Ankh: Heart of Osiris

Ankh: Heart of Osiris

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

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
Publisher website
Amazon.com		Only available in the United States.
Epic Games Store
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Steam		Can be played without Steam running.
ZOOM Platform
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)
Mac App Store (unavailable)

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/

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/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

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
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
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 = true. 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.

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

macOS (OS X)

Linux

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)	Nvidia GeForce 5800 ATI Radeon 9800 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	256 MB of VRAM