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Warnings
- GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
General information
- Official developer site
- Majesty Gold HD Support Forum
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
| Retail |
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Out of Print, multiple versions available. |
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| GOG.com |
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| Green Man Gaming |
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| Steam |
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Gold HD Edition (Includes Gold Edition). |
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Version differences
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.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patches are available for Windows and Mac OS. The Gold Edition is already patched.
Use newer SDL version (Linux)
- Will replace OSS with ALSA in terms of sound output and add additional features.
- Requires 32 bit version of recent SDL 1.2 library.
Run the software with LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib32 on at the beginning. If using a 32-bit system use /usr/lib path instead.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System |
Location |
| Windows |
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| Mac OS (Classic) |
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| Linux |
~/.lgp/majx/majxprefs |
| Steam Play (Linux) |
<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/25990/pfx/[Note 1] |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Issues fixed
General
Fast scrolling
- On older versions of Majesty, faster computers could cause the game to scroll excessively fast.
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Change ScrollSpeed in registry (Windows)[citation needed]
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- 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
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Edit the configuration file (Linux)[citation needed]
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Open up the configuration file and add <ScrollSpeed>#</ScrollSpeed>. Replace # with a number.
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Windows
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's command line arguments.
Linux
No Sound
- SDL library that is included with the game is set to use OSS for sound only.
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General[citation needed]
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- The software is not updated frequently.
Install the osspd package (Some distros like ArchLinux refers the package as ossp) and enable/start the osspd/osspd.service service.
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If using PulseAudio[citation needed]
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Run the game with padsp command (It is included with main PulseAudio package, if not, look for pulseaudio-utils)
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If using ALSA[citation needed]
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- Install alsa-oss package
- Load the following kernel modules as root with
modprobe command:
- snd-seq-oss
- snd-pcm-oss
- snd-mixer-oss
Run the game with aoss -32 (On 32 bit system just use aoss)
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Fullscreen issue with multiple monitors
Run the game in windowed mode using -w command prompt. However, due to the fact that the windowed mode is at fixed 800x600 resolution, you may need to use the resolution scaling using xrandr command, if on 1080p or 4K resolution.
The mouse isn't captured in windowed mode
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Compile libjail.so[citation needed]
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- The multilibrary version of GCC and 32-bit version of SDL is required for 64 bit system.
- Create a text file and name it jail.c
- Copy and paste the content of this script
- In Terminal run
gcc -m32 -fPIC -shared -o libjail.so jail.c -ldl (If on 32 bit system remove the -m32 argument)
- Once compiled, move libjail.so to the main game folder
- Point out the file to use before running the game using
LD_PRELOAD= command at the beginning.Example:
LD_PRELOAD=$HOME/games/majesty/libjail.so $HOME/games/majesty/majx -w
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Other information
API
| Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
| Audio |
OSS |
Linux only. |
| Interface |
SDL |
SDL is Linux only |
| Multiplayer |
GameSpy |
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System requirements
Majesty (Original Version)
| Windows | Mac OS (Classic) | Linux |
| Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
95 |
98 |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 166 MHz (or equivalent)
| Intel 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 |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
8.6 | |
| Processor (CPU) |
PowerPC 233 MHz
| PowerPC 350 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
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128 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
314 MB |
366 MB |
| Video card (GPU) |
16-bit Display at 800x600 | |
Majesty Gold Linux Version
| Linux |
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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 |
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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 |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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>/25990/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (25990) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
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