General information
- Wargaming.net Orion Forums - Official forums, has a subsection for the original classics
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Realms Beyond - Has a subsection for the series (particularly the classics)
- The Orion Nebula
Availability
Version differences
- The pre-alpha/software pitch version of the game was actually known as Star Lords. It has some slightly different graphics and some races have slightly different names.
Essential improvements
Run in DOSBox
To improve DOSBox performance make the following changes to the DOSBox configuration file:
- Change
core=auto to core=dynamic
- Change
cycles=auto to cycles=max
Patches
The latest official patch is version 1.3, which can be found here. Note that the digital releases are fully updated, thus the update file is unnecessary on said version. An unofficial 1.4m is also available for download here. The original thread where it was discussed and created (download link dead) can be found here. There is also a 1.4n patch here, which is slightly newer than 1.4m. Note that 1.4n requires 1.4m to be installed first.
In addition to the above there is a fix that adds Gravis UltraSound support available here. For more info on getting GUS working, see DOSBox. A map editor is also available here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
Video settings
Graphics settings (GOG.com version)
Template:Video settings
Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
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Network
Multiplayer types
| Type |
Native |
Notes |
| Local play |
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Hot seat
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| LAN play |
| A fan made "multiplayer project" was once attempted but later abandoned. After a server failure on the mods original host site, a map editor (same one listed in essential improvements) is all that remains of the project. |
| Online play |
| See note above. |
Other information
API
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| DOS video modes |
VGA |
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| Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
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System requirements
| DOS | Windows | Mac OS (Classic) | macOS (OS X) | Linux |
| DOS |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
3.3 |
6.2 |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel 386 16 MHz
| Intel 486 |
| System memory (RAM) |
3 MB |
6 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
14 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) |
VGA graphics card | |
| Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista, 7, 8 | |
| Processor (CPU) |
1 GHz
| 1.4 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
256 MB |
512 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
14 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 7 compatible
| DirectX 9 compatible |
| macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
| Operating system (OS) |
10.6.8 |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core Duo 2 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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| Video card (GPU) |
64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References
