Myst III: Exile

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game needs a fix to work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later (see API for details).

Myst
Myst	1993
Riven	1997
realMyst	2000
Myst III: Exile	2001
Uru: Ages Beyond Myst	2003
Myst IV: Revelation	2004
Myst V: End of Ages	2005
Myst Online: Uru Live	2007
realMyst: Masterpiece Edition	2014
Myst (2021)	2021

Key points

Can be played on ResidualVM.^[1]

General information

Official series forums

MYSTAges - Unofficial series wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		CD version; SafeDisc DRM. Install the latest Patches to remove.^[2]
Retail		DVD version
GOG.com		Comes with ResidualVM pre-configured.
Steam

Essential improvements

Patches

Official patches at ResidualVM's website

CD version only; the DVD version is already fully-patched.

Play without the CD/DVD

Use ResidualVM^[3]

Notes

CD version must first be patched to version 1.22 due to the unpatched version using SafeDisc.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/925930/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saved Games\^{[Note 2]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/925930/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Polish				Local retail version only.
Spanish

System Compatibility

Systems confirmed working on: Windows XP SP3 32-bit, Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, and Windows 10.

Other information

API

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows					For 64-bit, use ResidualVM.
macOS (OS X)					After the initial Mac OS release, an OS X patch arrived in October 2001. In 2006, the game received Intel support - rather than making it a universal binary, however; the developers decided to use Cider for this new app. As a result, the game is unplayable after 10.7 "Lion" due to incompatibilities. Therefore, modern, 64-bit versions of OS X require ResidualVM.
Linux					Use ResidualVM.
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, ME
Processor (CPU)	233 MHz Pentium II
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM
Other	640x480 resolution support 32-bit color support

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	8.1
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC G3 233 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM
Other	640x480 resolution support 32-bit color support

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/925930/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (925930) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for 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

↑ Myst 3 - ResidualVM :: Wiki - last accessed on 2019-09-27
↑ ResidualVM - Myst III Datafiles - last accessed on 2016/11/4
"Some Windows executables are encrypted using SafeDisc. ResidualVM cannot read the required data from those, and will refuse to launch the game. Since the updated executables are not encrypted, please use the executable from the official update corresponding to your game language instead."
↑ ResidualVM - Myst III Datafiles - last accessed on 2016/11/04

[Proton_path_note-4] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/925930/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (925930) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[gamedir-5] 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).

[1] Myst 3 - ResidualVM :: Wiki - last accessed on 2019-09-27

[2] ResidualVM - Myst III Datafiles - last accessed on 2016/11/4
"Some Windows executables are encrypted using SafeDisc. ResidualVM cannot read the required data from those, and will refuse to launch the game. Since the updated executables are not encrypted, please use the executable from the official update corresponding to your game language instead."

[3] ResidualVM - Myst III Datafiles - last accessed on 2016/11/04

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Developers

	Presto Studios
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Sprint engine
Digital	ResidualVM
Release dates
Windows	May 7, 2001
Mac OS (Classic)	May 7, 2001
macOS (OS X)	October 4, 2001
macOS (OS X) (Cider)	2006