Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares
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Simtex |
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MicroProse |
| Current |
Wargaming.net |
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MacSoft |
| 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] |
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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
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DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
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| Retail |
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Technically doesn't have DRM however certain files will remain on disk with no option during installation to copy them to the Hard Drive. These files can still be copied manually, furthermore the config files will need to be edited to point to game's installation directory instead of disk. |
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Also includes Master of Orion. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[4] |
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| Steam |
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Currently only available by purchasing Master of Orion (2016). |
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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.
Essencial 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 1.31, 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 and here.
Game data
In-game general settings.
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)
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Input settings
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Audio settings
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Localizations
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UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
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Network
Multiplayer types
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
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 |
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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) |
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 |
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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 |
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| Video card (GPU) |
64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References
