Monopoly Tycoon

Monopoly Tycoon

Developers
	Deep Red Games
Publishers
	Infogrames
Release dates
Windows	September 30, 2001

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Monopoly

Monopoly	1985
Monopoly (Gibson) (unofficial)	1985
Tommy's Monopoly (unofficial)	1988
TEGL Monopoly (unofficial)	1989
PC-Monopoly (unofficial)	1989
Monopoly Deluxe	1992
Monopoly (1995)	1995
Star Wars: Monopoly	1997
Monopoly: World Cup France 98 Edition	1998
Monopoly Casino	1999
Monopoly Junior	1999
Monopoly Tycoon	2001
Monopoly (2002)	2002
Monopoly 2008	2007
Monopoly (2012)	2012
Monopoly Plus	2017

Key points

Has problems running on Windows Vista and above. See "Essential improvements" and Issues unresolved.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Unknown DRM.

Essential improvements

Monopoly Tycoon Music Fix v1.7

In order for the game to play music, the Windows Media Source Filter must be re-installed on Windows Vista and above.

Completely restores music playback

Install the Windows Media Source Filter Download the Windows Media Source Filter Installer v1.7 Extract the contents from the .zip file into a folder. Right-click the ApplyPatch.bat in the folder and click "Run as Administrator". Launch the game, go to "Configuration" and then uncheck the "No Music" box to enable music. Notes If the text in the console window is red, then the ApplyPatch.bat needs to be run as Administrator. Windows Defender may appear with a warning when running the file. Select "More info" and then "Run anyway"

Manual installation of the Windows Media Source Filter Download the Windows Media Source Filter Installer v1.7 Extract the contents from the .zip file into a folder. Make a new folder in %WINDIR%\SysWOW64\ called Windows-Media-Source-Filter Copy drmclien.dll, strmdll.dll, dxmasf.dll and msadds32.ax from the .zip file to the Windows-Media-Source-Filter folder. Run DSFMgr.exe as administrator and register the dxmasf.dll and msadds32.ax files. Launch the game, go to "Configuration" and then uncheck the "No Music" box to enable music.

Patches

Patch 1.4 is the latest patch available for the game, it adds new scenarios, options, and bug fixes.

There is a bug that doesn't allow building rights to be activated in one of the tutorials; only present in version 1.4.

Patch 1.3 is the last officially released patch for the game. It generally tends to be more stable than version 1.4.

Miscellaneous

Disable the intro movie Requires the game to be v1.4. Launch the game and go to "Advanced Options". Tick the "Disable intro movie" box. Click 'OK". Click "Play".

Game data

In-game general settings.

External advanced settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\profiles

Video settings

External video/audio settings.

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Menu bar remains visible.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Force-able with Nvidia Control Panel or dgVoodoo 2.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Force-able with Nvidia Control Panel or dgVoodoo 2.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		No visible screen-tearing
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		No FPS or refresh rate cap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Widescreen resolution

Modifying the config.cfg file[citation needed] Go to the installation folder. Open config.cfg with Notepad or a different text editor. Change the lines with SysSetup width and SysSetup height to the width and height the game should run in. For example: Setting SysSetup width 1920 and SysSetup height 1080 will run the game at 1920x1080 resolution. Save the file. Launch the game.

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration		Hardware cursor option in-game.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and sound
Surround sound		DirectSound 3D is supported.
Subtitles		All speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		6	Chat is available in any multiplayer match. Click on a player's icon to chat.
Online play		6	Versus GameSpy has been discontinued.

Connection types

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

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	2310
UDP	2310

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

This is the default port used. It can be changed by the user via console commands. Full details can be found in the Patch v1.4 Readme file

Issues fixed

Music skipping/looping issues on Windows XP and later

Windows wraps any WMA playback with its DMO Wrapper. This has to be overridden for smooth playback.

The Windows Media Source Filter must be installed for this to have any effect or use.

No system file modifications are necessary.

Install the qasf.dll Download the DirectShow - Windows Media Source Filter Installer v1.7 Extract the contents of the downloaded .zip file into a folder. Copy the qasf 6.05.dll from the .zip file, to the where the game is located at (<path-to-game>). Move the game from its original installation folder, or else the qasf.dll won't load. The qasf 6.05.dll that was copied to <path-to-game>, must be renamed to qasf.dll. Launch the game. Notes The game MUST NOT be located where it was originally installed to (<path-to-game>), or else the right qasf.dll won't load. Version 6.03 of the qasf.dll is highly recommended over 6.05, since version 6.05 can cause 32-bit applications to crash.

Software mode graphics corruption

Sets both Direct3D and software rendering modes to 16-bit color.

Reduce color mode to 16-bit; (65536) color Go to <path-to-game> and right-click mc.exe Select the Compatibility tab. Under the Settings section, tick Reduced color mode. Select 16-bit (66536) color and click Apply. Launch the game normally, and make sure software mode is selected. Notes If software mode is not being used., disable 16-bit color for 32-bit colors.

Issues unresolved

There is a bug in version 1.4 with one of the tutorial levels "Building a Shopping Center" when trying to activate building rights.

When changing stock while the game is running at 4x speed, the amount can change significantly quicker than normal. Be careful!

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1	Requires Windows Media Player 6.4 media features and codecs.
Software renderer		DeepRed Software Rasterizer

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy	Bundles GameSpy Arcade.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	95, 98, ME
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 233 MHz	Intel Pentium II 266 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	90 MB	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0a compatible	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0a compatible
Other		8x CD-ROM Drive