Zeus: Master of Olympus

All versions(without the expansion) of the great strategy game based on ancient Greece universe. This includes the original release of Zeus - Master of Olypmpus in 2000 as well as the version of Zeus - Master of Olympus that was re-released by "Sold Out Software" on retail CD-ROM in 2005.

Application Details:

Version:	1.x
License:	Retail
URL:	http://pc.ign.com/objects/016/...
Votes:	0
Latest Rating:	Platinum
Latest Wine Version Tested:	2.16

Maintainers: About Maintainership

azrdev

Test Results

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What works

Everthing (Game-play, Adventure Editor)

What does not

The button "Visit Zeus Website".

Bug 14995. Kinda serious bug and that's why the game is not rated platinum.

Workarounds

What was not tested

N/A

Hardware tested

Graphics:

GPU:
Driver:

Additional Comments

You still need to start zeus by using "wine zeus.exe" at the directory zeus is installed.

selected in Test Results table below

	Operating system	Test date	Wine version	Installs?	Runs?	Used Workaround?	Rating	Submitter
Show	Arch Linux x86_64	Sep 09 2017	2.16	Yes	Yes	No	Platinum	azrdev
Show	Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)	Mar 02 2015	1.7.37	Yes	Yes	No	Platinum	Alexander Karatarakis
Show	Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)	Apr 23 2014	1.7.17	Yes	Yes	No	Gold	Alexander Karatarakis
Show	Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)	Jul 20 2013	1.6	Yes	Yes	No	Gold	Alexander Karatarakis
Show	Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)	Dec 10 2012	1.5.19	Yes	Yes	No	Gold	Alexander Karatarakis

Known Bugs

Bug #	Description	Status	Resolution	Other apps affected
14995	wined3d regression results in broken rendering for Age of Empires II	CLOSED	FIXED	View
15182	Zeus and Emperor display crash introduced in 1.1.3	CLOSED	DUPLICATE	View
22627	Emperor fails to switch from Windowed Mode to Full Screen	CLOSED	FIXED	View

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HowTo / Notes

About windowed/fullscreen issue

EDIT: Newer versions of wine (tested 1.7.37) do NOT need the following notes.

(Tested under wine 1.3.18) Fresh installation with virtual desktop enabled. Note that the size of the virtual desktop can be set in "Wine Configuration" in the "Graphics" tab.

The first time it is launched, Zeus starts into fullscreen mode with resolution 800x600.

1) If the size of the virtual desktop is larger than 800x600 you'll see a black screen. Try to select windowed mode (F5 key).

2) If the size of virtual desktop is 800x600 then you'll not see the black screen but F5 key doesn't switch the game into windowed mode.

3) If the size of virtual desktop is 1024x768 and you see a black screen press F7 key (this will change the game resolution to 1024x768 fitting the whole wine virtual desktop).

4) If the size of virtual desktop is 1280x1024 or larger then you can use F6 or F7 and then F5 keys to play in windowed mode at the two resolutions supported by the game (=800x600 and 1024x768).

These solutions can be used with Pharaoh (and its expansion) too.

Virtual Desktop

EDIT: Newer versions of wine (tested 1.7.37) do NOT need the following.

Throughout wine version there have been mixed results when running the game fullscreen or changing resolution and sometimes even windowed mode. To avoid all these problems, you can run the program in a virtual desktop.

On the terminal, type:

winecfg

1)Adding the application on winecfg

First of all, we should add the application to the list so that changes on wine settings don't affect any other applications. Click on "Add application..." and navigate to the Zeus executable.

2) Make sure Zeus is the selected application and then go to the "Graphics" tab. On "Windows Settings" make sure "Emulate Virtual Desktop" is checked. Use 800x600 or 1024x768 as desktop size. These are the two resolutions supported by the game, so pick one depending on which one you plan on using in-game.

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