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Earth 2150
Earth 2150 cover
Developers
Reality Pump Studios
Publishers
TopWare Interactive
Release dates
Windows May 22, 2000
Earth 2150 on Wikipedia
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 The Moon Project is 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
DRM details are not known
Earth 2150 Trilogy collection. Includes The Moon Project and Lost Souls.
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Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GamersGate
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
Includes The Moon Project and Lost Souls.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GOG.com
DRM-free
Includes The Moon Project and Lost Souls.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Steam
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Requires online activation
DRM: Reality Pump activation. Includes The Moon Project and Lost Souls.
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Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

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.
Setup utility.
Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

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Windowed

Instructions

Input settings

Speed and acceleration settings.
Speed and acceleration settings.
Keyboard mappings.
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.
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

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
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

  1. 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