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Evil Genius

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Evil Genius
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Developers
Elixir Studios
Publishers
Sierra Entertainment
Rebellion Developments
Release dates
Windows September 28, 2004
macOS (OS X) May 9, 2013
Evil Genius on Wikipedia

Key points

Fairly moddable, further documentation can be found here along with a handy modding guide.
Lacks an official map editor for new scenarios.

General information

Evil Planet Wiki
Steam Community Discussions
Evil Planet Community Site - Great source of mods and tutorials
GOG.com Support Page - Wide array of common fixes
GOG.com Community Discussions
Steam Users Forums

Availability

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The Steam release is a blend between the 1.0 European Patch and the 1.1 US patch, the latter missing some of the most obvious changes.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Patch compilation

Unnoficial Steam Patch

Many fixes and improvements from the US and EU official patch are already included, as well as the unofficial 1.1 patch along with the content from the Bonus CD.

Patches

Official 1.01

The only official patch, released by Elixir before its demise in 2005. It fixes a number of issues, however it should be noted a number of issues still remain.

Unnoficial 1.11

An unofficial fan patch collated by Evil Planet. Although designed for the US release, most game elements introduced should function with European versions of the game. The patch improves upon many game elements that had previously frustrated players.

Bonus CD

A free expansion to the game, it provides a new unit, a new trap, and various other additions.

Enhancements

Before getting started download every patch and the Bonus CD along with the universal resolution changer.
Instructions

Enabling the developer console

Instructions

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3720/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3720/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.

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Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Windowed

Instructions

Input settings

In-game general control settings.
In-game key map settings.

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Some dialogues are disabled by default. See this.
Italian
A text translation is available here.
Spanish

Issues unresolved

Dissapearing grass

This issue only seems to persist when rotating the camera inside the lair while viewing whatever is outside.

Issues fixed

Error "The Direct3D device has a non-zero reference"

Caused by a resolution change while in the main menu rendering the game unplayable.
Instructions

Missing grass (Windows)

Instructions

Playtime not being tracked (Steam)

Instructions

Enabling speech on the German version

Instructions

Other informations

For the next tweaks, use Ctrl+F in order to find the following lines easily.

Custom camera height

Instructions

Changing the default Debug.log location

By default on Windows this file is created into the main C: drive.
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98SE
Processor (CPU) Pentium III 800 MHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.4 GB
Video card (GPU) nVidia GeForce 2
16 MB of VRAM

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>/3720/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (3720) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References