Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim

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Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim

Developers   Cyberlore

Publishers   Paradox Interactive

Release dates Windows March 21, 2000 Mac OS March 21, 2000 Linux 2003

Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim

Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim	2000
Majesty: The Northern Expansion
Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim	2009

General information

Official developer site

Majesty Gold HD Support Forum

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys
Retail		Out of Print, multiple versions available.
GamersGate		Gold HD Edition.
Steam		Gold HD Edition (Includes Gold Edition).

Versions

Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim

The original release of the game. The game was released several times by different publishers. Current patch is Update 4.

The Northern Expansion

The official expansion pack added additional quests and new buildings to the game. Two bonus quests are available to download from the website. Current patch is Update 2.

Majesty Gold Edition

This contains Majesty as well as The Northern Expansion, as separate programs. It is not compatible with the bonus quests. Gold Edition contains the previous patches.

Majesty Gold HD

Majesty and The Northern Expansion bundled together, now a single program. The bonus quests are included. The game has been rewritten to run on Windows Vista and Windows 7, and no longer runs excessively fast on modern processors. Resolution can now be changed, and the game supports widescreen monitors. Owners of the Steam version of Majesty Gold Edition are given a free upgrade to Gold HD, and buying Gold HD from Steam also installs the original Gold Edition.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

	Location
Windows
Mac OS
Linux

Save game data location

	Location
Windows
Mac OS
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
GameSave Manager		The expansion is also supported.

Video settings

Graphics option	Option	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
High frame rate

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play
LAN co-op
Online co-op

Issues fixed

Majesty on Modern Systems

The original versions of Majesty will run on Windows Vista and Windows 7, however the game will be unstable and might crash frequently. A new version of the game is available that fixes a number of compatibility errors with current Windows versions and officially supports them.

For older versions of the game the following command line arguments may be used:

majx.exe -nothreadedcursor -useglblit

The command line is for Northern Expansion pack. For base game simply replace the executable name with majesty.exe. No extensive tests were done with this command line, however a several mission playthrough has indicated that game becomes more stable when these parameters are used.

Gold HD Edition Not Responding

On some systems (particularly those with Intel graphics) Majesty Gold HD may not work properly. On loading the game there may be a blank screen, or after the opening movie, the menu appears unresponsive (although it is actually working, but the screen is updating). To fix this, you need to append -useddblit -blitmovietobackground to the launcher.

For Steam: In the library, right click on Majesty Gold HD, and select properties. Select "Set Launch Options" and add -useddblit -blitmovietobackground.

For other versions: Right click the Majesty shortcut and go to properties. Add -useddblit -blitmovietobackground to the end of the target line.

Fast scrolling

On older versions of Majesty, faster computers could cause the game to scroll excessively fast.

Change ScrollSpeed in registry Open the Registry Editor: Vista and newer: open the Start screen/Start menu, type regedit and press ↵ Enter. Windows XP: press ⊞ Win+R, type regedit and press ↵ Enter. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cyberlore\Majesty Open ScrollSpeed and change it appropriately. If you have The Northern Expansion or Gold Edition make the same change in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cyberlore\Majesty Expansion

System requirements

Majesty (Original Version)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	Pentium 166 MHz (or equivalent)	Pentium II 300 MHz (or equivalent)
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	314 MB	366 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 8 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

Mac OS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	8.6
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC 233 MHz	PowerPC 350 MHz
System memory (RAM)		128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	314 MB	366 MB
Video card (GPU)	16-Bit Display at 800x600

Majesty Gold Linux Version

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Linux Kernel 2.2
Processor (CPU)	166 MHz
System memory (RAM)	48 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	410 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM

Majesty Gold HD

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	7
Processor (CPU)	800 MHz Pentium III or equivalent	2.4 GHz Pentium 4 or better
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 8 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible