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Revision as of 14:30, 22 March 2023
Developers | |
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Simtex | |
Publishers | |
1996-1999 | MicroProse |
1999-2002 | Infogrames |
2003-2013 | Atari |
2013-present | Wargaming.net |
Mac OS | MacSoft |
Release dates | |
DOS | November 22, 1996 |
Mac OS (Classic) | September 24, 1997 |
Windows (DOSBox) | April 20, 2010[1] |
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) | November 29, 2012[2] |
Linux (DOSBox) | May 12, 2015[3] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Genres | 4X, TBS |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Series | Master of Orion |
Master of Orion | |
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Master of Orion | 1993 |
Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares | 1996 |
Master of Orion III | 2003 |
Master of Orion (2016) | 2016 |
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
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Disc check can be removed by copying remaining files manually and editing the config files to point to the installation folder.[citation needed] | |||
GOG.com | Also includes Master of Orion. Pre-packaged with DOSBox,[4] but also includes the Windows 95 executable. | |||
Humble Store | Packaged with Master of Orion. | |||
Steam | Packaged with Master of Orion. Pre-packaged with DOSBox, but also includes the Windows 95 executable. | |||
ZOOM Platform | Packaged with Master of Orion. |
Version differences
- Later updates of the game included a Windows 95 version of the executable, called Orion95.exe. This version was highly unoptimized though, particularly laggy when playing multiplayer games. Many don't consider this a true Windows version because of this.
Essential improvements
Run in DOSBox
To improve DOSBox performance make the following changes to the DOSBox configuration file:
- Change
core=auto
tocore=dynamic
- Change
cycles=auto
tocycles=max
Patches
- The latest official patch is version 1.31, which can be found here.
Unofficial patches
- There is an unofficial 1.50.18.3 patch (as of Feb 6, 2021) here (includes a Windows-based launcher and optional mods).
- An older fan patch, 1.40, can be found here. Also note that the digital versions have 1.40 pre-installed; info for reverting which back to 1.31 can be found here.
- Additional patches/mods (possibly obsolete) can be found here, here, here and here.
Source ports
A reversed engineered source port is available.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Linux | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Linux | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Windows 95 version only. | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | Retail - BraSoft.[5] | |||
Russian | Fan translation, download link #1#2 | |||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | Hot seat |
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LAN play | 8 | Versus |
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Online play | 8 | Versus Via DOSBox IPX tunneling. |
Issues fixed
"The program can't start because DPLAY.dll is missing" error (Windows 95 version)
- Even with the fix, the mouse cursor in-game will not render properly
Add dplay.dll to the installation folder and set up compatibility settings[citation needed] |
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Corrupt graphics (Windows 95 version)
See DirectDraw troubleshooting.[6] |
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Mouse issues (Windows 95 version)
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes | SVGA | A VESA wrapper for the LOAD VESA.COM error can be found here. |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | Distributed with the official 1.31 patch; included in digital releases. | ||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
Distant World: Legends total conversion
- A MoO2 total conversion for Distant World: Legends is also available here.
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 5 | 6.2 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 486 66 MHz | Intel Pentium |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | 16 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 330 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | SVGA graphics card |
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | XP, Vista, 7, 8 |
Processor (CPU) | 1 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 330 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) | ||
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to
<path-to-game>/cloud_saves/
even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in thecloud_saves
folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
References
- ↑ New release: Master of Orion 1+2 - GOG.com
- ↑ November Mac Game Update: 12 new additions - GOG.com
- ↑ Changelog, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ BraSoft (archived).
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/master_of_orion_series/how_to_play_windows_version_success/page1