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4. While in the game directory, open the <code>Options.cs</code> file with Notepad and replace line 8 to read <code>assignGModeName Glide</code>.
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Revision as of 21:08, 21 January 2014

King's Quest: Mask of Eternity
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Developers
Sierra Studios
Release dates
Windows December 1998
King's Quest: Mask of Eternity on Wikipedia
Adventure in Serenia 1982
King's Quest: Quest for the Crown‎ 1984
King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne 1985
King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human 1986
King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella 1988
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! 1990
King Graham's Board Game Challenge 1992
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow 1992
King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride 1994
King's Quest: Mask of Eternity 1998
The Silver Lining (unofficial) 2010
King's Quest (2015) 2015

Key points

Poor compatibility with modern systems

General information

King's Quest Omnipedia - A huge wiki for the King's Quest series
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Template:Availability Table

The GOG.com release still has compatibility issues and bugs, even with the added patches

Essential improvements

Improved Mask of Eternity installer

For the retail version only. It will not work with the GOG.com release

A custom installer for the game, it provides modern Windows compatibility, netbook support, improved load times, and various bug fixes.

It can be found here.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Issues fixed

Game crashes on startup

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible

References