Uru: Ages Beyond Myst

Myst
Myst	1993
Riven	1997
RealMyst	2000
Myst III: Exile	2001
Uru: Ages Beyond Myst	2003
Myst IV: Revelation	2004
Myst V: End of Ages	2005
Myst Online: Uru Live	2007
realMyst: Masterpiece Edition	2014

Key points

Press F4 to open the Pause Menu

Game works well on modern systems

Only 4:3 resolutions are supported

General information

Official website

Official forums

MYSTAges - A wiki for the series

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v3 DRM^{[Note 1]}.
GOG.com		Uru: The Complete Chronicles
Steam		Uru: The Complete Chronicles

SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Uru: The Complete Chronicles comes with the base game and all its expansions

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name	Notes
Uru: To D'ni	Available for free.
Uru: The Path of the Shell

Game data[edit]

In-game general settings.

In-game advanced settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/63650/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\sav^{[Note 3]}
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/63650/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Launcher video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Game only supports 4:3 or 5:4 resolutions up to 1280x1024.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input settings[edit]

In-game key map settings.

In-game control layout/settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio settings[edit]

Launcher audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Settings only available in-game.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Polish				Local retail version only.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8
Software renderer		Under "3D Hardware". `[REF]` denotes reference (no rendering, software mode), while `[HAL]` denotes hardware acceleration.
Shader Model support	1.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	Speex
Interface	FreeType
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98SE	2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 800 MHz AMD Athlon 800 MHz	Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 256 ATI Radeon 7000 Intel Extreme 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 8500

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[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>/63650/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (63650) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
↑ When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).

References

↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

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

[Proton_path_note-4] 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>/63650/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (63650) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[gamedir-5] When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).

[1] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[2] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

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Developers

	Cyan Worlds
Engines
	Plasma Engine 2.0
Release dates
Windows	November 11, 2003