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Master of Magic

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Master of Magic
Master of Magic cover
Developers
Simtex
Publishers
MicroProse
Release dates
DOS September 1, 1994
Windows April 27, 2010[1]
Linux May 12, 2015[2]
Master of Magic guide on StrategyWiki
Master of Magic on Wikipedia

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS
GamersGate
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
DOS version pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3]
Windows
Linux

Essential improvements

Unofficial patch

  • There is also an unofficial, community-driven patch, pushing the game version to 2.0. It's solely game-balancing and therefore is recommended for experienced players. You can find it here.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Windows
Linux
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
DOS
Windows
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video settings

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German

Issues fixed

Poor performance

Change video settings[citation needed]

The game runs at standard VGA resolution and being a turn-based strategy, doesn't really require lots of horsepower. However, you may want to speed up its execution by trying out the following:

  1. Enable frameskip -- values of 1 or 2 should be perfectly acceptable.
  2. Disable Expanding Help option under Game -> Settings.
  3. Disable Movement Animations option under Game -> Settings.
Disable music[citation needed]
  1. Choose Game -> Settings and uncheck Background music and Event music.
  2. If that doesn't help, try running installation program and choosing No Sound for music playback device.

Notes

The in-game music management is rather poor -- not every track is being used and it quickly becomes repetitive. If you want to listen to a soundtrack while playing the game, it can be easily obtained from the Internet in the MIDI format. Try playing it in the background using your favourite music player. This way you'll be able to listen to tracks, you'd normally wouldn't hear and your game will perform better.

Other information

The game is rather poorly written. Even with the latest patch (1.31) it may unexpectedly crash.

Furthermore, the game may slow all by itself if there are many units on the map. This may lead to the game being unstable, so if you encounter such condition try killing enemy units (massively) and saving often. The game saves your progress by itself every turn, upon pressing the Next turn button. However, you can force it to save anytime by pushing F10.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Linux

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)

References