Myst IV: Revelation
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Developers | |
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Ubisoft Montreal | |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Engines | |
ALIVE engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 28, 2004 |
macOS (OS X) | September 28, 2004 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
⤏ Go to series page | |
Myst | 1993 |
Riven | 1997 |
realMyst | 2000 |
Myst III: Exile | 2001 |
Uru: Ages Beyond Myst | 2003 |
Myst IV: Revelation | 2004 |
Myst V: End of Ages | 2005 |
Myst Online: Uru Live | 2007 |
realMyst: Masterpiece Edition | 2014 |
Myst (2021) | 2021 |
Riven (2024) | 2024 |
General information
Availability
Essential improvements
Patches
- Only necessary for the DVD-based version of the game, as digital copies already have these included.
- Patches for the game can be found here. A PCGW mirror is available here if the official page fails to load.
Universal installer
- For the Mac, there is a "universal" installer that makes a hybrid native + wineskin version of the game. The game runs native on 10.5 and earlier (PowerPC, runs through Rosetta on intel Macs) and Wineskin on 10.6 and later.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\save\options.m4o[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/925940/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\save\*.m4s[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/925940/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
- Resolutions other than
4:3
will crop the top and bottom of the game potentially obscuring information.
Use Racer_S Universal Resolution Changer v2[3] |
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Windowed
Add game.dsc file[3] |
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Dutch | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Spanish |
Other information
API
Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | For 64-bit, use ResidualVM. | |||
macOS (OS X) | In 2006, the game received Intel support - rather than making it a universal binary, however; the developers decided to use Cider for this new app. As a result, the game may be unplayable after 10.7 "Lion" due to this. Even if it does work, it is still 32-bit only. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 SE | ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 700 MHz AMD Athlon 700 MHz |
Intel Pentium 4 |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB, 256 MB (XP) | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 800x600 resolution support 32 MB of VRAM | 64 MB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.2 | 10.3 |
Processor (CPU) | Motorola G4 700 MHz | Motorola G5 |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 800x600 resolution support 32 MB of VRAM | 64 MB of VRAM |
Other | Apple QuickTime 5 |
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). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 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 (925940) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://mystonline.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=24947