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Messiah

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Revision as of 14:11, 5 March 2014 by ThatOneReaper (talk | contribs) (Major cleanup of the page. Filled in the tables, added screenshots and the Localization table.)
Messiah
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Developers
Shiny Entertainment
Publishers
Interplay Entertainment
Release dates
Windows March 31, 2000
Messiah on Wikipedia

General information

Official game site
Official support page
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Template:Availability Table

Essential improvements

Patches, Manuals, etc.

All of the downloads available for the game can be found on the official support page.

Command Line Arguments

Parameter Fuction
-i Skip intro logos
-s Disable sound
-o Disable Fog
-v Disable mip-mapping
+! Fixes Windows 2000 crashes on some machines when switching from the game to the game menu.
-p Will disable any gamma control for users who wish to use their windows gamma and not in game gamma settings.
+T Enables verbose debug information for sound cards.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location

Video settings

In-game video settings.

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Input settings

In-game control settings.

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Fix slowdown and 32-bit color

In modern GPUs the game has severe slowdown issues and is locked to 16-bit color only support. This can be addressed by the game itself, but it requires either a custom shortcut or running the game from the command line:

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium MMX 233 MHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 600 MB
Video card (GPU) 8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7 compatible