Difference between revisions of "The Settlers III"
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Revision as of 19:31, 13 August 2021
This page is for the original game. For the 2018 re-release, see The Settlers III: History Edition.
Developers | |
---|---|
Blue Byte|Ubisoft Düsseldorf|Blue Byte | |
Publishers | |
1998-2000 | Blue Byte|Ubisoft Düsseldorf|Blue Byte |
2001-present | Ubisoft |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 20, 1998 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
Controls | Point and select, Multiple select |
Genres | Building, RTS |
Art styles | Cartoon |
Themes | Asia, Classical, Egypt |
Series | The Settlers |
Key points
- Cannot use Alt+Tab ↹ while in-game
General information
- Official game site
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Copy protection would sabotage the gameplay after a while. It was known to malfunction with old CD-ROM drives or virus infected systems. The 1.23 patch fixes it. | |||
GOG.com | Settlers III: Ultimate Collection includes the base game and both expansions and is identical to the Gold Edition. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Mission CD | Bundled with The Settlers III: Gold Edition. | |
Quest of the Amazons | Bundled with The Settlers III: Gold Edition. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Blubyte\Siedler3\1.0\General[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\Save[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
German | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | Unofficial translation by «7 Wolf» |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
LAN play | 20 | |||
Online play | 20 |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
---|---|
TCP | 2300-2400, 47624 |
UDP | 2300-2400, 3343-3400 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Game process starts, but never opens fullscreen/windowed on Windows 10
Download fixed winmm[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98, NT 4.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 100 MHz | Intel Pentium 166 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 250 MB | 1.3 GB |
Video card (GPU) | 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details. - ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).