Difference between revisions of "Messiah"
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Revision as of 21:38, 19 June 2021
Developers | |
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Shiny Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Interplay Entertainment | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 29, 2000 |
General information
- Official game site
- Official support page
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | LaserLock DRM. | |||
GOG.com | Updated with compatibility for modern systems. Comes pre-configured with nGlide. Does not include the latest patch. | |||
Steam | Does not include the latest patch. |
- The digital versions come WITHOUT the latest patch. It has to be installed manually, see here.
Essential improvements
Patches
The latest official patch 0.2 is available at soggi.org.
Peixoto's patch
- Forced resolution allows high resolution without shrinking the HUD\menus. Super sampling anti-aliasing is also possible
- MCI emulation gets the CD music working properly
Manuals, etc.
All of the downloads available for the game can be found on the official support page.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/577980/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVE[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/577980/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Local retail version only. | |||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Fix slowdown and 32-bit color
In modern GPUs the game has severe slowdown issues and is locked to 16-bit color only support. This can be addressed by the game itself, but it requires either a custom shortcut or running the game from the command line:
Change the rendering settings[citation needed] |
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Game crashing when opening door
A good chunk into the game, there is a certain door after an elevator that can crash the game whenever opening it, making progress impossible. There are two possible fixes for this:
Run in safe mode |
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Download patch 02 and disable pre-loading cached files |
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Other information
Command line arguments
- See command line arguments on how to use the following options.
Parameter | Description |
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-i | Skip intro logos |
-s | Disable sound |
-o | Disable Fog |
-v | Disable mip-mapping |
+! | Fixes Windows 2000 crashes on some machines when switching from the game to the game menu. |
-p | Will disable any gamma control for users who wish to use their windows gamma and not in game gamma settings. |
+T | Enables verbose debug information for sound cards. |
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium MMX 233 MHz | Intel Pentium III |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 600 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible | 16 MB of VRAM |
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 (577980) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.