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General information
- Dune Wiki - The Duniverse
- Dune2K.com - A major Dune fansite with an active community
Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
Retail |
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SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1] (removed with the official Install Fix) |
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- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
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 <path-to-game>\DATA\MOVIES\LEGALS.BIK
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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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- Install the game.
- Install Patch 1.09.
- Download the official Install Fix.
- Extract the file
EMPEROR.EXE from the Install Fix archive and copy it to <path-to-game> , overwriting the old file.
- Copy the contents of the game disks 2, 3, and 4 into separate folders in the games directory, e.g. CD2, CD3, and CD4.
- Edit the file
<path-to-game>\resource.cfg . Look for the following section, where the letter X:\ represents the drive you installed the game from:
CD1
.\data\
CD2
X:\
CD3
X:\
CD4
X:\
8. Replace the letter X:\ with the respective folders for each disk, e.g.
Make sue you do the same for the Movies files as well.
CD1
.\data\
CD2
.\CD2\
CD3
.\CD3\
CD4
.\CD4\
9. Save the file and run the game.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
Traditional Chinese |
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English |
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French |
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German |
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Korean |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
7 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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