Airline Tycoon Deluxe

Airline Tycoon Deluxe

Developers
	Spellbound Entertainment
Publishers
	Black Forest Games
	RuneSoft
	HandyGames
Release dates
Windows	October 5, 2003
macOS (OS X)	November 28, 2005
Linux	January 2006
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Scrolling, Side view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Business
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Contemporary
Series	Airline Tycoon

Airline Tycoon
Airline Tycoon	1998
Airline Tycoon First Class	1999
Airline Tycoon Evolution	2002
Airline Tycoon Deluxe	2003
Airline Tycoon 2	2011

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Mac App Store
Steam
Epic Games Store (unavailable)		Available on April 22, 2022.
GamersGate (unavailable)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Spellbound Software\Airline Tycoon Deluxe\1.0\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$HOME/.AirlineTycoonDeluxeconfig.ini $HOME/.AirlineTycoonDeluxe/language.ini

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Savegame\Game*.dat <path-to-game>\Myplanes\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$HOME/.AirlineTycoonDeluxe/

Saves are game0.dat to game11.dat.

Myplanes folder saves planes made by the player or downloaded from official servers.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings menu.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Gameplay is capped at 20 FPS.

Windowed

Launch the game with /window attribute
Right-click to Desktop and choose Properties. In Settings tab, choose 16-bit color quality and click OK. Right-click on shortcut and choose Properties. In the Target area, add /window.

Use DxWnd
Download DxWnd. Add a profile for <path-to-game>\At.exe. Tick Run in window in Main tab. Notes Does not require setting 16-bit color quality in system settings. Enable borderless windowed mode by checking Modal Style in Video tab.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Sound settings menu.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Polish				Fan translation based on official localizations of Airline Tycoon and Airline Tycoon Evolution, download.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		4	Windows only
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	ARM	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)				ARM support was added to Mac App Store in version 1.27
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Smacker

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	90 MHz	133 MHz
System memory (RAM)	16 MB	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	400 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7.0 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.7
Processor (CPU)	133 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	600 MB

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.04
Processor (CPU)	133 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	600 MB