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Earth
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

Key points

The Moon Project and Lost Souls are multiplayer-compatible with each other provided players using the former have their game patched to version 2.0 or higher.^[1]

Frame rate is capped at 20 FPS.

Certain graphical features, such as environmental fog and terrain shadows, are exclusive to DirectX rendering.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Earth 2150 Trilogy collection includes The Moon Project and Lost Souls standalone expansion packs.
GamersGate		Includes The Moon Project and Lost Souls standalone expansion packs.
GOG.com		Includes The Moon Project and Lost Souls standalone expansion packs.
Steam		DRM: Reality Pump activation. Includes The Moon Project and Lost Souls standalone expansion packs.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/253880/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Earth 2150 registry settings: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Topware\Earth 2150\BaseGame

The Moon Project registry settings: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Topware\TheMoonProject\BaseGame

Lost Souls registry settings: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Reality Pump\LostSouls\BaseGame

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/253880/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

All menu screens, including the graphics and audio settings screens, are unique for all factions; however, they all have exactly the same wording, format, and settings, so the difference is merely superficial.

Unlike its expansions, the setup utility and the in-game graphics settings for the base game, Earth 2150, has a hardware-accelerated sound section and lacks the ability to adjust the maximum zoom level, respectively.

Setup utility.

Graphics settings.

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Windowed

Instructions

Input settings

Speed and acceleration settings.

Keyboard mappings.

Unlike its expansions, the in-game speed and acceleration settings for the base game, Earth 2150, lacks the ability to invert (reverse) mouse input.

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Audio settings

Sound settings.

Unlike its expansions, the in-game audio settings for the base game, Earth 2150, lacks the ability to disable production messages.

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Not available in Lost Souls^{[citation needed]}
German
Polish
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8
Online play		8

Connection types

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

Issues fixed

Game crashes when using Construction menu

If Earth 2150 or its expansions are set to a 16:9 resolution, the game will crash as soon as you attempt to use the Construction menu in-game.

Instructions

Game appears on wrong monitor

If Earth 2150 or its expansions appears on the wrong monitor on your multi-monitor setup, you'll need to tell the game which monitor to use.

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6
Glide	2.4
Software renderer		See Software Rendering.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	DirectSound3D

Software rendering

Earth 2150 and its expansions come with a hidden software renderer. Given, for all intents and purposes, any modern computer can play the game at maximum settings using either the Direct3D or OpenGL renderers without issue, the software renderer is merely a curiosity. However, those that would still like to utilize it should follow the instructions below.

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel or AMD Single Core	Intel or AMD Single Core 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

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>/253880/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (253880) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ The Moon Project official site, "Version 2.0 released!"

[Proton_path_note-2] 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>/253880/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (253880) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] The Moon Project official site, "Version 2.0 released!"

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-{{Fixbox/fix|Switch to a non-16:9 resolution|ref=<ref>Tested by [[User:Expack3]]</ref>}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Switch to a non-16:9 resolution|ref=<ref>Tested by [[User:Expack3|Expack3]]</ref>}}
 :# Run <code>setup.exe</code>.
 :# From the list of resolutions, choose the desired resolution. (For example, 1024x768x16 is a 1024x768 resolution at 16-bit color depth, while 1920x1200x32 is a 1920x1200 resolution at 32-bit color depth.)

Developers

	Reality Pump Studios
Publishers
	TopWare Interactive
Release dates
Windows	May 22, 2000