Ankh: Battle of the Gods

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

Ankh: Battle of the Gods is a singleplayer cinematic camera adventure game in the Ankh series.

General information

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		German copies use ProtectDISC Software DRM. Russian copies use StarForce 5 DRM.
Publisher website
Amazon.com		Only available in the United States.
Epic Games Store
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Steam		Only the English version is available on Steam.
ZOOM Platform
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)		^[1]

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	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Ankh - Battle of the Gods\settings.ini
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12450/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Ankh - Battle of the Gods\save\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12450/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		The game offers limited set of resolutions. See Custom resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Set `fullscreen = false` in `settings.ini`.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		On by default. See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

Custom resolution

Edit ini file^[2]
Go to Configuration file(s) location. Open `settings.ini` with Notepad or other text editor. Using the Find function (`Ctrl`+`F`), search for `screen_size`. There will be exactly one entry. Replace the value with required resolution, e.g. `screen_size = 2560x1600`. Save the file.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Edit ini file^[2]
Go to Configuration file(s) location. Open `settings.ini` with Notepad or other text editor. Using the Find function (`Ctrl`+`F`), search for `vsync`. There will be exactly one entry. Set the required value, e.g. `vsync = false`. Save the file.

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
Touchscreen optimised		Taps register incorrect locations, and right-click not possible.
Controller
Controller support

Audio

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

Cursor glitches

Set software cursor^[3]

Applies to invisible cursor, or game's failure to track correct cursor position.

Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Ankh - Battle of the Gods\settings.ini with Notepad or another text editor.
Change cursor_type = Hardware to cursor_type = Software

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

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

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista
Processor (CPU)	2 GHz	3 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	256 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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>/12450/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (12450) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Ankh 3 - Games for Windows - last accessed on 19 August 2022
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-05-14
↑ Missing cursor - Steam community forums

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 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>/12450/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (12450) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Ankh 3 - Games for Windows - last accessed on 19 August 2022

[bymastan-3] 2.0 ^2.1 Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-05-14

[4] Missing cursor - Steam community forums

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[Note 1]

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Developers

	Deck13 Interactive
macOS (OS X)	RuneSoft
Publishers
	Strategy First
	Xider
Engines
	Ogre
	PINA2
Release dates
Windows	November 19, 2007
macOS (OS X)	December 11, 2009
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	Cinematic camera
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Egypt
Series	Ankh