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Posted July 07, 2015
Real time intergalactic strategy.

Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain, a real time 4X grand strategy, is available now for Windows, DRM-free on GOG.com!

The greatest of our conquerors cannot begin to fathom the glory of a true space empire. Through Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain, you will be the one to bring glory to all those who will have it, and genocide to those who oppose. It's real time strategy that takes to the grand stage spanning star systems and alien races - it's a hyperspace race to colonize and conquer. Design your own race or pick one of the presets, research and build massive starships and planet-crushing superweapons, locate the most fertile worlds, and become emperor of a harsh, cold universe in this sequel to a cult, award-winning 4X strategy title.

Peace, glory, empire. Conquer all in Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain, available now DRM-free on GOG.com!
Posted July 07, 2015
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mistermumbles: Interesting. It looks nice, but I'm always wary of 4x games that aren't turn-based. Hm.

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rampancy: I remember that the game had an optional Viceroy system, much like in MoO3. The AI Viceroys were put in place to ease the burden of micromanagement on the player, with the result being that if you so desired, you could literally let the game play itself with little intervention on the part of the player.
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mistermumbles: That's good to know, but... are they any good? I know of quite a few games in which such automated system don't function all too well.
The Governor will automatically develop the colony with the latest tech. However they can be bought by enemy spies ;o)
Posted July 07, 2015
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IronArcturus: But for some games it was difficult to configure. I wonder if the Linux Mint version of Wine runs any better.
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0Grapher: I highly doubt it. As far as I know they are the same.

PlayOnLinux is a front-end for Wine that makes installing games a lot easier and if you're lucky automatic for your game.
It is always a good idea to look at Winehq. https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=1783

If you see a platinum or gold rating for the game you would like to install the game may run even better on Wine than on modern Windows. You can also find installation instructions there.

Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain got a gold rating from one user but the other silver ratings suggest that it may be a bit difficult to install.
The GOG version installed perfectly here :) Again, YMMV and all that :)
Posted July 07, 2015
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IronArcturus: When I used to run Ubuntu, I used Wine a little bit. But for some games it was difficult to configure. I wonder if the Linux Mint version of Wine runs any better. Does Mint have an alternative to "PulseAudio?"
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JudasIscariot: The ironic thing is that with WINE, you'll get the windowed mode you desire as it defaults to a window :)
Yeah, Wine can do a lot of things DOSBox can do. That's why I wish Win95/98 could be open sourced so there could be a "WinBox." :P

It's too bad there isn't a Linux version of this game. MobyGames says there was only a Windows and Mac version.
Posted July 07, 2015
Is there pause and play? :P
Posted July 07, 2015
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tinyE: Is there pause and play? :P
Yes you can enter commands while paused and the plus and minus keys vary the speed :-)
Posted July 07, 2015
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IronArcturus: snip
I wonder if it's a sensible thing to do to port Wine to Windows. (For old games obviously)

The problem is that if you had a native linux version there wouldn't be a windowed mode either. :)


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JudasIscariot: I just did this at work on a PC with Ubuntu 14.04.

I grabbed the Wine version that you receive with

sudo apt-get install wine

so for me it was WINE 1.6.

I ran the setup program, got through some of the minor error messages, checked the WINE drive, started up the game in Wine and it seems to work :) All of this is unofficial and YMMV :) Keep in mind that our game is at 1.072 so maybe that had some influence :) Also, since the game is in 640 x 480 by default you will have a window with the game with no full screen I am afraid.
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JudasIscariot: The GOG version installed perfectly here :) Again, YMMV and all that :)
Thank you. :)
Post edited July 07, 2015 by 0Grapher
Posted July 07, 2015
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JudasIscariot: The ironic thing is that with WINE, you'll get the windowed mode you desire as it defaults to a window :)
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IronArcturus: Yeah, Wine can do a lot of things DOSBox can do. That's why I wish Win95/98 could be open sourced so there could be a "WinBox." :P

It's too bad there isn't a Linux version of this game. MobyGames says there was only a Windows and Mac version.
If I can run it in Wine, then you can too :)

Here's the quick-and-dirty version:

IN terminal type:

wine setup_pax_imperia_blablabla.exe

Do the usual routine that you would do once the install window comes up for the game.

Install it, click through some error messages that show up (don't worry they are harmless).

Go to your .wine folder, find the C:\ or whatever letter you used, drive, find the game's executable, and then right click on it and select "Run this using Wine's Window Program Loader" and you're done :)
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0Grapher: Thank you. :)
The game might run even better with a newer version of Wine so check your distro's package manager for the latest version :)
Post edited July 07, 2015 by JudasIscariot
Posted July 07, 2015
I`m wondering how big the download is. Most games from this era were not bigger than 40 - 60 MB, real big ones had 100 MB, when using the full install option.
Posted July 07, 2015
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Maxvorstadt: I`m wondering how big the download is. Most games from this era were not bigger than 40 - 60 MB, real big ones had 100 MB, when using the full install option.
The game card says the installer is about 520 MB. That usually means you'll need less than 1 GB of disk space to install it.
Posted July 07, 2015
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Maxvorstadt: I`m wondering how big the download is. Most games from this era were not bigger than 40 - 60 MB, real big ones had 100 MB, when using the full install option.
500 MBs. Also, Wing Commander IV (a 1996 game) is 6 GBs.
Posted July 07, 2015
The size is all down to the video. 178Mb, which was a lot back then
Posted July 07, 2015
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Maxvorstadt: I`m wondering how big the download is. Most games from this era were not bigger than 40 - 60 MB, real big ones had 100 MB, when using the full install option.
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IronArcturus: The game card says the installer is about 520 MB. That usually means you'll need less than 1 GB of disk space to install it.
Yes, but 520 MB -or even a bit more, because the installer might contain compressed data- is a very huge amount for games of this era. Back then many people still had harddrives with a capacity of less than 1 GB, so this game might have occupied nearly the whole HD for some people.
Posted July 07, 2015
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IronArcturus: snip
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0Grapher: I wonder if it's a sensible thing to do to port Wine to Windows. (For old games obviously)

The problem is that if you had a native linux version there wouldn't be a windowed mode either. :)
I was reading about Wine on Windows and wow! It looks incredibly complicated to set up! Has anyone tried that before?
Posted July 07, 2015
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Maxvorstadt: I`m wondering how big the download is. Most games from this era were not bigger than 40 - 60 MB, real big ones had 100 MB, when using the full install option.
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Grargar: 500 MBs. Also, Wing Commander IV (a 1996 game) is 6 GBs.
6 GB? Well, surely not! As I mentioned above, most people didn`t even have HDs with 1 GB. The german Wikipedia says that WC IV needed 11 MB of HD capacity.
Posted July 07, 2015
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Maxvorstadt: 6 GB? Well, surely not! As I mentioned above, most people didn`t even have HDs with 1 GB. The german Wikipedia says that WC IV needed 11 MB of HD capacity.
Maybe the CD-ROM version, but GOG carries the DVD one. :)

In 1997, a special DVD-ROM edition of the game was released. In this edition, the cutscene video was upgraded to full DVD quality (made possible due to the fact that the scenes were originally shot on film). As most PCs of the time were insufficiently powerful to play the MPEG2 DVD video, the game client relied on Windows 95's multimedia player to stream the video from DVD to a hardware decoder. This dependency on external hardware rendered the game unplayable outside Windows PCs equipped with the correct decoder board. Hence, the game was strategically bundled with DVD-ROM kits that included the necessary decoder hardware. Later, the gaming community developed fan-made patches to allow this version to play on more modern hardware where no hardware-based MPEG2 decoding was available (or necessary). There was also a separate DVD release which lacked the enhanced video, and was hence playable on all PCs capable of playing the original CD-ROM release.

On April 3, 2012, the DVD quality version of the game was made available as a digital download at Good Old Games.
Post edited July 07, 2015 by Grargar
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