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Revision as of 21:50, 21 June 2021
This page is for the 2001 game. For the unrelated 1993 game, see Stronghold.
Developers | |
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Firefly Studios | |
macOS (OS X) | Crescent Vision Interactive |
macOS (OS X) | Varcon Systems |
Publishers | |
Retail | Take-Two Interactive |
Retail | Gathering of Developers |
OS X | MacSoft |
Retail (Collection) | 2K Games |
HD | Firefly Studios |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 12, 2001 |
macOS (OS X) | May 2002 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 81 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Isometric |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | Building, RTS |
Themes | Europe, Medieval |
Series | Stronghold |
Stronghold | |
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Stronghold | 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
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
General information
- Official Firefly Studios game page
- Official forums
- Stronghold Heaven - A fan site for the game
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1]. The HD patch removes the DRM | |||
GOG.com | Stronghold HD. Comes bundled with the original retail release. | |||
Green Man Gaming | Stronghold HD | |||
Humble Store | Stronghold HD | |||
Steam | Stronghold HD | |||
Steam | The Stronghold Collection. |
Demos
Version differences
- Stronghold HD is an enhanced version of the game which adds widescreen support, bug fixes, and retail Deluxe edition content.
Essential improvements
HD patch
This official patch will upgrade a retail copy of Stronghold to Stronghold HD.
Skip intro video
Delete/move/rename video file |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Stronghold\stronghold.cfg |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40950/pfx/[Note 2] |
- Settings for the Windows version without the HD patch are stored in
<path-to-game>\stronghold.cfg
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Stronghold\Saves |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40950/pfx/[Note 2] |
- Saves for the Windows version without the HD patch are stored in
<path-to-game>\Saves
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Resolutions up to 2560x1600.[3] For the original release install the HD patch. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | "...\Stronghold 07 - 3\bin\win32_release\config.xml" open with text editor change 0 to 1 <verticalsync enabled=1 />[citation needed] | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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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 |
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Separate volume controls | music, effects, speech | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play | 8 | GameSpy services have been shut down;[4] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 2300-2400, 47624 |
UDP | 2300-2400 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Game fails to launch on Windows 10
Install DirectPlay |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DirectDraw | 7 | |
OpenGL | OS X only. |
Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | ||||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | 6.1c |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.2h |
Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) | 300 MHz | 550 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 750 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9.0c compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core Duo 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 750 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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>/40950/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (40950) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Firefly Support - Stronghold HD & Crusader HD - Supported Resolutions - last accessed on 2017-07-05
- ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology