Earth 2150

Earth
Earth 2140	1997
Earth 2150: Escape from the Blue Planet	2000
Earth 2150: The Moon Project	2000
Earth 2150: Lost Souls	2002
Earth 2160	2005

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM^{[Note 1]} for Escape from the Blue Planet. Simple disc check for Lost Souls.
GamersGate		Trilogy.
GOG.com		Trilogy.
Green Man Gaming		Trilogy. Escape from the Blue Planet, The Moon Project, and Lost Souls also available individually.
Humble Store		Trilogy.
Steam		DRM: Reality Pump activation. Trilogy.
ZOOM Platform		Trilogy.

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Free demo versions are available from Archive.org: Escape from the Blue Planet, The Moon Project.

Version differences

The Trilogy edition includes Escape from the Blue Planet (base game), The Moon Project, and Lost Souls (standalone expansion packs).

Monetization

Type	Notes
Expansion pack	The expansion packs are standalone releases. They are multiplayer-compatible with each other provided The Moon Project is patched to version 2.0 or higher.^[4]
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
The Moon Project
Lost Souls

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Players^{[Note 2]} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Topware\Earth 2150\BaseGame^{[Note 3]} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Topware\TheMoonProject\BaseGame^{[Note 3]} HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Reality Pump\LostSouls\BaseGame^{[Note 3]}
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/253880/pfx/^{[Note 4]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Players^{[Note 2]}
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/253880/pfx/^{[Note 4]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

All menu screens, including the graphics and audio settings screens, are unique for all factions; however, they all have exactly the same wording, format, and settings, so the difference is merely superficial.

Unlike its expansions, the setup utility and the in-game graphics settings for the base game, Earth 2150, has a hardware-accelerated sound section and lacks the ability to adjust the maximum zoom level, respectively.

Setup utility.

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		16:9 Fix: InsideEarth Wiki
Multi-monitor		Can specify which monitor to display the game on by using `setup.exe`
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Use dgVoodoo 2 and Direct3D HAL adapter. Mouse cursor disappears if height is above 1800px, so a custom resolution of 2400x1800 is recommended.
Field of view (FOV)	Can adjust maximum camera zoom level in The Moon Project and Lost Souls
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)	Use MixSets.
60 FPS	Open console with the `↵ Enter` key and type `graphrate 60`
120+ FPS	Frame rate is capped at 20 FPS by default. Increasing the cap speeds up the game 2D animations, but all other game functions works correctly. Can be increased via Autoexec.con, an in-game console command, or MixSets.

Windowed

Run the game in a window^[5]

For Escape from the Blue Planet / The Moon Project (replace Earth 2150 with TheMoonProject if playing the latter):

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Topware\Earth 2150\BaseGame\Graphics\Setup
Change the value of AllowWindowedScreen to 1.
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Topware\Earth 2150\BaseGame\Graphics\Default
Set FullScreen to 0.

For Lost Souls

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Reality Pump\LostSouls\BaseGame\Graphics\Setup
Change the value of AllowWindowedScreen to 1.
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Reality Pump\LostSouls\BaseGame\Graphics\Default
Set FullScreen to 0.

Input

Speed and acceleration settings.

Keyboard mappings.

Unlike its expansions, the in-game speed and acceleration settings for the base game (Escape from the Blue Planet), lacks the ability to invert (reverse) mouse input.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Only in the standalone expansions. Wheel Y-axis can be inverted via MixSets.
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Sound settings.

Unlike its expansions, the in-game audio settings for the base game (Escape from the Blue Planet) lacks the ability to disable production messages.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Via DirectSound3D when using hardware-accelerated audio.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Not available in Lost Souls.^{[citation needed]}
German
Polish
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		14
Online play		14

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated		EarthNet
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP	47624, 2300-2400

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Game crashes when using Construction menu

If Earth 2150 or its expansions are set to a 16:9 resolution, the game will crash as soon as the Construction menu it opened in-game.

Switch to a non-16:9 resolution^[5]
Run `setup.exe`. From the list of resolutions, choose the desired resolution (For example, 1024x768x16 is a 1024x768 resolution at 16-bit color depth, while 1920x1200x32 is a 1920x1200 resolution at 32-bit color depth.) Click OK.

Game appears on wrong monitor

If Earth 2150 or its expansions appears on the wrong monitor on a multi-monitor setup, the game needs to be explicitly set the monitor to use.

Specify which monitor to use using setup utility^[5]
Run `setup.exe`. From the list of rendering options on the right, choose one of the Direct3D HAL OpenGL options which specifies a display. Click OK.

Bugged mouse movement

The mouse movement may be very inaccurate, causing position jumps during the movement. The problem worsens at high framerate.^[6]

Use MixSets
Download and install MixSets. Make sure `FixMouseMovement = 1` is set in `MixSets.ini`.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6
Glide	2.4
Software renderer		See Software rendering.

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

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	DirectSound3D
Multiplayer	DirectPlay

Software rendering

Use software rendering^[5]

Go to one of the following locations based on your version of the game:
Earth 2150: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Topware\Earth 2150\BaseGame\Graphics\Enumeration
The Moon Project: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Topware\TheMoonProject\BaseGame\Graphics\Enumeration
Lost Souls: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Reality Pump\LostSouls\BaseGame\Graphics\Enumeration.
Set Software to 1.
Run setup.exe.
From the list of renderers on the right, select "RGB Emulation".
From the list of resolutions, choose any resolution between 640x480 and 800x600. Bit depth does not matter.
Click OK.

Notes

Inferior to other renderers.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, NT 4.0, 98	2000, ME
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 200 MHz	Intel Pentium 450 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB	800 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 6.1 compatible	16 MB of VRAM
Other	8X CD-ROM drive	12x CD-ROM drive

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.7	10.8
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	700 MB	800 MB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[3]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 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>/253880/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (253880) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Steam Community Announcement - Mac OSX Port available now! - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑ The Moon Project official site, "Version 2.0 released!" - last accessed on May 2023
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Verified by User:Expack3 on 2016-07-11
↑ YouTube: Earth 2150 MixSets: Fix mouse movement" - last accessed on May 2023

[4] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[3]

[gamedir-6] 2.0 ^2.1 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).

[HKLM-7] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.

[Proton_path_note-8] 4.0 ^4.1 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>/253880/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (253880) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Steam Community Announcement - Mac OSX Port available now! - last accessed on May 2023

[2] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[3] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[5] The Moon Project official site, "Version 2.0 released!" - last accessed on May 2023

[Expack3-9] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Verified by User:Expack3 on 2016-07-11

[10] YouTube: Earth 2150 MixSets: Fix mouse movement" - last accessed on May 2023

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Developers

	Reality Pump Studios
Publishers
	TopWare Interactive
Retail (base gam)	Strategic Simulations Inc.
Retail (expansions)	Strategy First
Release dates
Windows	May 22, 2000
macOS (OS X)	August 21, 2015^[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	RTS
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Earth