Difference between revisions of "Zeus: Master of Olympus"

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City Building (Sierra)
Caesar (series)
Pharaoh	1999
Zeus: Master of Olympus	2000
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom	2002
Children of the Nile	2004
Pharaoh: A New Era	2023

Key points

Comes with an adventure editor for creation of custom campaigns and scenarios

General information

Official website (retrieved)

Zeus Heaven website

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM disc check.
GOG.com		Acropolis.
Steam		Acropolis.

Version differences

Acropolis, also known as Master of Olympus: Zeus Gold, includes both Zeus and Poseidon.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Poseidon: Master of Atlantis

Essential improvements

Patches

The Enhancement Pack 1.1 is the latest patch for Zeus, and Enhancement Pack 2.1 for Poseidon, both available here. Digital releases already include this update.

Skip intro videos

Instructions^[1]

Go to <path-to-game>\Binks
Rename, move or delete these files:

Zeus_Intro.bik
Zeus_Intro_HiQ.bik

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/566050/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\<user-id>\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/566050/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use the Zeus & Poseidon Resolution Customiser utility.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Pressing F5 will switch to windowed, if the desktop resolution is higher than the game resolution.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		20 FPS cap. Mouse is not clamped to engine framerate.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Camera panning speed can be changed.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, speech, ambient and SFX
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Separate UK and US versions
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation.
Italian
Polish				Retail only.
Spanish				Retail only; download for digital versions.

Issues fixed

Animation speed problems

The game has notable issues with specific animations that play too slow or too fast on modern systems (e.g. god spawning effects and the urchin collectors along with various buildings).

Instructions^[2]
A user patch that addresses several of these problems (including the god spawn effect and the urchin collector bug) can be found here. The widescreen fix comes prepackaged with this fix aswell. See Video settings.

Issues unresolved

Unresolved animation issues

Not all of the animation issues are addressed in user patches (e.g. the trading piers, hippodrome spectators and other buildings).

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw	5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System	6.0m^[3]
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166 MHz	Intel Pentium II 266 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	600 MB	650 MB
Video card (GPU)	2 MB of VRAM	4 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 (566050) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Tested by Nessy
↑ Tested by Nessy
↑ Verified by User:Nessy on 2019-12-08
Version number found in Mss32.dll in the game installation folder.

[gamedir-2] 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).

[Proton_path_note-3] 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 (566050) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (566050) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Tested by Nessy

[4] Tested by Nessy

[5] Verified by User:Nessy on 2019-12-08
Version number found in Mss32.dll in the game installation folder.

[1]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[2]

[3]

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 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| Retail | | disc | Several versions available by Sierra and Vivendi Universal. {{DRM|SecuROM}} disc check. | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | disc | {{DRM|SecuROM}} disc check. | | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| GOG.com | zeus_poseidon | DRM-free | Includes the expansion Poseidon: Master of Atlantis | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| GOG.com | zeus_poseidon | DRM-free | Acropolis. | | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| Steam | 566050 | Steam | Includes the expansion Poseidon: Master of Atlantis |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Steam | 566050 | Steam | Acropolis. |  | Windows }}
 }}
+===Version differences===
+{{ii}} '''Acropolis''', also known as '''Master of Olympus: Zeus Gold''', includes both Zeus and Poseidon.
+==Monetization==
 {{DLC|
 {{DLC/row| Poseidon: Master of Atlantis | | Windows }}
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 ==Essential improvements==
 ===Patches===
-The Enhancement Pack 1.1 is the latest patch for Zeus, and Enhancement Pack 2.1 for Poseidon, both available [https://zeus.heavengames.com/downloads/lister.php?category=patches here]. Steam and GOG releases already include this update.
+{{ii}} The Enhancement Pack 1.1 is the latest patch for Zeus, and Enhancement Pack 2.1 for Poseidon, both available [https://zeus.heavengames.com/downloads/lister.php?category=patches here]. Digital releases already include this update.
 ===Skip intro videos===
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   |audio     = true
   |subtitles = n/a
-  |notes     = Local retail version only.
+  |notes     = Retail only.
   |fan       =
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   |audio     = true
   |subtitles = n/a
-  |notes     = Local retail version only.For digital Version https://steamcommunity.com/app/566050/discussions/0/3112530528196239245/
+  |notes     = Retail only; [https://steamcommunity.com/app/566050/discussions/0/3112530528196239245/ download for digital versions].
   |fan       =
 }}
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 ==Issues fixed==
-===Animation Speed Problems===
+===Animation speed problems===
-The game has notable issues with specific animations that play too slow or too fast on modern systems. (Eg. god spawning effects and the urchin collectors along with various buildings).
+The game has notable issues with specific animations that play too slow or too fast on modern systems (e.g. god spawning effects and the urchin collectors along with various buildings).
 {{Fixbox|description=Instructions|ref=<ref>Tested by [[User:Nessy|Nessy]]</ref>|fix=
 {{ii}} A user patch that addresses several of these problems (including the god spawn effect and the urchin collector bug) can be found [https://zeus.heavengames.com/downloads/showfile.php?fileid=967 here].
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 ==Issues unresolved==
-===Unresolved Animation Issues===
+===Unresolved animation issues===
-{{ii}} No animation patches for non-digital releases of the game exist.
+{{ii}} Not all of the animation issues are addressed in user patches (e.g. the trading piers, hippodrome spectators and other buildings).
-{{ii}} Not all of the animation issues are addressed in user patches. (Eg. the trading piers, hippodrome spectators and other buildings).
 ==Other information==

Developers

	Impressions Games
Publishers
Retail	Sierra Entertainment
Digital	Activision
Release dates
Windows	October 17, 2000
Taxonomy
Monetization	Expansion pack
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Building
Themes	Europe, Classical, Fantasy
Series	City Building (Sierra)