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Multiwinia

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Multiwinia
Multiwinia cover
Developers
Introversion Software
macOS (OS X) Ambrosia Software
Linux David Gow
Linux Edward Rudd
Release dates
Windows September 18, 2008
macOS (OS X) March 5, 2009
Linux November 22, 2011
Reception
Metacritic 76
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Multiplayer
Series Darwinia
Multiwinia on HowLongToBeat
Multiwinia on IGDB
Multiwinia guide on StrategyWiki
Multiwinia on MobyGames
Multiwinia on Wikipedia
Darwinia
Darwinia 2005
Multiwinia 2008

Key points

You can buy access to the source code for the game on the developer's website.
The distributed source code has been modified to be incompatible with the official binary version.

General information

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
CD key
Requires online activation
Windows
Developer website
CD key
Requires online activation
Game binaries available, however only demo mode is accessible without a key
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GamersGate
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CD key
Requires online activation
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
CD key
Requires online activation
By default, a single valid key is included.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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CD key
Requires online activation
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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CD key
Requires online activation
Demo available
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Online activation is only performed when the metaserver is reachable.
The game can be played in a demo mode without a key (only three game modes and certain maps are available, game options and AI difficulty cannot be set; whether demo players can host games is defined by the metaserver).
All versions use an activation key for multiplayer. The hash of the key is sent to the server, which validates it against the metaserver, removing the player if it is bad or is already used by another person in the same game.
In Steam version, a CD key is received from Steam servers, and is inserted automatically.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/.multiwinia/
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1530/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/.multiwinia/
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1530/pfx/[Note 2]
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game screen resolution/rendering settings.
In-game screen resolution/rendering settings.
In-game graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.

Input

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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
French
German
Italian
Russian
Fan translation
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
4

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP 4000-4001
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL 2
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 60 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6200
ATI Radeon 9600
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5.8, 10.6.3
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 1.66 GHz+
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 60 MB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 60 MB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM


Notes

  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).
  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>/1530/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1530) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References