settings, go to About and press Copy system info, then paste it into your email.
3. The log file. Settings, About, Open log folder, and attach howlingwoods.log.

Your towns

Every town is saved on your computer as you play, and again when you quit. A copy of each is also put aside every time the game starts, so a town that goes wrong can be brought back.

• Towns: Settings, Open save folder. They live in %APPDATA%\HowlingWoods\saves
• Backups: Settings, Open backups folder, in %APPDATA%\HowlingWoods\backups

If a town will not open, do not delete anything. Write to us first: the backups can almost always bring it back.

If it runs slowly

• Open Settings, go to Graphics, and turn off Shadows, Occlusion and Bloom. Those cost the most on an older graphics card.
• On a laptop with two graphics chips, Windows may start the game on the weaker one. Open Windows Settings, then System, Display, Graphics. Add Howling Woods and set it to High performance.
• Keep your graphics drivers up to date. The game needs a card that supports DirectX 11.

Flashing light

Stormy nights have lightning. Settings, Graphics, Lightning: Soft is one slow swell with no flicker, and Off keeps the thunder but drops the light.