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Open Imperium Galactica (Open-IG) is an open source JavaTM reimplementation of the Digital Reality game Imperium Galactica, a popular, 4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate) real-time space strategy game developed around 1996 in Hungary.

Open-IG attempts to reproduce the feel of the original game while fixing many bugs, inconsistencies and extending it with new features, however, it does not aim for producing an exact, behavior perfect and pixel perfect replica.

The project contains all necessary files to run the Open Imperium Galactica standalone: there is no need for the original game's files.

It should run on any platform supporting Java 11: e.g., Windows, Linux and Mac. You need to download the Launcher only once (unless noted otherwise). From then on, the Launcher will update the game or itself.

If you run into problems, crashes, translation errors, or simply want to share some of your ideas and suggestions, please create an Issue. You may use english, hungarian or german language in your reports.

System requirements

Minimum

  • Java 11
  • Any operating system with graphical user interface
  • A mouse with scroll wheel.
  • 832 MB RAM
  • 1.4 GB disk space
  • 1.5 GHz Dual Core CPU

Recommended

  • 64 bit operating system and the latest Java runtime
  • 3 GB available RAM (i.e., min 4GB total)
  • GPU with DirectX/OpenGL hardware acceleration
  • 2 GHz Dual Core CPU

Installation

Please use the Launcher program to download the game files and keep your installment up-to-date.

Download the launcher file: open-ig-launcher.jar

Double click on the file, or in command line, type:

java -jar open-ig-launcher.jar

Troubleshooting

Some systems and configurations may not run the game properly. Please refer to the Troubleshooting guide for workarounds and resolutions.

About the author

I have a Ph.D in Engineering Sciences and I'm specializing in Production Informatics, Supply Chains and Manufacturing Execution Systems.

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