Evil Genius
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Developers | |
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Elixir Studios | |
Publishers | |
Sierra Entertainment | |
Rebellion Developments | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 28, 2004 |
macOS (OS X) | May 9, 2013 |
Key points
- Fairly moddable, further documentation can be found here along with a handy modding guide.
- Lacks an official map editor for new scenarios.
General information
- Evil Planet Wiki
- Steam Community Discussions
- Evil Planet Community Site - Great source of mods and tutorials
- GOG.com Support Page - Wide array of common fixes
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- Steam Users Forums
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Developer website | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
GOG.com | Windows and OS X. | |||
Steam | EU release with stability fixes from the US version. |
- The Steam release is a blend between the 1.0 European Patch and the 1.1 US patch, the latter missing some of the most obvious changes.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
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Patches
PCGamingWiki Patch
- Contains all the official fixes and tweaks, along with the extra bonus content, some balance changes and more without including some of the game changing Evil Planet mods.
Official 1.01
- The only official patch, released by Elixir before its demise in 2005. It fixes a number of issues, however it should be noted a number of issues still remain.
Unnoficial 1.11
- An unofficial fan patch collated by Evil Planet. Although designed for the US release, most game elements introduced should function with European versions of the game.
Bonus CD
- A free expansion to the game, it provides a new unit, a new trap, and various other additions.
Enabling the developer console
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3720/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3720/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
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Windowed
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | Some dialogues are disabled by default. See this. | |||
Italian | A text translation is available here. | |||
Spanish |
Issues unresolved
Dissapearing grass
- This issue only seems to persist when rotating the camera inside the lair while viewing whatever is outside.
Issues fixed
Error "The Direct3D device has a non-zero reference"
- Caused by a resolution change while in the main menu rendering the game unplayable.
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Missing grass (Windows)
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Playtime not being tracked (Steam)
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Enabling speech on the German version
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Other information
- For the next tweaks, use Ctrl+F in order to find the following lines easily.
Custom camera height
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Changing the default Debug.log location
- By default on Windows this file is created into the main C: drive.
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98SE | ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Pentium III 800 MHz | Pentium IV 1.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | nVidia GeForce 2 16 MB of VRAM | nVidia GeForce 3 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 (3720) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
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