6#
Other HotKeys
pharaoh.heavengames.com/strategy/hotkeys
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About "Right click on the game.EXE"
game.EXE is not the GOG/Steam (internet-)shortcut on Desktop
(label sign - in Properties there is a "Web-document" tab)
You need to open the folder with the Game
"../Pharaoh + Cleopatra/"
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GOG/Steam Games Repository by default
"C:/Program Files(x86)/"
This is very bad:
- there is a SPACE in the path to the Game;
(many older games can have problems with any non a-Z 0-9 characters in the path)
- "Program Files" establishes increased requirements for rights;
(it will be necessary to give the Game admin rights, although it does not need them)
I highly recommend change the GOG/Steam repository (in settings) to e.g. D:/Games/
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Doesn't save Saves
Need write permissions? (it becase installed to "Program Files")
Right click on .EXE
Properties =>Compatibility =>"Run as Administrator"
Top path where are the Saves
"C:/Program Files (x86)/???/Pharaoh + Cleopatra/Save"
"C:/Program Files/???/Pharaoh + Cleopatra/Save"
%LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/Program Files/...
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Speed of game is too fast
(and mouse scrolls the map too fast)
Decrease in the settings Mission Menu =>Options =>Speed
But it's more convenient with hotkeys "[" and "]"
(need english keyboard layout)
At 100%, the speed of game depends on the performance of your processor.
A confirmed case where the Game was ignoring the game speed setting was helped by disabling G-sync in the Video Card Control Panel.
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There are known cases when Video(*.bink) crashes the Game.
Try renaming the "/BINKS" folder
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.
Сan go a more complicated way by trying to add a resolution of 640x480 in the graphic settings.
(but support is not always physically possible)
If you click very quickly at the beginning of the Video (to skip it), the Game freezes.
This is an old bug, especially if .BIKs are lying around and being played from a real CD via CD-ROM.
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- The Game freezes up to a minute on startup?
- The Game will not open at all from the 1st time?
- GOG/Steam thinks the Game is already running?
So, at the first start, rundll32.exe is launched in the background.
And while rundll32.exe is running, the Game re-opens without problems.
As it turned out, this is the functionality of "Windows Game Explorer".
It looks like Microsoft collects statistics.
Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) and kill rundll32.exe.
You can radically remove gameux.dll, but it is better to edit the registry.
To disable create GameUX_OFF.reg and run (as Admin)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\GameUX\ServiceLocation]
"Games"=""
That the "Compatibility Win95/98" mode completely removes the problem.
That running GOG/Steam offline removes the problem.
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The status.txt file is located in the game folder.
Each time you start the game overwrites it and saves the successes and mistakes.
Unfortunately, when the game crashes, it cannot record the error.
Only works for official game-known bugs.
A more reliable source is the Windows log.
In "Windows Logs" =>"Applications" you can find out more about the game error.
Press "Win+R" =>eventvwr
or
Start =>SearchBar =>eventvwr
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The source code for Caesar3 + Pharaoh + Zeus + Emperor was lost in 2004
when "Impressions Games" Studio was shut down by "Sierra Entertainment".
Adding an overlay - impossible.
Adding achievements - impossible.
Adding save screenshots - impossible.
In fact (if you wish), can implement this through dll-hijacking, but apparently no one cares.
(yeah, where are you, our dll-hero?)
