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Zoo Empire
Zoo Empire	2004
Marine Park Empire	2005

Key points

Marine Park Empire is a sequel/updated version of this game.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate
Steam

Essential improvements

Patches

These are only for the retail version of the game (Unknown if they are included with the digital versions).

Official Patches

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\CONFIG.DAT^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/286750/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\SAVE^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/286750/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

External Settings

In-game Settings Page 1

In-game Settings Page 2

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Max resolution is 1024 x 768
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Locked at 30 fps
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

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

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Brazilian Portuguese				CD Expert.

Issues fixed

VSetting.exe "You haven't installed Zoo Empire" (Steam)

The Steam version does not install the registry entries needed to use VSetting.exe.

Install Registry Entries^[1]

Copy and paste the Install Code (listed below) into a new text file.
If needed, edit the "Path" line to match the Steam installation folder.
Save the file as a .reg file (e.g. Zoo Empire.reg).
Run the file. Click Yes and then OK.
(Optional) Use the Uninstall Code to remove the registry entries.

Install Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Enlight Software\Zoo Empire]

"Path"="C:\\Program Files\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\Zoo Empire"

"Version"="1.00"

"Language"="English"

"Country"="US"

"PatchVersion"="122"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Enlight Software\Zoo Empire\1.00]

Uninstall Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Enlight Software\Zoo Empire]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Enlight Software\Zoo Empire\1.00]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 800 MHz	Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.1 GB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible	64 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 (286750) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Steam Community - last accessed on 28 May 2023

[gamedir-1] 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-2] 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 (286750) 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 (286750) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[3] Steam Community - last accessed on 28 May 2023

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

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 {{Image|Zoo Empire Settings 2.png|In-game Settings Page 2}}
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 |wsgf link                  =
 |widescreen wsgf award      =
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 # Copy and paste the Install Code (listed below) into a new text file.
 # If needed, edit the <code>"Path"</code> line to match the Steam installation folder.
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 {{References}}

Developers

	Enlight Software
Publishers
Retail	Enlight Software
Digital	Retroism
Release dates
Windows	August 1, 2004
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Genres	Building
Themes	Amusement park
Series	Zoo Empire