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Myst	1993
Riven	1997
realMyst	2000
Myst III: Exile	2001
Uru: Ages Beyond Myst	2003
Myst IV: Revelation	2004
Myst V: End of Ages	2005
Myst Online: Uru Live	2007
realMyst: Masterpiece Edition	2014
Myst (2021)	2021
Riven (2024)	2024

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game needs a fix to work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later (see API for details).

Key points

Can be played on ScummVM.^[1]

General information

Official series forums

MYSTAges - Unofficial series wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		CD version; SafeDisc DRM. Install the latest Patches to remove.^[2] Requires disc swapping. Released on 4 CDs.
Retail		DVD version. Game runs from the disc.
GOG.com		Comes with ResidualVM pre-configured.
Steam		Does not require the Steam client to run.

Essential improvements

Patches

Official patches at ScummVM's website

CD version only; the DVD version is already fully-patched.

Play without the CD/DVD

Use ScummVM^[3]

Notes

CD version must first be patched to version 1.22 due to the unpatched version using SafeDisc.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/925930/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saved Games\^{[Note 2]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam	%APPDATA%\ResidualVM\Saved games
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/925930/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud		Not listed in the store page.

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Can be played in widescreen on ScummVM.^[4]
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		It is applied on FMVs when Hardware Acceleration is used.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Mouse look-around is uncapped. FMVs capped at 30 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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese				Local retail version only.
Polish				Local retail version only. Details
Brazilian Portuguese				Retail only - BraSoft.
Spanish
Russian				Local retail version only.

System Compatibility

Systems confirmed working on: Windows XP SP3 32-bit, Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, and Windows 10.

Other information

API

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows					For 64-bit, use ScummVM.
macOS (OS X)					After the initial Mac OS release, an OS X patch arrived in October 2001. In 2006, the game received Intel support - rather than making it a universal binary, however; the developers decided to use Cider for this new app. As a result, the game is unplayable after 10.7 "Lion" due to incompatibilities. Therefore, modern, 64-bit versions of OS X require ScummVM.
Linux					Use ScummVM.
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, ME
Processor (CPU)	233 MHz Pentium II
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM
Other	640x480 resolution support 32-bit color support

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	8.1
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC G3 233 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM
Other	640x480 resolution support 32-bit color support

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/925930/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (925930) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
↑ 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).

References

↑ Myst III: Exile - ScummVM :: Wiki - last accessed on 2021-8-28
↑ ResidualVM - Myst III Datafiles - last accessed on 2016-11-4
"Some Windows executables are encrypted using SafeDisc. ResidualVM cannot read the required data from those, and will refuse to launch the game. Since the updated executables are not encrypted, please use the executable from the official update corresponding to your game language instead."
↑ ScummVM - Myst III: Exile Datafiles - last accessed on 2021-8-28
↑ ResidualVM News on GitHub - last accessed on 2018-2-20
"Added an option to take advantage of wide screens"

[Proton_path_note-4] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/925930/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (925930) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/925930/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (925930) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[gamedir-5] 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).

[1] Myst III: Exile - ScummVM :: Wiki - last accessed on 2021-8-28

[2] ResidualVM - Myst III Datafiles - last accessed on 2016-11-4
"Some Windows executables are encrypted using SafeDisc. ResidualVM cannot read the required data from those, and will refuse to launch the game. Since the updated executables are not encrypted, please use the executable from the official update corresponding to your game language instead."

[3] ScummVM - Myst III: Exile Datafiles - last accessed on 2021-8-28

[6] ResidualVM News on GitHub - last accessed on 2018-2-20
"Added an option to take advantage of wide screens"

[1]

[2]

[3]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[4]

Developers

	Presto Studios
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Russia	Russobit-M
Engines
	Sprint engine
Digital	ScummVM
Release dates
Windows	May 7, 2001
Mac OS (Classic)	May 7, 2001
macOS (OS X)	October 4, 2001
macOS (OS X) (Cider)	2006
Reception
Metacritic	83
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Series	Myst

