Ghost Master

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Ghost Master
Ghost Master cover
Developers
Sick Puppies
Mac OS (Classic) Zonic Limited
macOS (OS X) Zonic Limited
Publishers
Empire Interactive
Strategy First
Mac OS, OS X Feral Interactive
Release dates
Windows May 23, 2003
Mac OS (Classic) October 31, 2003
macOS (OS X) October 31, 2003
 
 
 
 
 
Ghost Master guide on StrategyWiki
Ghost Master on MobyGames
Ghost Master on Wikipedia

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

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Skip intro videos[edit]

Skip Intro[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\GhostData\movies\
  2. Delete or rename the following files.
    • empire_lo.wmv
    • FMVLegal_lo.wmv
    • puppies_lo.wmv
  3. Go to <path-to-game>\GhostData\ui\
  4. Delete or rename the following files.
    • empire.tga
    • legal1.tga
    • legal2.tga
    • nvidia.tga
    • puppies.tga

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\GhostData\SpDrv.cfg[Note 2]
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Linux (Proton) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6200/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game data location[edit]

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\GhostData\SaveGames\[Note 2]
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Linux (Proton) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6200/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Video settings.
Video settings.
Game settings.
Game settings.
Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
 Stretched.[3] See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
 
 See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen
 
 See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
 
 See the WSGF entry.
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)
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 and 120+ FPS

Widescreen resolution[edit]

Force native resolution[citation needed]
  1. Download this archive.
  2. Extract its contents into the installation folder.
Alternative fix (tested on Windows 10)[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder and right click ghost.exe
  2. Click compatibility
  3. Click "disable display scaling on high dpi settings"
  4. Save and start game.
  5. Set desired resolution
  6. Restart game

Input settings[edit]

Mouse input settings.
Mouse input settings.
Miscellaneous key bindings.
Miscellaneous key bindings.
Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Under the Commands menu.
Controller
Controller support
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.
Audio settings.
Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Sound Effects, Voices, Music
Surround sound
Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Human chatter not included.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
EAX 3.0.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Steam and retail versions only.
German
Steam and retail versions only.
Italian
Steam and retail versions only.
Polish
GOG.com and retail versions only.
Russian
GOG.com and retail versions only.
Spanish
Steam (not visible on the store page) and retail versions only.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, XP, 2000
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 450 Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 750 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia TNT2 ATI Radeon 7500
Nvidia GeForce2

Notes

  1. ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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>/6200/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (6200) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
  2. ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
  3. ↑ Ghost Master | WSGF