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Nox

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NOX
NOX cover
Developers
Westwood Studios
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Release dates
Windows January 31, 2000
macOS (OS X) June 18, 2013[1]
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Nox guide on StrategyWiki
Nox on Wikipedia
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Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Key points

Official ladder ranking servers closed, but 'official' lobby server for multiplayer still online.
For online multiplayer in the GOG.com version install Westwood Online.

General information

Nox Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SafeDisc DRM[Note 1]. Use the Nox Quest patch.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Includes manual and reference card; includes the Nox Quest patch (version 1.2).
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Origin
Origin
 Includes manual; includes the Nox Quest patch (version 1.2), but does not enable the Quest add-on by default
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
  1. Go to MOVIES in the installation folder.
  2. Delete or rename INTRO.VQA, NOXLOGO.VQA and WWLOGO.VQA.

Notes

The title screen click prompt will still be shown.

Patches

Nox Quest

Nox Quest adds new multiplayer modes and patches the game to version 1.2.
The Origin version includes this patch, but does not enable it by default.[4]
The GOG.com version already includes this patch.

Other

Nox GUI is an unofficial launcher patch which improves compatibility with Windows 7+.[5]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\nox.cfg[Note 2]
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save[Note 2]
macOS (OS X)

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.

Template:Video settings

Windowed

Windowed[citation needed]
Windowed requires Windows to be running in 16-bit colour.
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Make a shortcut to Game.exe.
  3. Go to shortcut properties and add -swindow to the end of the Target.
  4. Click OK to save your changes.

Input settings

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Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Unofficial translation by To_an, download and forum topic
Russian
Unofficial translation by 7Wolf and Fargus, download and rewiew

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
32
Online play
32 For the GOG.com version download Westwood Online.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 3840, 4005, 4808, 4810, 4995, 7000-7002
UDP 1234-1237
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Flickering title screen or black screen on startup

Run Nox in Windows 98 / Windows ME compatibility mode to avoid this issue.
The GOG.com version already includes this fix.
Set compatibility mode[citation needed]
  1. Right-click the Nox shortcut (or NOX.EXE).
  2. Choose Properties.
  3. On the Compatibility tab choose Run this program in compatibility mode for.
  4. Choose Windows 98 / Windows ME.
  5. Click OK to save your changes.

"Westwood Online is not installed on this computer" error

Install Westwood Online

Install Westwood Online.

Enable Quest add-on for Origin version

Modify registry settings[4]
  1. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\
  2. If the key Westwood doesn't exist then right-click the key from above, add a new Key and name it Westwood
  3. Right-click Westwood and add a new Key and name it Nox
  4. Right-click Nox and add a new DWORD, name it SKU, and give it a hexadecimal value of 2500.
  5. Click OK.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7
Software renderer
Requires Nox GUI.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 98, NT 4.0 SP3, 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium MMX 200 MHz 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 300 MB 2 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible DirectX 9 compatible
The recommended is extrapolated from the digital releases' minimum.

Notes

  1. ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[3]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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).

References