Ankh - Anniversary Edition

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Ankh
Ankh - Anniversary Edition	2005
Ankh: Heart of Osiris	2006
Ankh: Battle of the Gods	2007

Ankh - Anniversary Edition is a singleplayer cinematic camera adventure game in the Ankh series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Anniversary Edition
Green Man Gaming		Anniversary Edition
Mac App Store
Steam		Anniversary Edition
ZOOM Platform		Anniversary Edition

Version differences

Game versions are not very different. They both use OGRE/PINA engine with CEGUI, most files are identical, system requirements are the same.

Original

Save folder is <path-to-game>\save\

Resolution selection of only 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, and 1280x1024. Custom resolutions can be set in <path-to-game>\media\Ankh.ini with stretched behavior.

Bad support of modern Windows. Long startup and stuttering cutscenes on Windows 11.

Anniversary Edition

Save folder is %APPDATA%\Ankh\save\

Resolution selection is unlocked to use any resolution provided by system with Hor+ behavior.

Good support of modern Windows.

Bonus content in <path-to-game>\Anniversary Bonus Material - soundtrack, sketches, renderings, trailers, making of movie.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\media\Ankh.ini^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>\media\keybinds.ini^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/353980/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\save\^{[Note 1]} %APPDATA%\Ankh\save\
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/353980/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Resolutions with height more than 1080 have description and menu text truncated to some degree. At 1440 height it's still good enough while at 2160 settings screen becomes unreadable and half of description text is cut off. Custom resolution can be set manually by changing values of `width` and `height` in `Ankh.ini`.^[1]
Multi-monitor		Hor+. All onscreen text including menus and subtitles is stretched. Some game areas are not designed for ultrawidescreen resolutions and show truncated content.^[1]
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+. All onscreen text including menus and subtitles is stretched. Some game areas are not designed for ultrawidescreen resolutions and show truncated content.^[1]
4K Ultra HD		Resolution available but settings menu is unreadable and description text is partially cut.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Set `fullscreen=0` in `Ankh.ini`
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		To turn off, set `vsync=0` in `Ankh.ini`
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Menu, TODO, screenshot, and console keys can be changed in the `<path-to-game>\media\keybinds.ini`
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Sound Effects
Surround sound		2.0 Stereo^[2]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Interface	Crazy Eddie's GUI System (CEGUI)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz	2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1200 MB^{[Note 3]}
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 3 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce FX 5900 XT AMD Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.6
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/353980/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (353980) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
↑ Steam version uses around 1.6 GB.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-01-04
Tested at 2560x1440, 2560x1080, 3440x1400, 3840x2160, and 3840x1080 resolutions.
↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-01-04
Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-2] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/353980/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (353980) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[Note-5] Steam version uses around 1.6 GB.

[bymastan-3] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-01-04
Tested at 2560x1440, 2560x1080, 3440x1400, 3840x2160, and 3840x1080 resolutions.

[4] Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-01-04
Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

[2]

[Note 3]

Developers

	Deck13 Interactive
macOS (OS X)	RuneSoft
Linux	RuneSoft
Engines
	Ogre
	PINA
Release dates
Windows	November 4, 2005
macOS (OS X)	December 18, 2006
Linux	December 15, 2006
Reception
Metacritic	74
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	Cinematic camera
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Egypt, Comedy
Series	Ankh