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General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- TELP subforum
- Celestial Heavens' subforum
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Monetization
Essential improvements
GrayFace MM7 Patch
The GrayFace MM7 Patch fixes many bugs and adds new features. English and Russian versions need no previous patch.
Skip intro videos
Disable intro in mm7.ini[citation needed]
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- Install the GrayFace MM7 Patch.
- Run the game to generate
mm7.ini .
- Go to the installation folder and edit
mm7.ini .
- Change
NoIntro=0 to NoIntro=1 .
- Save your changes.
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Skip intro videos (without patching)
Disable intro in mm7.ini[citation needed]
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- Create
mm7.ini in the game's folder
- Add the following lines to
mm7.ini :
[settings]
nointro=1
nologo=1
- Save the file and run the game.
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Play without the CD
Disable CD check in mm7.ini[citation needed]
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- Create
mm7.ini .
- Type
use_cd=0 into it.
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Disable CD check in mm7.ini using the GrayFace patch[citation needed]
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- Install the GrayFace MM7 Patch.
- Run the game to generate
mm7.ini .
- Go to the installation folder and edit
mm7.ini .
- Check that
NoCD= is set to 1 .
- This disables CD music; to use MP3 music instead see No music (GrayFace MM7 Patch).
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Fix Audio stuttering
Allow the game to use more threads for audio.
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- Install the GrayFace MM7 Patch.
- Set
MM7.exe to run in compatibility mode for Windows 7.
Notes: This fixes audio stuttering during load screens when music is playing/dialog is playing, and fixes the audio lag during Arcomage.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- GrayFace configuration settings are stored in
<path-to-game>\mm7.ini
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Save game data location
Video
Use GrayFace MM7 Patch[5]
- Install the GrayFace MM7 Patch.
- Go to the installation folder and edit
mm7.ini .
- Change
RenderMaxWidth and RenderMaxHeight settings if needed and set BorderlessFullscreen to 1.
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Sound, Music and Voice. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Most dialogue is text-only; voiced dialogue has no subtitles. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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A3D 1.0.[6] EAX 2. |
Royalty free audio |
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Red Book CD audio |
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On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions. |
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Simplified Chinese |
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Retail only. |
Traditional Chinese |
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Retail only. |
French |
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In the GOG.com version and retail version. |
German |
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In the GOG.com version. |
Polish |
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Retail only. |
Russian |
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Retail only. |
Spanish |
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Translation by Clan Dlan (author: L@Zar0), download. |
Issues fixed
No music (GrayFace MM7 Patch)
- Using the GrayFace MM7 Patch with the
NoCD
option stops music playing so MP3s need to be used instead.
Enable MP3 playback (digital distribution versions)[citation needed]
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- Go to the installation folder.
- Edit
mm7.ini .
- Change
PlayMP3=0 to PlayMP3=1
- Save the changes. The music will now play in-game.
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Rip the CD tracks (retail)[citation needed]
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- Rip the Play disc music tracks in MP3 format.
- Rename them to
2.mp3 through 20.mp3 .
- Make a new folder in the installation folder called
Music and put the MP3s there.
- Edit
mm7.ini .
- Change
PlayMP3=0 to PlayMP3=1
- Save the changes. The music will now play in-game.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
6 |
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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, NT 4.0 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 133 MHz
| Intel Pentium 200 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
32 MB |
64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
350 MB |
800 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 6.1 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