Hi!

I've installed my CD version of the game on Windows 7. The installation runs fine but everytime I try to run it it doesn't work. I tried running it with compatibility mode but doesn't work either. How did GOG team fixed this so it works on Windows 7?

I would buy it here so I can test it myself, but I can't afford it right now. Does anyone know how they fixed it or if there is a patch to fix it?

Thanks!

Did you install Zeus or Zeus+Poseidon. As for me if I installed Zeus only I cant run the game but after installing Poseidon (which is an expansion), now things run fine on Win7 x64

Note: I also have the CD versions not gog ones but my guess is gog version installs both directly hence avoids the problem of Zeus not running on win7

Zeus + Poseidon. It doesn't work with Poseidon installed, but I didn't check if Zeus only works.

Yes, I've installed the patches. I have tried every combination, Zeus without patch, Zeus with patch, Poseidon without patch and Poseidon with patch and none of them work. The thing is, without the expansion pack an error message appears, but with the expansion pack, the game runs in the background but doesn't show up, having to close it in the administrator panel.

I have Windows 7 32-bit, if that makes a difference.

BTW, my CDs seem to work sometimes. They are too old, so eventually I will buy the game here when I have a chance.

Well, installing the widescreen mod fixed it so I can play Zeus again! Thank you very much for your help!

I run Zeus+Poseidon just fine on Win7 x64 but I cannot see intro videos, as well as ingame videos. The same is with GOG Pharaoh&Cleopatra. I tried running on Administrator and dropping coclor depth to 16bit, but I still can't see videos (sound is fine). any ideas ?

I am trying to run Zeus on Windows 8 but have not had much luck.

Generally it opens, shows a black screen, then immediately minimizes. I have gotten to the intro cutscene a couple of time and one time I was actually able to play. But it is not at all consistent.

I have tried the high-res mod as well as a variety of compatibility mode configurations.

Also, I purchased the game from GOG.

Any thoughts?

EDIT: I actually got it working by myself. The solution was to install the widescreen mod, change my monitor's resolution to 1024x768, open the game, change the game resolution to 1024x768 (which was actually 1920x1080 thanks to the mod), then return my monitor's resolution to 1920x1080. Although it was a bit annoying, it seems to have worked.

Doesn't work with windows 10. I tried the widescreen mod, tried it with gog galaxy, no result. At my mothers PC it works, but not with mine. Strange but you expierience things like that with old games.

Has anyone tried with windows 10?

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Try right clicking on the .EXE, Properties
"Run as Admin" + "Windows98/XP Compatibility" (+ "Disable Scaling" + "Color Rendering 16bit")

When the Game starts for the 1st time, it tries to run in full screen (not windowed) mode at a resolution of 800x600.
Some modern graphics cards and monitors don't like this.
(now often the minimum supported native resolution is 1024x768)
You can change these settings only from the Menu, but it does not reach it.

The Game saves all settings in the .INF binary file.
There are special .INF sets for changing Game settings bypassing the Menu.
"Display option patcher scripts"
www.nexusmods.com/zeusmasterofolympus/mods/1

To run Windowed Mode, it is very important:
1) Color Rendering equal 16bit;
2) Scaling equal 100%;

During game development, Color Rendering was 16bit (Today 32bit);
(the eye of an ordinary person almost does not see the difference)

If you have a laptop or 4K monitor or TV.
Scaling over 100% (125% or 150%) is often used at high screen resolutions.
(this is to make the elements larger and the text to be readable)
Because of this, the picture or buttons are displaced, the mouse click does not fall.

For Windows 10, it is possible to set options only for the Game
(to avoid changes to the entire System)
Right click on the .EXE
Properties =>Compatibility =>LowColorMode =>16bit
Properties =>Compatibility =>HighDPISettings
check the box OverrideScalingBehaviour and "Application"

For Windows 7, you will have to set options of the entire System
Start =>ControlPanel =>Screen =>Resolution =>AdvancedSettings =>Monitor =>Color Quality =>16bit
Start =>ControlPanel =>Screen =>EaseScreenReader =>Small-100%

Overlays are known to interfere with the Game
(we are not talking about overlay-filters from the Game)
Disable overlays or close these programs:
- AMD GPU (delete GPU gaming profile)
- Nvidia GPU (GeForce Experience, Shadowplay as Share)
- AfterBurner, RivaTuner
- Origin
- Discord, Skype
- Windows Xbox
- Steam? (Steam overlay doesn't seem to interfere)
- other
Shadowplay, known as Share, must be disabled in the GeForce Experience Settings Panel.
Closing the process in Task Manager will not disable Shadowplay!

Try renaming the "/BINKS" folder
Sometimes the Game works, but it crashes when try to play Video.
Sometimes the Game works but crashes when trying to play a Video.
This is due to the fact that the Video briefly changes the screen resolution to fit, which may not be available for your monitor.

Need to install DirectX 9.0c on the system
DirectX 9.0 with Runtime Pack (June 2010)
www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=8109

Jamming sound, jerking
Turned off "3D sound", in-game Menu =>Options =>Audio

Looping audio problem
When you have more than 2 speakers (2.1 or 5.1 or 7.1 sound)
Older games don't know what surround sound is.
Also, modern sound cards can work in surround sound emulation mode.
Download, unpack and copy-paste with replace to game folder.
www.indirectsound.com/downloads.html
Try v12 (EAX=ON) or v14 (EAX=OFF) or v15 (noX3DAudio)
This dsound.dll replaces the native one from DirectX, like a wrapper, reconciles the old with the new.

Spaces and Unicode (umlauts, cyrillic, hieroglyphs) in the path to the Games folder can lead to missing sounds.


Windowed Mode with DXWnd
www.gog.com/forum/caesar_series/caesar_3_wont_launch/post5
www.reddit.com/r/impressionsgames/comments/5kwbzx/how_to_get_caesar_iii_to_run_in_windowed_mode_on/
This method allows you to bypass some of the rules:
- removes window frame, which is so annoying for many in native windowed mode;
- drag the Game Window to another Monitor (mouse dont stops working);
- bypass "noWindowed" bug in widescreen patches;
- bypass NOT 16bit in Windows 7;
- (maybe, Scaling NOT equal 100%;)

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