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Ankh - Anniversary Edition

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Ankh - Anniversary Edition
Ankh - Anniversary Edition cover
Developers
Deck13 Interactive
macOS (OS X) RuneSoft
Linux RuneSoft
Engines
Ogre
PINA
Release dates
Windows November 4, 2005
macOS (OS X) December 18, 2006
Linux December 15, 2006
Reception
Metacritic 74
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Cinematic camera
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure
Art styles Stylized
Themes Egypt, Comedy
Series Ankh
Ankh - Anniversary Edition on HowLongToBeat
Ankh - Anniversary Edition on IGDB
Ankh - Anniversary Edition on MobyGames
Ankh - Anniversary Edition on Wikipedia
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Ankh - Anniversary Edition is a singleplayer cinematic camera adventure game in the Ankh series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Anniversary Edition
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Anniversary Edition
Windows
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Anniversary Edition
Windows
ZOOM Platform
DRM-free
Anniversary Edition
Windows

Version differences

Game versions are not very different. They both use OGRE/PINA engine with CEGUI, most files are identical, system requirements are the same.

Original

Save folder is <path-to-game>\save\
Resolution selection of only 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, and 1280x1024. Custom resolutions can be set in <path-to-game>\media\Ankh.ini with stretched behavior.
Bad support of modern Windows. Long startup and stuttering cutscenes on Windows 11.

Anniversary Edition

Save folder is %APPDATA%\Ankh\save\
Resolution selection is unlocked to use any resolution provided by system with Hor+ behavior.
Good support of modern Windows.
Bonus content in <path-to-game>\Anniversary Bonus Material - soundtrack, sketches, renderings, trailers, making of movie.

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 <path-to-game>\media\Ankh.ini[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\media\keybinds.ini[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/353980/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\save\[Note 1]
%APPDATA%\Ankh\save\
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/353980/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings
General settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Resolutions with height more than 1080 have description and menu text truncated to some degree. At 1440 height it's still good enough while at 2160 settings screen becomes unreadable and half of description text is cut off. Custom resolution can be set manually by changing values of width and height in Ankh.ini.[1]
Multi-monitor
Hor+. All onscreen text including menus and subtitles is stretched. Some game areas are not designed for ultrawidescreen resolutions and show truncated content.[1]
Ultra-widescreen
Hor+. All onscreen text including menus and subtitles is stretched. Some game areas are not designed for ultrawidescreen resolutions and show truncated content.[1]
4K Ultra HD
Resolution available but settings menu is unreadable and description text is partially cut.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Set fullscreen=0 in Ankh.ini
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
To turn off, set vsync=0 in Ankh.ini
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Menu, TODO, screenshot, and console keys can be changed in the <path-to-game>\media\keybinds.ini
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound Effects
Surround sound
2.0 Stereo[2]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Interface Crazy Eddie's GUI System (CEGUI)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1200 MB[Note 3]
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 3
64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.6
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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).
  2. 2.0 2.1 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>/353980/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (353980) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
  3. Steam version uses around 1.6 GB.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-01-04
    Tested at 2560x1440, 2560x1080, 3440x1400, 3840x2160, and 3840x1080 resolutions.
  2. Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-01-04
    Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter