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General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- TELP subforum
- Extensive guide
- Celestial Heavens' subforum
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Monetization
Essential improvements
GrayFace MM8 Patch
The GrayFace MM8 Patch fixes many gameplay bugs, while adding optional new features.
Skip intro videos
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Enable NoIntro setting[citation needed]
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- Install the GrayFace MM8 Patch.
- Run the game to generate
mm8.ini.
- Open
<path-to-game>\mm8.ini.
- Change
NoIntro=0 to NoIntro=1.
- Save your changes. The game will now go directly to the main menu.
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Play without the CD
Fix audio stuttering
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Allow the game to use more threads for audio
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- Install the GrayFace MM8 Patch.
- Set
MM8.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>\mm8.ini.
Save game data location
Video
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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| 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
Issues fixed
No music (GrayFace MM8 Patch)
- Using the GrayFace MM8 Patch with the
NoCD option stops music playing so you will need to use MP3s instead.
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Enable MP3 playback (digital distribution versions)[citation needed]
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- Go to the installation folder.
- Edit
mm8.ini
- Change
PlayMP3=0 to PlayMP3=1
- Save your 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 15.mp3.
- Make a new folder in the installation folder called
Music and put the MP3s there.
- Go to the installation folder.
- Edit
mm8.ini
- Change
PlayMP3=0 to PlayMP3=1
- Save your changes. The music will now play in-game.
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Other information
OpenMM8
- OpenMM8 is an open source reimplementation using the Unity engine. This project is incomplete.
API
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| Direct3D |
6 |
[4] |
| 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 SP4 | |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 166
| Intel Pentium 200 |
| System memory (RAM) |
32 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
375 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) |
SVGA DirectX-compatible
1 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7.0 compatible
| PCI or 4 MB AGP video card
8 MB of VRAM |
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
