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Revision as of 04:21, 5 July 2019
Developers | |
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Westwood Studios | |
Intelligent Games | |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Engines | |
Westwood 3D | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 12, 2001 |
Dune | |
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Dune | 1992 |
Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty | 1992 |
Dune 2000 | 1998 |
Emperor: Battle for Dune | 2001 |
Frank Herbert's Dune | 2001 |
OpenRA (unofficial) | 2010 |
Dune: Spice Wars | 2023 |
Dune: Imperium | 2024 |
Dune: Awakening | TBA |
General information
- Dune Wiki - The Duniverse
- Dune2K.com - A major Dune fansite with an active community
Availability
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.09 updates the game to the latest version.
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files[citation needed] |
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Delete or rename the file |
Lag fix in Windows 8/10
The game lags terribly in modern operating systems, such as Windows 8 and 10. In order to fix this, you have to use "dgVoodoo 2" by Dege. Follow the instructions in this video (Dark Ruler fix). The game will now run at 60 FPS in Windows 8 and 10. (Note: the program may be detected as malware; the developer of the program (Dege) asserts that it's merely a false positive).
- Download dgVoodoo2 and unpack it.
- Locate the file "dgVoodooSetup.exe" inside the MS folder.
- Copy and paste the files in the base game directory. By default it's "C:/Westwood/Emperor".
- Run "dgVoodooSetup.exe" in the game base folder.
- An application will open: select your appropriate graphics card from the drop down menu in "Adapters to use/enable"; in "Apperance," choose "Centered". Now click on the "DirectX" tab above. New options will appear: input "512 MB" in the "VRAM" menu. Deselect "dgVoodoo watermark". Click on the "apply" button, then press "OK."
- Run the game. Notice the main menu will still lag, but the game itself will run fine.
Playing without the CD
Follow the procedure[citation needed] |
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CD1 .\data\ CD2 X:\ CD3 X:\ CD4 X:\ 8. Replace the letter CD1 .\data\ CD2 .\CD2\ CD3 .\CD3\ CD4 .\CD4\ 9. Save the file and run the game. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Westwood\Emperor\Options\[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\DATA\saves\[Note 3] |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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Traditional Chinese | ||||
English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Korean |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 8 | Versus |
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Online play | 4 | Versus |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 7 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, 2000, ME |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 400 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 600 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM 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]
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details. - ↑ 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
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16