Stronghold Legends
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Developers | |
---|---|
Firefly Studios | |
Publishers | |
Retail, Collection | 2K Games |
Steam Edition | Firefly Studios |
Engines | |
DragonFly | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 13, 2006 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 57 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | Building, RTS |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Stronghold |
Stronghold | |
---|---|
Stronghold (2001) | 2001 |
Stronghold Crusader | 2002 |
Stronghold 2 | 2005 |
Stronghold Legends | 2006 |
Stronghold Crusader Extreme | 2008 |
Stronghold 3 | 2011 |
Stronghold Kingdoms | 2012 |
Stronghold Crusader 2 | 2014 |
Stronghold: Warlords | 2021 |
Stronghold: Definitive Edition | 2023 |
Warnings
Stronghold Legends is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view building and RTS game in the Stronghold series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | SecuROM 7 DRM | |||
GamersGate | ||||
The Stronghold Collection. | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | Steam Edition. Also available as part of The Stronghold Collection. |
Version differences
- The Steam Edition is the 2016 enhanced release with Steamworks multiplayer (in place of LAN and the deprecated GameSpy service) Workshop integration, an exclusive map pack, native widescreen support, and some redone graphics.
Demo
- A free demo version is available from GameFront.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The newest patch for the non-Steam version is 1.2. Patches for the game can be found on the official website or Patches-Scrolls.
- The Steam version received a separate patch and shows version 1.3 Steam.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Stronghold Legends\StrongholdLegends.GraphicsSettings.xml |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40980/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Stronghold Legends\Saves |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40980/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Non-Steam versions are stretched from 4:3 when editing the configuration file. The Steam version supports widescreen resolutions. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | "Game Speed" in options menu; FPS is locked to game speed, and capped at 90. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
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 | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Music, SFX, speech. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Certain important messages not subtitled. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | Steam Edition only | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
LAN play | Versus Removed from the Steam Edition |
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Online play | Versus The official GameSpy service has been shut down; Steam version has been updated with Steamworks support. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9.0c |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | Miles Sound System | 6.5e[1] |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | Steamworks, GameSpy |
System requirements
Retail version
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.6 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | 128 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX 7 compatible |
Steam Edition
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7, 8.x, 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.6 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | 512 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/40980/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (40980) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Nessy on 2019-08-22
- Version number found in Mss32.dll in the game installation folder.