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-{{Infobox game/row/engine|ResidualVM|GOG.com}}
+{{Infobox game/row/engine|ScummVM|Digital}}
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+|reception    =
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+|taxonomy     =
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+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
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+|official site= https://cyan.com/games/myst-iii/
+|hltb         = 6309
+|igdb         = myst-iii-exile
 |strategywiki =
+|mobygames    = myst-iii-exile
 |wikipedia    = Myst III: Exile
 |winehq       = 1352
 |license      = commercial
 }}
-{{Series|Myst}}
+'''Key points'''
+{{++}} Can be played on [[ScummVM]].<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Myst_III:_Exile|title=Myst III: Exile - ScummVM :: Wiki|date=2021-8-28}}</ref>
 '''General information'''
@@ Line 29: / Line 53: @@
 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc check | CD version; {{removed DRM|SafeDisc}}. Install the latest [[#Patches|Patches]] to remove.<ref>{{Refsnip|url=http://wiki.residualvm.org/index.php?title=Datafiles#Myst_3|title=ResidualVM - Myst III Datafiles|date=2016/11/4|snippet=Some Windows executables are encrypted using SafeDisc. ResidualVM cannot read the required data from those, and will refuse to launch the game. Since the updated executables are not encrypted, please use the executable from the official update corresponding to your game language instead.}}</ref> | | Windows, Mac OS, OS X }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc check | CD version; {{removed DRM|SafeDisc}}. Install the latest [[#Patches|Patches]] to remove.<ref>{{Refsnip|url=http://wiki.residualvm.org/index.php?title=Datafiles#Myst_3|title=ResidualVM - Myst III Datafiles|date=2016-11-4|snippet=Some Windows executables are encrypted using SafeDisc. ResidualVM cannot read the required data from those, and will refuse to launch the game. Since the updated executables are not encrypted, please use the executable from the official update corresponding to your game language instead.}}</ref> Requires disc swapping. Released on 4 CDs. | | Windows, Mac OS, OS X }}
-{{Availability/row| Retail | | DRM-free | DVD version | | Windows, Mac OS, OS X }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc check | DVD version. Game runs from the disc. | | Windows, Mac OS, OS X }}
 {{Availability/row| GOG.com | myst_3_exile | DRM-free | Comes with [[Engine:ResidualVM|ResidualVM]] pre-configured. | | Windows, OS X }}
-{{Availability/row| Steam | 925930 | Steam | | | Windows, OS X}}
+{{Availability/row| Steam | 925930 | DRM-free | Does not require the Steam client to run. | | Windows, OS X}}
 }}
 ==Essential improvements==
 ===Patches===
-{{mm}} [http://wiki.residualvm.org/index.php/Myst_3#Updates_for_the_CD_version Official patches at] [[Engine:ResidualVM|ResidualVM]]'s website
+{{mm}} [https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Myst_III:_Exile#Updates_for_the_CD_version Official patches at] [[Engine:ScummVM|ScummVM]]'s website
 {{ii}} CD version only; the DVD version is already fully-patched.
 ===Play without the CD/DVD===
-{{Fixbox|description=Use ResidualVM|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=http://wiki.residualvm.org/index.php?title=Datafiles#Myst_3|title=ResidualVM - Myst III Datafiles|date=2016/11/04}}</ref>|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Use ScummVM|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Myst_III:_Exile#Required_data_files|title=ScummVM - Myst III: Exile Datafiles|date=2021-8-28}}</ref>|fix=
 '''Notes'''
@@ Line 58: / Line 82: @@
 {{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\Saved Games\}}
 {{Game data/saves|Mac OS|}}
+{{Game data/saves|Steam|{{p|appdata}}\ResidualVM\Saved games}}
 {{Game data/saves|OS X|}}
 }}
@@ Line 63: / Line 88: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 {{Save game cloud syncing
-|discord                =
+|discord                   =
-|discord notes          =
+|discord notes             =
-|epic games store       =
+|epic games launcher       =
-|epic games store notes =
+|epic games launcher notes =
-|gog galaxy             = true
+|gog galaxy                = true
-|gog galaxy notes       =
+|gog galaxy notes          =
-|origin                 =
+|origin                    =
-|origin notes           =
+|origin notes              =
-|steam cloud            = unknown
+|steam cloud               = true
-|steam cloud notes      =
+|steam cloud notes         = Not listed in the store page.
-|uplay                  =
+|ubisoft connect           =
-|uplay notes            =
+|ubisoft connect notes     =
-|xbox cloud             =
