Myst III: Exile

Myst
Myst	1993
Riven	1997
realMyst	2000
Myst III: Exile	2001
Uru: Ages Beyond Myst	2003
Myst IV: Revelation	2004
Myst V: End of Ages	2005
Myst Online: Uru Live	2007
realMyst: Masterpiece Edition	2014
Myst (2021)	2021

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game needs a fix to work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later (see API for details).

Key points

Can be played on ScummVM.^[1]

General information

Official series forums

MYSTAges - Unofficial series wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		CD version; SafeDisc DRM. Install the latest Patches to remove.^[2]
Retail		DVD version
GOG.com		Comes with ResidualVM pre-configured.
Steam		Does not require the Steam client to run.

Essential improvements

Patches

Official patches at ScummVM's website

CD version only; the DVD version is already fully-patched.

Play without the CD/DVD

Use ScummVM^[3]

Notes

CD version must first be patched to version 1.22 due to the unpatched version using SafeDisc.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/925930/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saved Games\^{[Note 2]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam	%APPDATA%\ResidualVM\Saved games
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/925930/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud		Not listed in the store page.

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Can be played in widescreen on ScummVM.^[4]
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
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)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		It is applied on FMVs when Hardware Acceleration is used.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Mouse look-around is uncapped. FMVs capped at 30fps.

Input

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

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese				Local retail version only.
Polish				Local retail version only. Details
Brazilian Portuguese				Retail only - BraSoft.
Spanish

System Compatibility

Systems confirmed working on: Windows XP SP3 32-bit, Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, and Windows 10.

Other information

API

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows					For 64-bit, use ScummVM.
macOS (OS X)					After the initial Mac OS release, an OS X patch arrived in October 2001. In 2006, the game received Intel support - rather than making it a universal binary, however; the developers decided to use Cider for this new app. As a result, the game is unplayable after 10.7 "Lion" due to incompatibilities. Therefore, modern, 64-bit versions of OS X require ScummVM.
Linux					Use ScummVM.
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, ME
Processor (CPU)	233 MHz Pentium II
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM
Other	640x480 resolution support 32-bit color support

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	8.1
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC G3 233 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM
Other	640x480 resolution support 32-bit color support

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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>/925930/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (925930) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
↑ 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).

References

↑ Myst III: Exile - ScummVM :: Wiki - last accessed on 2021-8-28
↑ ResidualVM - Myst III Datafiles - last accessed on 2016-11-4
"Some Windows executables are encrypted using SafeDisc. ResidualVM cannot read the required data from those, and will refuse to launch the game. Since the updated executables are not encrypted, please use the executable from the official update corresponding to your game language instead."
↑ ScummVM - Myst III: Exile Datafiles - last accessed on 2021-8-28
↑ ResidualVM News on GitHub - last accessed on 2018-2-20
"Added an option to take advantage of wide screens"

[Proton_path_note-4] 1.0 ^1.1 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>/925930/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (925930) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[gamedir-5] 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).

[1] Myst III: Exile - ScummVM :: Wiki - last accessed on 2021-8-28

[2] ResidualVM - Myst III Datafiles - last accessed on 2016-11-4
"Some Windows executables are encrypted using SafeDisc. ResidualVM cannot read the required data from those, and will refuse to launch the game. Since the updated executables are not encrypted, please use the executable from the official update corresponding to your game language instead."

[3] ScummVM - Myst III: Exile Datafiles - last accessed on 2021-8-28

[6] ResidualVM News on GitHub - last accessed on 2018-2-20
"Added an option to take advantage of wide screens"

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Developers

	Presto Studios
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Sprint engine
Digital	ScummVM
Release dates
Windows	May 7, 2001
Mac OS (Classic)	May 7, 2001
macOS (OS X)	October 4, 2001
macOS (OS X) (Cider)	2006
Reception
Metacritic	83
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Series	Myst