Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy

General information

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Oversized CD-ROM DRM and unreadable sectors (lead-out area shortened and used for data, to prevent most contemporary CD-RW drives from copying the method)
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Mac App Store
Microsoft Store
Steam		Can be played without Steam running.^[1]
ZOOM Platform

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Skip intro logos^{[citation needed]}
Rename the files `<path-to-game>\logo.smk` and `<path-to-game>\01VR_PHARE\sc01_a.smk` to anything else. Tested with Steam version.

Game data[edit]

To get out of the menu, you need to click the passage on the left.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Launch\Settings.ini^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/302190/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saved_*.bin^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/302190/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game file names: Saved_1.bin, Saved_2.bin, Saved_3.bin up until 8.

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video[edit]

General settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Windowed[edit]

Possible with DxWnd^[2]

Download the latest build of DxWnd
Add the game .exe in edit/add of DxWnd
Set the following settings:

Main
"Do not notify on task switch" on
"Run in Window" on
"Keep aspect ratio" on

Video
"Windows style" thick frame
"Emulate Win Maximize" on
"Recover screen mode" on

Mouse
"cursor visibility" Hide

3. Start the game.

Notes

Could also be possible with dgVoodoo2, see: Problem launching the game

Input[edit]

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

Audio[edit]

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Portuguese				Retail release only
Polish				Retail release only

Issues fixed[edit]

Problem launching the game[edit]

Use dgVoodoo2. Best solution for Windows 10 or newer.
Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2 and extract the archive. Copy `dgVoodooCpl.exe` to game folder. Open the `MS\x86` folder and copy all files to game folder. (optional) Run `dgVoodooCpl.exe` in game folder and unmark dgVoodoo Watermark in DirectX. Run game

Disable visual themes (Windows 7)^[3]
Right-click the shortcut of the game Click on Properties and show Compatibility Enable "Disable visual themes" and apply

Reduce hardware acceleration (Windows XP)^{[citation needed]}

If you experience slowdowns when playing videos, please reduce the audio hardware acceleration level:

Press ⊞ Win+R, type dxdiag and press ↵ Enter.
In the "Sound" tab, lower the acceleration to Standard.
Exit and restart your game.

Add the game to the DEP exclusion list^{[citation needed]}
Right-click on My Computer and choose Properties. Choose Advanced system settings, then click on the Advanced tab. Click the first Settings... button. In the Data Execution Prevention tab, choose the "Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select" option and add the game executable below. Apply all changes and start the game again.

Frozen cutscenes (Windows 7 or newer)[edit]

Run the game as admin first^[4]
Right-click shortcut -> Properties Under "Compatibility", set to "Windows XP" or "Windows 95".

Crash after opening the gate[edit]

Set compatibility mode to Windows 95^[5]
Right-click the .EXE or shortcut for the game and choose the Compatibility tab. Set Compatibility to Windows 95.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium	Intel Pentium 200 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	2 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible	4 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	Creative SoundBlaster or compatible
Other	4x CD-ROM drive	16x CD-ROM drive

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 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>/302190/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (302190) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2016-03-20
↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/302190/discussions/0/3092263995637351527/ Windowed mode - Steam discussions]
↑ Anuman support
↑ GOG.com Forums - still struggling with cutscenes
↑ GOG.com Forums - Crash after opening the gate

[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 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>/302190/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (302190) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Verified by User:Vetle on 2016-03-20

[4] ttps://steamcommunity.com/app/302190/discussions/0/3092263995637351527/ Windowed mode - Steam discussions]

[5] Anuman support

[6] GOG.com Forums - still struggling with cutscenes

[7] GOG.com Forums - Crash after opening the gate

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Developers

	Microïds
Publishers
	Anuman Interactive
Engines
	Phoenix VR
Release dates
Windows	October 18, 1999
Mac OS (Classic)	1999
macOS (OS X)	October 4, 2011