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Revision as of 18:30, 22 March 2020
Developers | |
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Elixir Studios | |
Publishers | |
Sierra Entertainment | |
Rebellion Developments | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 28, 2004 |
macOS (OS X) | May 9, 2013[1] |
Evil Genius | |
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Evil Genius | 2004 |
Evil Genius 2: World Domination | 2021 |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 5 DRM. | |||
Developer website | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Steam |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Skip Intro[2] |
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StartupState=1 CopyrightScreenDuration=0 |
Patches
PCGamingWiki Patch
- Contains all the official fixes and most tweaks, new fixes, along with the extra bonus content.
Official 1.01
- The official patch for the game released by Elixir Studios.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\DynamicResources\Config[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3720/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\DynamicResources\Layouts\[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3720/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
Widescreen resolution[citation needed] |
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Windowed
Through the resolution changer[citation needed] |
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | See Enabling speech on the German version. | |||
Italian | ||||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
- This is caused by the Windows region format setting being set to English (UK).
Crash when pushing the research button
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Enabling speech on the German version
Instructions[citation needed] |
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[Sound] PlayFeedback=true PlayNewsflashes=true |
The Direct3D device has a non-zero reference
Deleteting configuration file[citation needed] |
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Generic Application Error
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Missing grass (Windows 8)
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Playtime not being tracked (Steam)
Create a Steam shortcut to Evil Genius[citation needed] |
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Launch the game twice[citation needed] |
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Other information
Enabling the developer console
Instructions[citation needed] |
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ToggleDebugCommands:Ctrl+D Notes
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Increased Camera Zoom
Instructions[citation needed] |
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[GameCamera] MaxHeight=65.0 |
Changing the default Debug.log location
- By default on Windows this file is created into the main drive.
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Debug output log file=YourPath |
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98SE | ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz | Intel Pentium 4 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 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.