Z (2012)

This page is for the 2012 port. For the original game, see Z.

Z
Z	1996
Z: Steel Soldiers	2001
Z (2012)	2012
Z: Steel Soldiers (2014)	2014

This version of the 1997 real-time strategy game Z is based on the 2011/2012 mobile ports. It has native widescreen support, but removed all multiplayer capabilities.

General information

Sold as Z The Game on GOG.com and Zoom Platform.

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com
Steam
ZOOM Platform
GamersGate (unavailable)
Mac App Store (unavailable)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\prefdata^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/275530/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Language settings are stored in <path-to-game>\language on Windows.

Video settings are stored in <path-to-game>\display on Windows.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/275530/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Each save is a numbered pair of savedata-* and saveinfo-* files.

The last save slot used is also stored as autodata and autoinfo

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Unusable (gameplay is zoomed in too far).
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Added in Update 2. Toggle in settings.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Frame rate is capped at 17 FPS.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		On/off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Issues unresolved

Windowed mode unusable in low resolutions

Windowed mode is unusable at some low desktop resolutions such as 1024x768 (see Stuck in unusable windowed mode).

Issues fixed

Stuck in unusable windowed mode

Windowed mode is unusable at some low desktop resolutions such as 1024x768.

Delete display file^[1]
Go to `<path-to-game>`. Delete `display`. Fullscreen mode will now be used.

Fullscreen mode is zoomed in and therefore not all the content is visible

Set Windows Scaling to 100%^[2]
Make sure the Resolution in Windows is the same as in the game and the Scaling Option in Windows is set to 100%, otherwise the Fullscreen mode in game will have the Scaling set the same as Windows e.g. 150% --> not all the content will be displayed

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3, Vista SP1, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	400 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7 series ATI Radeon X1000 series Intel GMA 950

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.6
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	333 MB

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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/275530/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (275530) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Verified by User:Garrett on 2014-07-18
↑ Verified by User:Not Verified by User on 2022-04-24

[gamedir-1] 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).

[Proton_path_note-2] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/275530/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (275530) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[3] Verified by User:Garrett on 2014-07-18

[4] Verified by User:Not Verified by User on 2022-04-24

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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[2]

Developers

	The Bitmap Brothers
macOS (OS X)	TickTock Games
Windows	TickTock Games
Publishers
Original	KISS ltd
Original	Kavcom
Current	Rebellion Developments
Release dates
macOS (OS X)	March 25, 2012
Windows	July 4, 2014
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	RTS
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Z