Emperor of the Fading Suns
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| Developers | |
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| Holistic Design | |
| Publishers | |
| Retail | SegaSoft |
| Digital | Holistic Design |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | January 23, 1997[1] |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Turn-based |
| Perspectives | Top-down view |
| Genres | 4X, Strategy |
| Themes | Sci-fi |
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Emperor of the Fading Suns is a singleplayer and multiplayer top-down view 4X and strategy game.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
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| GOG.com | |
Includes Enhanced and original builds. Bundled with custom DirectX wrapper. | |
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| ZOOM Platform | |
Includes Enhanced and original builds. Bundled with DDrawCompat. | |
Version differences
- The digital-only Enhanced version migrates the game build environment from Watcom to Visual Studio, includes bug fixes, improves UI, rebalances the game and adds more options for modding and map creation.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch for the retail version is 1.40, available from Patches-Scrolls.
- Digital releases already includes this patch. Retail versions do not have an upgrade path to the Enhanced Edition.
Skip intro videos (Enhanced Edition)
| Move, delete or rename files[2] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\DAT\EFS.INI[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\SAV[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy |
Video
General options menu (same in Classic and Enhanced Editions)
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
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 |
| Controller types |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | On/off toggle only for sounds and music; the Enhanced Edition has a fx_volume entry in its configuration file. |
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| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | Announcer voiceover and cutscenes are not subtitled; all other communication is text-only. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio | ||
| Red Book CD audio | On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions. |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | |||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | |||
| Asynchronous multiplayer | Play-by-email (PBEM) supported. | ||
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology | Replaced by MP4 cutscenes in the Enhanced Edition. |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel i486 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 MB | |
| Other | 2x CD-ROM drive | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Online Game Review - last accessed on 2024-04-01 (archived)
- ↑ Verified by User:Plok on 2023-03-02
- Applicable to the similarly named .smk files of the Classic Edition, but causes invisible error messages for each file before proceeding to the main menu.