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Populous: The Beginning

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Populous: The Beginning
Populous: The Beginning cover
Developers
Bullfrog Productions
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
Magic Carpet
Release dates
Windows September 15, 1998
Populous: The Beginning on Wikipedia
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Populous
Populous 1989
Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods 1991
Populous: The Beginning 1998

Key points

Poor compatibility with modern systems.

General information

Populous Wiki - A small wiki for the Populous series
Populous: Reincarnated - A fan site dedicated to Populous: The Beginning
Populous: Reincarnated Wiki - A wiki for Populous: The Beginning
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Updated for compatibility with modern systems.
Windows
Origin
Origin
Windows
The GOG.com version and Origin version includes the Undiscovered Worlds expansion.[1]

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Populous: The Beginning - Undiscovered Worlds
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official retail patch available is Patch 1.01. The GOG.com version comes with this pre-installed.
The unofficial Collective Populous Patch includes 1.01 fixes as well as a network hosting bug fix. It also removes the CD check and adds a restore tool along with an update tool. This patch will update the game to the US version.
The unofficial PopEnhance contains a fix for graphics corruption bug in d3d mode, options for changing resolution and many other options for cheats and enhancements.

Displacements Patch

The unofficial Displacements Patch improves all landscape textures. This affects both the base game and its expansion.

Higher Resolution

Normally the game only allows for resolutions up to 800x600.

Instructions

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.
In-game Direct3D settings (only when running the game with hardware acceleration).
In-game Direct3D settings (only when running the game with hardware acceleration).

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Input settings

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
4
Online play
4 Official servers have been shut down.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Original matchmaking service is no longer available. Use the Populous Reincarnated Matchmaker
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP 7575
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
This is the default port used. It can be changed in-game by the user

Issues fixed

Game crashes on startup (AMD/ATI GPUs)

This will also fix any rainbow colour issues
Game will suffer from mouse drift on multi-monitor setups
Instructions

Game lag

Instructions

Graphics card not detected for AMD/ATI GPUs

Instructions

Graphics Problem - Windows 7

See Rainbow color problems in older games for solutions.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 6
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio QSound

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 133 MHz 600 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 100 MB 250 MB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 6 compatible

References