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Ankh: Battle of the Gods

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Ankh: Battle of the Gods
Ankh: Battle of the Gods cover
Developers
Deck13 Interactive
macOS (OS X) RuneSoft
Publishers
Strategy First
Xider
Engines
Ogre
PINA2
Release dates
Windows November 19, 2007
macOS (OS X) December 11, 2009
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Cinematic camera
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure
Art styles Stylized
Themes Egypt
Series Ankh
Ankh: Battle of the Gods on HowLongToBeat
Ankh: Battle of the Gods on IGDB
Ankh: Battle of the Gods on MobyGames
Ankh: Battle of the Gods on Wikipedia
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Ankh: Battle of the Gods 2007

Ankh: Battle of the Gods is a singleplayer cinematic camera adventure game in the Ankh series.

General information

GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
German copies use ProtectDISC Software DRM. Russian copies use StarForce 5 DRM.
Windows
Publisher website
DRM details are not known
Windows
Amazon.com
DRM details are not known
Only available in the United States.
Windows
Epic Games Store
DRM details are not known
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
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Only the English version is available on Steam.
Windows
ZOOM Platform
DRM-free
Windows
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)
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Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Ankh - Battle of the Gods\settings.ini
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12450/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Ankh - Battle of the Gods\save\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12450/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.
General settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
The game offers limited set of resolutions. See Custom resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Set fullscreen = false in settings.ini.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
On by default. See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

Custom resolution

Edit ini file[2]
  1. Go to Configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open settings.ini with Notepad or other text editor.
  3. Using the Find function (Ctrl+F), search for screen_size. There will be exactly one entry.
  4. Replace the value with required resolution, e.g. screen_size = 2560x1600.
  5. Save the file.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Edit ini file[2]
  1. Go to Configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open settings.ini with Notepad or other text editor.
  3. Using the Find function (Ctrl+F), search for vsync. There will be exactly one entry.
  4. Set the required value, e.g. vsync = false.
  5. Save the file.

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
Touchscreen optimised
Taps register incorrect locations, and right-click not possible.
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

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

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

Cursor glitches

Set software cursor[3]
Applies to invisible cursor, or game's failure to track correct cursor position.
  1. Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Ankh - Battle of the Gods\settings.ini with Notepad or another text editor.
  2. Change cursor_type = Hardware to cursor_type = Software

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. 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>/12450/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (12450) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Ankh 3 - Games for Windows - last accessed on 19 August 2022
  2. 2.0 2.1 Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-05-14
  3. Missing cursor - Steam community forums