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'''General information''' | '''General information''' |
Revision as of 11:09, 16 April 2020
Developers | |
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Impressions Games | |
Publishers | |
Original | Sierra Entertainment |
Current | Activision |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 1998 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1999 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Caesar |
Caesar | |
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Subseries of City Building (Sierra) | |
Caesar | 1992 |
Caesar II | 1995 |
Caesar III | 1998 |
Caesar IV | 2006 |
General information
- Caesar 3 Heaven - A fan site for the game
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch version 1.0.1.0 can be found here.
- To install, simply drag and drop the contains of the archive over the original installation files
Skip intro videos
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Julius
- Supports Windows, MacOS X and Linux
Julius is an open source re-implementation of Caesar III based on SDL2. It does not fix some of the issues presented in the game itself, but it brings in a 32 bit windowed mode support and a widescreen support. The saved games from the original game are compatible with this software.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/517790/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\*.sav[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/517790/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Windowed
Change color depth[1] |
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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Simplified Chinese | Local retail version only. | |||
English | Separate UK and US versions. | |||
Czech | Fan translation. Dubbing, Interface and subtitles without broken fonts. |
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French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Local retail version only. | |||
Spanish | ||||
Swedish | Local retail version only. | |||
Russian | Local retail version only. |
Issues fixed
Installation issues
Set compatibility mode[citation needed] |
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Steam Overlay not working
Use dgVoodoo 2 |
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Use Julius |
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Music loops
Use IndirectSound[2] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DirectDraw | 5 | [citation needed] |
OpenGL | [citation needed] |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 90 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 150 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 1 MB of VRAM DirectX 5 compatible |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 7.6.1 | |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC 601 100 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 150 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | SVGA |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (517790) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.