Earth 2160
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Developers | |
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Reality Pump Studios | |
Publishers | |
Zuxxez Entertainment | |
Europe | Deep Silver |
United States | Midway Games |
Engines | |
Earth-4 Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 3, 2005 |
macOS (OS X) (Wine) | October 1, 2015[1] |
Linux (Wine) | February 16, 2016[2] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RTS |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Series | Earth |
Earth | |
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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 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ![]() |
3 computer limit[3][4] | ||
GOG.com | Reality Pump DRM activation (for multiplayer). Serial keys for multiplayer available by request to GOG support team.[5] | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | Reality Pump DRM activation. | |||
ZOOM Platform | LAN multiplayer access does not require a serial key. EarthNet not accessible. |
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Change registry settings[6] |
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Skip credits
- The game normally shows credits after the player chooses to exit the game.
Change registry settings[6] |
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Enable anti-aliasing in Windowed mode
Change registry settings[6] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Reality Pump\Earth 2160\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Earth 2160\Players |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
- You may need to adjust registry settings for the UI to be non-stretched or illegible.
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | In-game cutscenes are designed for 4:3 resolutions, causing display issues in any other resolution. All in-game cutscenes force a letterbox format, regardless of resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | 1x-16x[7] | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Uncapped. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | Not available in the GOG.com version. | |||
French | Not available in the GOG.com version. | |||
German | Not available in the GOG.com version; download. | |||
Italian | Not available in the GOG.com version. | |||
Polish | Not available in the GOG.com version. | |||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | Not available in the GOG.com version. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play | 8 | Requires an EarthNet account |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues unresolved
In-game cutscenes do not display correctly using non-4:3 resolutions
- When a non-4:3 resolution is used, in-game cutscenes will assume the resolution is still 4:3, causing various display issues.
Use a 4:3 resolution[6] |
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Issues fixed
Change registry settings[6] |
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UI is stretched/illegible
Multi-monitor configuration
Change registry settings[6] |
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Ultra-widescreen/4K Ultra HD
Change registry settings[6] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c | |
Shader Model support | 1.3, 2.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. | ||
Linux |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2000 | XP |
Processor (CPU) | 1.5 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 1.3 support |
ATI Radeon/X-series Nvidia GeForce 6600 Nvidia GeForce 6800 Shader model 2 support |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or SteamOS | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel/AMD Single Core CPU with 2.0 GHz | Intel/AMD Core Duo CPU with 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | 2.5 GB |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM | 256 MB of VRAM Shader model 2.0 support |
- The Linux version uses Wine.[2]
References
- ↑ Steam Community Announcement - Mac OSX Version available! - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Available for Linux & Steam OS now! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Earth 2160
- ↑ Earth 2160 - FAQ's - Activations - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ PC Activation Issues? READ FIRST - TopWare Forum - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Earth 2160 - product activation for online play - last accessed on 2021-06-13
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Verified by User:Expack3 on 2016-07-12
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2017-03-07
- Game seems to enumerate whatever MSAA options are available to the GPU; on my old GTX 970, it was 2x-8x, while on my current, iGPU Intel laptop, it's 1x-16x.