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Ankh: Heart of Osiris

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Ankh: Heart of Osiris
Ankh: Heart of Osiris cover
Developers
Deck13 Interactive
macOS (OS X) RuneSoft
Linux RuneSoft
Publishers
BHV Software
Strategy First
Engines
Ogre
PINA2
Release dates
Windows October 25, 2006
macOS (OS X) December 7, 2007
Linux December 10, 2007
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
Ankh: Heart of Osiris on HowLongToBeat
Ankh: Heart of Osiris on IGDB
Ankh: Heart of Osiris on MobyGames
Ankh: Heart of Osiris on Wikipedia
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Ankh: Heart of Osiris 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
DRM details are not known
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Publisher website
DRM details are not known
Windows
Amazon.com
DRM details are not known
Only available in the United States.
Windows
Epic Games Store
DRM details are not known
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Can be played without Steam running.[1]
Windows
ZOOM Platform
DRM-free
Windows
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)
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[2]
Windows
Mac App Store (unavailable)
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macOS (OS X)

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 %APPDATA%\Ankh - Heart of Osiris\settings.ini
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12440/pfx/[Note 1]
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Ankh - Heart of Osiris\save\
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12440/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

Video

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Increases Horizontal FOV, making it hard to exit certain areas.[citation needed]
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)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Off 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[3]
  1. Go to Configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open settings.ini with Notepad or other text editor.
  3. Using the Find function (Ctrl+F), search for screen_size. There will be exactly one entry.
  4. Replace the value with required resolution, e.g. screen_size = 2560x1600.
  5. Save the file.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Edit ini file[3]
  1. Go to Configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open settings.ini with Notepad or other text editor.
  3. Using the Find function (Ctrl+F), search for vsync. There will be exactly one entry.
  4. Set the required value, e.g. vsync = true.
  5. 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.[citation needed]
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
French
Retail only.
German
Retail only.
Spanish
Retail only.
Spanish
Fan translation by Clan Dlan, download.

VR support

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

Issues fixed

Invisible mouse cursor

See Custom resolution to set native screen resolution.[4][3]
Edit ini file to set software cursor[4][3]
Works with any resolution.
  1. Go to Configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open settings.ini with Notepad or other text editor.
  3. Using the Find function (Ctrl+F), search for cursor_type. There will be exactly one entry.
  4. Replace the value with Software, e.g. cursor_type = Software.
  5. Save the file.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
OpenGL
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD
Interface Crazy Eddie's GUI System (CEGUI)
Input SDL, Object Oriented Input System (OIS) SDL's version is 1.2

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 5800
ATI Radeon 9800
128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. 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>/12440/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (12440) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Vetle on 2016-03-20
  2. Ankh 2 - Games for Windows - last accessed on 19 August 2022
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-05-07
  4. 4.0 4.1 MOUSE NOT WORKING :: Ankh 2: Heart of Osiris General Discussions - last accessed on 2023-05-07