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Revision as of 09:24, 15 October 2021

Zoo Empire
Zoo Empire cover
Developers
Enlight Software
Publishers
Retail Enlight Software
Digital Retroism
Release dates
Windows August 1, 2004
Taxonomy
Series Zoo Empire
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Zoo Empire on MobyGames
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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
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
GamersGate
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
Windows
Steam
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Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

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

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
External Settings
In-game Settings Page 1
In-game Settings Page 1
In-game Settings Page 2
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

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]
  1. Copy and paste the Install Code (listed below) into a new text file.
  2. If needed, edit the "Path" line to match the Steam installation folder.
  3. Save the file as a .reg file (e.g. Zoo Empire.reg).
  4. Run the file. Click Yes and then OK.
  5. (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

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 1.0 GHz 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  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).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References