+|xbox cloud                =
-|xbox cloud notes       =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
 }}
-==Video settings==
+==Video==
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  =
 |widescreen wsgf award      =
@@ Line 87: / Line 112: @@
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     =
 |widescreen resolution      = hackable
-|widescreen resolution notes= Can be played in widescreen on ResidualVM.<ref>{{Refsnip|url=https://github.com/residualvm/residualvm/blob/branch-0-3-0/NEWS|title=ResidualVM News on GitHub|date=2018-2-20|snippet=Added an option to take advantage of wide screens}}</ref>
+|widescreen resolution notes= Can be played in widescreen on ScummVM.<ref>{{Refsnip|url=https://github.com/residualvm/residualvm/blob/branch-0-3-0/NEWS|title=ResidualVM News on GitHub|date=2018-2-20|snippet=Added an option to take advantage of wide screens}}</ref>
 |multimonitor               = false
 |multimonitor notes         =
@@ Line 103: / Line 128: @@
 |anisotropic notes          =
 |antialiasing               = true
-|antialiasing notes         = It is applied on FMVs when Hardware Acceleration is used.
+|antialiasing notes         = It is applied on {{term|FMV}}s when Hardware Acceleration is used.
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = false
 |vsync notes                =
-|60 fps                     = unknown
+|60 fps                     = limited
-|60 fps notes               =
+|60 fps notes               = Mouse look-around is uncapped. {{term|FMV}}s capped at 30 FPS.
-|120 fps                    = false
+|120 fps                    = limited
 |120 fps notes              =
 |hdr                        = unknown
@@ Line 116: / Line 144: @@
 }}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = false
 |key remap notes           =
@@ Line 158: / Line 186: @@
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    =
@@ Line 171: / Line 199: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
@@ Line 181: / Line 211: @@
   |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Dutch
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = true
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = French
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = true
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = German
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = true
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Italian
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = true
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Japanese
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = unknown
+ |subtitles = unknown
+ |notes     = Local retail version only.
 }}
 {{L10n/switch
@@ Line 187: / Line 252: @@
   |audio     = true
   |subtitles = true
-  |notes     = Local retail version only.
+  |notes     = Local retail version only. [https://dubbingpedia.pl/wiki/Myst_III:_Exile Details]
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Brazilian Portuguese
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = false
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     = Retail only - BraSoft.
 }}
 {{L10n/switch
@@ Line 195: / Line 267: @@
   |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Russian
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = true
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     = Local retail version only.
 }}
 }}
@@ Line 225: / Line 304: @@
 |shader model versions  =
 |shader model notes     =
-|windows 32-bit exe     = unknown
+|windows 32-bit exe     = true
-|windows 64-bit exe     = unknown
+|windows 64-bit exe     = hackable
-|windows exe notes      =
+|windows arm app        = unknown
-|macos 32-bit app       = unknown
+|windows exe notes      = For 64-bit, use ScummVM.
-|macos 64-bit app       = unknown
+|mac os x powerpc app   = true
-|macos app notes        =
+|macos intel 32-bit app = true
-|linux 32-bit executable=
+|macos intel 64-bit app = hackable
-|linux 64-bit executable=
+|macos arm app          = unknown
-|linux executable notes =
+|macos app notes        = After the initial Mac OS release, an OS X patch arrived in October 2001.<br><br>In 2006, the game received Intel support - rather than making it a universal binary, however; the developers decided to use [[Cider]] for this new app.<br>As a result, the game is unplayable after 10.7 "Lion" due to incompatibilities.<br><br>Therefore, modern, 64-bit versions of OS X require ScummVM.
+|linux powerpc app      = false
+|linux 32-bit executable= unknown
+|linux 64-bit executable= hackable
+|linux arm app          = unknown
+|linux 68k app          = unknown
+|linux executable notes = Use ScummVM.
+|mac os powerpc app     = true
+|mac os 68k app         = unknown
+|mac os executable notes=
 }}