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{{++}} Natively supports 4K and ultrawidescreen resolutions.
 
{{++}} Natively supports 4K and ultrawidescreen resolutions.
{{--}} In-game cutscenes are designed for 4x3 resolutions, causing [[Earth_2160#In-game_cutscenes_do_not_display_correctly_using_non-4:3_resolutions|display issues]] in any other resolution.
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{{ii}} All in-game cutscenes force a letterbox format, regardless of resolution.
 
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Revision as of 16:20, 27 September 2014

Earth 2160
Earth 2160 cover
Developers
Reality Pump Studios
Publishers
Zuxxez Entertainment
Deep Silver
TopWare Interactive
Engines
Earth-4 Engine
Release dates
Windows June 3, 2005
Earth 2160 on Wikipedia

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
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

Natively supports 4K and ultrawidescreen resolutions.
In-game cutscenes are designed for 4:3 resolutions, causing display issues in any other resolution.
All in-game cutscenes force a letterbox format, regardless of resolution.

General information

Official Site
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Requires online activation
Can only be used x times
3 computer limit[1]
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GOG.com
DRM-free
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
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Steam
Icon overlay.png
Requires online activation
DRM: Reality Pump activation.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Enable anti-aliasing in Windowed mode

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1900/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1900/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.
You may need to adjust registry settings for the UI to be non-stretched or illegible.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Input settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
8
Online play
8 Requires an EarthNet account

Connection types

Issues unresolved

In-game cutscenes do not display correctly using non-4:3 resolutions

Example of in-game cutscene display issues.
When a non-4:3 resolution is used, in-game cutscenes will assume the resolution is still 4:3, causing various display issues.
Instructions

Issues fixed

Cannot select non-4:3 resolutions in options menu

Instructions

UI is stretched/illegible

Multi-monitor configuration

Instructions

Ultrawidescreen/4K Ultra HD

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000
Processor (CPU) 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 1.3 support


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