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{{Availability/row| GOG.com | master_of_orion_1_2 | DRM-free | Also includes [[Master of Orion]]. Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/page1 List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref> | | Windows, OS X, Linux }} | {{Availability/row| GOG.com | master_of_orion_1_2 | DRM-free | Also includes [[Master of Orion]]. Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/page1 List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref> | | Windows, OS X, Linux }} | ||
− | {{Availability/row| Steam | 410980 | Steam | | + | {{Availability/row| Humble | master-of-orion-1-2 | Steam | Packaged with [[Master of Orion]]. | | Windows, OS X, Linux }} |
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Revision as of 17:07, 8 March 2019
Developers | |
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Simtex | |
Publishers | |
MicroProse | |
Current | Wargaming.net |
Mac OS | MacSoft |
Release dates | |
DOS | October 31, 1996 |
Mac OS (Classic) | September 1997 |
Windows | April 20, 2010[1] |
macOS (OS X) | November 29, 2012[2] |
Linux | May 12, 2015[3] |
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] | |||
Humble Store | Packaged with Master of Orion. | |||
Steam | 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. There is also an unofficial 1.50.8 patch here (includes a windows-based launcher and optional mods). An older fan patch, 1.40, can be found here in-case 1.50 has something you don't like. 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>\[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
- 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>\[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Russian | Fan translation, download link #1#2 |
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)
Use palette fix[5] |
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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 | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
Linux | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
- A MoO2 total conversion for Distant World: Legends is also available here.
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 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- DOS
- Mac OS
- Windows
- OS X
- Linux
- Games
- Invalid template usage (Series)
- Pages needing references
- Pages with broken file links
- Invalid template usage (Image)
- Invalid template usage (Save game cloud syncing)
- Invalid section order
- Invalid template usage (Localizations)
- Local multiplayer games
- Invalid template usage (API)
- Missing section (Video)
- Missing section (Input)
- Missing section (Audio)