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Revision as of 00:03, 14 September 2018

Children of the Nile
Children of the Nile cover
Developers
Tilted Mill Entertainment
Publishers
Myelin Media
Sega
Engines
Titan 2.0
Release dates
Windows November 8, 2004
Children of the Nile on Wikipedia
City Building Series
Caesar (series)
Pharaoh 1999
Zeus: Master of Olympus 2000
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom 2002
Children of the Nile 2004
Pharaoh: A New Era 2023

Key points

Also titled Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile
Vastly improved by the free Enhanced Edition patch
Main menu restricted to 800x600, though the game itself will run at any supported resolution

General information

Official website
Official forum
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM V4 DRM on Standard Edition, SecuROM V7 DRM on Enhanced Edition.
Windows
Amazon.com
DRM details are not known
Enhanced Edition
Windows
GamersGate
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Enhanced Edition
Windows
GamersGate
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
Alexandria
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Enhanced Edition + Alexandria
Windows
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Enhanced Edition
Windows

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Alexandria
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Enhanced Edition Patch (v1.3)

This patch has already been applied to all digital releases of the game

A massive overhaul to the game, it adds modern Windows support, new buildings, and a variety of gameplay tweaks and bug fixes.

It can be download from the official website.

Modifications

Wolfie's Transparent HUD
Texture Overhaul Project
More mods are available at Children of the Nile Heaven

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Tilted Mill\Children of the Nile
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/17100/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Tilted Mill\Children of the Nile\Saved Games\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/17100/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Template:Video settings

Windowed

Editing CotN.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Tilted Mill\Children of the Nile.
  2. Open CotN.ini.
  3. Change Full Screen Mode from 1 to 0.
  4. Save changes.

Input settings

In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Main menu restricted to 800x600

Due to the menu being locked at 800x600, this may result in the incorrect frequency being chosen by some displays (mainly TVs).
Fix menu resolution[citation needed]
  1. Download the custom CotN.exe file from wsgf.org.
  2. Extract the desired CotN.exe to <path-to-game> and overwrite the original CotN.exe.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Shader Model support 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 800 MHz
AMD Athlon 800 MHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.1 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0b compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References