Key points
- TELP's 1.3a Patch fixes game-breaking bugs (digital distribution versions already include this patch).
- For Windows 8 and later apply the fullscreen fixes and run in 32-bit color.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- TELP subforum
- Celestial Heavens' subforum
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
TELP's 1.3a Patch (retail)
TELP's 1.3a Patch fixes many game-breaking bugs. Digital distribution versions already include this patch.
Run in 32-bit color
- 32-bit color mode slightly enhances visual quality and also fixes a freezing issue on Windows 8.
- The GOG.com version already includes this fix.
- This change could potentially prevent some users from launching the game such as this windows 7 user.
Set 32-bit color in autoexec.cfg[citation needed]
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- Go to the installation folder.
- Edit
autoexec.cfg .
- Change
"screendepth" "16" to "screendepth" "32"
- Change
"BitDepth" "16" to "BitDepth" "32"
- Save your changes.
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Skip intro videos
Rename/delete video files[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\Movies\
- Delete or rename
3DOLogo.bik , Intro.bik and New World Logo.bik .
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Skip launcher
Change shortcut target[citation needed]
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- Go to the shortcut properties.
- Replace
mm9.exe with lithtech.exe
- The game will now launch immediately from that shortcut.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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<path-to-game>\autoexec.lith
contains special settings that can't be changed in-game.
Save game data location
Video
Add +windowed 1 to shortcut[citation needed]
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- Go to the shortcut's properties.
- Add
+windowed 1 to the target.
Notes
- The window cannot be moved and may cause NPCs or even the whole game to run at inhuman speeds (try to change in autoexec.cfg "MaxFPS" "0" to "MaxFPS" "75" and it might fix this and mouse problem).
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Master, Sound Effects and Music. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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All conversation dialogue is subtitled; FMV cutscenes have no subtitles. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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EAX 2. Disabled by default. |
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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Retail only. |
Polish |
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Retail only. |
Russian |
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Retail only. |
Spanish |
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Fan translation, download. |
Issues fixed
Window border visible in fullscreen mode
- A window border is visible in fullscreen mode on Windows 8 and later.
Apply the fix[4]
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- Download the Might and Magic IX fullscreen fixes.
- Extract it anywhere and run
install.bat .
- Might and Magic IX will now enter fullscreen mode correctly (you do not need to restart your computer).
- Applying this fix will cause the Windowed mode border to disappear (use
uninstall.bat to remove the fix).
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- Menus freeze on Windows 8 and later if the game is running in 16-bit color (the default mode).
Run in 32-bit color[citation needed]
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- Set the game to run in 32-bit color.
- Menus will now work correctly.
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"The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000022)" error on launch
- This issue occurs when menus like the inventory take a long time to load (upwards of 12 seconds).
Replace cshell[6]
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- Go to to the installation folder and open the \data folder
- Make a backup of cshell.dll
- Download cshell.dll.
- Replace cshell.dll
- Opening menus should now be almost instant.
- If you wish to revert the fix, replace cshell.dll with the backup.
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Loading screen freezing fix
- This issue occurs when you can hear the sound of the game but the image freezes on the loading screen.
Replace ART.REZ and LOCALART.REZ[7]
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- Go to to the installation folder and open the \data folder
- Make backups of ART.REZ and LOCALART.REZ
- Download these two .rez files.
- Replace ART.REZ and LOCALART.REZ
- The game will now launch immediately from that shortcut.
- To revert the fix, replace ART.REZ and LOCALART.REZ with the backups.
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Black night/water fix
Install dgVoodoo
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- Download the latest stable version of dgvoodoo
- Extract dgVoodoo2_77.zip and then navigate to dgVoodoo2_77\MS\x86
- Copy the following files to the install location where mm9.exe is located: dgVoodoo.conf, dgVoodooCpl.exe, D3D8.dll, D3D9.dll, D3DImm.dll, and DDraw.dll
- Run the game and see if the word dgVoodoo appears in the bottom right corner. If it does, dgVoodoo is working and should fix the issue. If the dgVoodoo watermark doesn't appear, try double checking to see if it was installed correctly.
- To remove the watermark, run dgVoodooCpl.exe, goto DirectX, then uncheck dgVoodoo Watermark. Further configuration settings can be found here.
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Mouse Jittering fix
Change polling rate
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- Try opening autoexec.cfg and changing "MaxFPS" "0" to "MaxFPS" "75"
- If that doesn't work find out how to change polling rate for mouse. It's different depending on the brand, but it's typically done through the company's software.
- Set the polling rate to 125Hz
- If for whatever reason your mouse doesn't have a software to check what the polling rate is use Mouse Rate Checker. If the polling rate isn't 125 or 250, use hidusbf to change it to 125Hz.
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Other information
API
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
XP |
Processor (CPU) |
1.8 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
2 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 7 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
, %PROGRAMDATA%
, or %WINDIR%
might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References