I've been tempted to buy Pharaoh, Zeus and maybe Emperor, but how do they work on Windows 10?Any issues?

Same here, want to ask if anyone have it runs on Win 10.

I was just playing the game on windows 10. It seems to work.

they run pretty well but there are some random issues, mostly related to modding, that people have.

this is an older game so remember, no tabbing out, dont use any program like cheat engine, window updates might f up the game, some issues can be fixed without you doing anything if you just give it time.

Works good.

My only issue is laggy alt-tab. It eventually works, but expect a few seconds of black screen.

Hello everyone, I am using Windows 10 but the game doesn't start at all. Any tips?

When I click on Play, there's a fake "transition to black" as if it was about to go into the game but it goes back to Desktop.

I've tried:

1. Set compatibility mode, run as admin, reduce colors, etc
2. Replacing zeus and zeusmap files
3. Use the Widescreen Patch. It goes black but says "Cannot find data file: Zeus_font.sg3". And when I try to manually move the file over to the DATA folder, the first error comes back.

Am I forgetting something? Thanks in advance!

Will keep you posted if I find a solution but I'm running out of ideas.

This might sound like a madman's folly, but how about installing WSL, installing WINE/Proton, and then running it in a virtual desktop that way.

Hey there, that might work and thanks for the suggestion but I wish there was a more elegant solution considering GoG's pitch always was "old games working out of the box" :D

I'll keep trying and see if I can come up with something. Thanks again for the input though. Maybe someone else with the same issue will see this and save the day eheh

Even with that pitch in mind, some games are just a [epithet] to run in the first place, like Interstate 76.

It work perfectly on Windows 10 64 out of the box for me so I can not complain about that ^^

I can complain about the lack of a tax office in the Foundation of Troy mission. Not sure how I am expected to do that mission without taxes ^^;

:Edit:
Had to use the prepatch unoffical patch because of the god speed bug for newer machines though

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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