Key points
- Comes bundled with modding tools
- Small but dedicated community
General information
- Bungie.net - The original developer's site.
- Project Magma - The current developers for the Myth series. See Project Magma patch for details.
- Bungiepedia - A wiki for everything Bungie related.
- Wyrdipedia - A small wiki for everything Myth related.
- Myth.Bungie.org - One of the biggest Myth fan sites around.
- The Tain - A huge mod database for the Myth series.
- Gate of Storms - A multiplayer server and community for Myth II.
Availability
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Keys |
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DLC and expansion packs
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Chimera |
Freeware download (included in Linux version patch 1.3e). |
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Green Berets |
Freeware download, was once sold in a bundle with base Myth II called Green Berets: Powered by Myth II (MobyGames, IGDB). |
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Version differences
- Myth: The Total Codex is a compilation pack that includes Myth: The Fallen Lords, Myth II: Soulblighter, the Chimera DLC by Badlands, strategy guides for both Myth games, and a variety of plugins created by fans within the community.
- Myth II: Worlds is a compilation pack that includes Myth II: Soulblighter and it's strategy guide but with community content not featured in either Myth: The Total Codex nor Myth: Antologia.
- Myth: Antologia is a re-release of Myth: The Total Codex but with Myth III: The Wolf Age and it's own strategy guide also included and sold exclusively for the Polish market.
Essential improvements
Project Magma patch
- This patch also removes the game's DRM; copy the cutscenes folder off the disk into the game's install directory to have cutscenes play without the disk inserted, or use the high-res QuickTime cutscenes (see below).
Project Magma is a major patch and continuation of Myth II, it provides modern PC support, huge optimizations, bug fixes, and countless other additions. It also updates the main modding tools to modern standards.
Graphical Mods
- If you experience slowdowns try setting the texture cache size to 512 in Myth II's preferences.[1]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
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Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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A3D 1.0[2] EAX 1[3] |
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Russian |
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Official localization by «1C-Softclub» |
Russian |
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Unofficial translation link #1 and #2: 1) Fargus Multimedia 2) «7th Wolf» 3) «XXI век» |
Network
Multiplayer types
Other information
- Also supported the now antiquated RRedline graphics API for Rendition Redline cards.
- Also supported the antiquated QuickDraw 3D/RAVE API on the classic Mac OS.
API
Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
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OS X and Intel support requires Project Magma patch. |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Audio |
DirectSound 3D |
Superseded by OpenAL in Project Magma Patch. |
Cutscenes |
Smacker Video Technology |
Superseded by QuickTime playback in Project Magma Patch. |
Multiplayer |
Bungie.net, TEN |
Both services are no longer available. Replaced by Gate of Storms.net in Project Magma Patch. |
System requirements
Windows | Mac OS (Classic) | macOS (OS X) | Linux |
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
98 |
Windows ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 200 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) |
32 MB |
64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
100 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
SVGA graphics card | |
References