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Lords of the Realm
Lords of the Realm	1994
Lords of the Realm II	1996
Lords of the Realm III	2003

Lords of the Realm II is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view, top-down view and isometric strategy game in the Lords of the Realm series.

The game received the Siege Pack expansion in 1997, featuring new maps, improved AI, skirmish mode, a map editor and an all-battle mode. The Royal Edition from the same year included both titles, as well as the original Lords of the Realm.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		CD contains both Windows and DOS versions.
GamersGate
GOG.com		Windows version. Includes the Siege Pack expansion and Lords of the Realm.
Green Man Gaming
Steam		Windows version. Includes the Siege Pack expansion.
ZOOM Platform		Includes the Siege Pack expansion and Lords of the Realm.

A free demo version is available from Archive.org (base game, Siege Pack) and SierraHelp.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Siege Pack

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename Intro.smk^{[citation needed]}
Go to the installation folder. Delete or rename `Intro.smk`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS
Windows	<path-to-game>\LORDS2.INF^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/397350/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS
Windows	<path-to-game>\*.SAV^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/397350/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		640x480 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Game must be running in 256 color mode.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)	For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		On/off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German				Retail and GOG.com only.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		5
Online play		Sierra Internet Gaming System option no longer works.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Distorted colors

Run the game in 256 color mode^{[citation needed]}

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	SVGA

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	5.0
Processor (CPU)	486 DX/2 66 MHz
System memory (RAM)	8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	34 MB

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	486 DX/2 66 MHz
System memory (RAM)	8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	34 MB

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz+
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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).
↑ ^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.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (397350) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Mac Game Update: 22 New Additions - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[gamedir-2] 1.0 ^1.1 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).

[Proton_path_note-3] 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.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (397350) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (397350) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Mac Game Update: 22 New Additions - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[1]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

@@ Line 215: / Line 215: @@
 |separate volume          = false
 |separate volume notes    = On/off only.
-|surround sound           = unknown
+|surround sound           = false
 |surround sound notes     =
-|subtitles                = unknown
+|subtitles                = false
 |subtitles notes          =
-|closed captions          = unknown
+|closed captions          = false
 |closed captions notes    =
 |mute on focus lost       = always on
@@ Line 235: / Line 235: @@
   |language  = English
   |interface = true
-  |audio     = unknown
+  |audio     = true
-  |subtitles = unknown
+  |subtitles = false
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
@@ Line 243: / Line 243: @@
   |language  = German
   |interface = true
-  |audio     = unknown
+  |audio     = true
-  |subtitles = unknown
+  |subtitles = false
-  |notes     =
+  |notes     = Retail and GOG.com only.
   |fan       =
   }}
@@ Line 267: / Line 267: @@
 |asynchronous notes   =
 }}{{Network/Connections
-|matchmaking        =
+|matchmaking        = false
 |matchmaking notes  =
 |p2p                = true
@@ Line 273: / Line 273: @@
 |dedicated          = false
 |dedicated notes    =
-|self-hosting       = unknown
+|self-hosting       = true
 |self-hosting notes =
 |direct ip          = true
@@ Line 285: / Line 285: @@
 ==Issues fixed==
 ===Distorted colors===
-{{Fixbox|description=Set colors to 256|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=[[Windows Compatibility Mode#Settings|Run the game in 256 color mode]]|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
-# Right-click on the shortcut to the game and click Properties.
-# Go to the compatibility tab.
-# Check Run in 256 Colors and Run in 648x480 screen resolution.
 }}
@@ Line 310: / Line 307: @@
 |vulkan versions        =
 |vulkan notes           =
-|dos modes              = unknown
+|dos modes              = SVGA
 |dos modes notes        =
 |shader model versions  =
@@ Line 316: / Line 313: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
-|windows arm app        = unknown
+|windows arm app        = false
 |windows exe notes      =
 |mac os x powerpc app   = unknown
@@ Line 333: / Line 330: @@
 ==System requirements==
+{{System requirements
+|OSfamily = DOS
+|minOS    = 5.0
+|minCPU   = 486 DX/2 66 MHz
+|minRAM   = 8 MB
+|minHD    = 34 MB
+}}
 {{System requirements
 |OSfamily = Windows
 |minOS    = 95
-|minCPU   = 486 66 MHz
+|minCPU   = 486 DX/2 66 MHz
 |minRAM   = 8 MB
 |minHD    = 34 MB

Developers

	Impressions Games
Publishers
Retail	Sierra On-Line
Digital	Rebellion Developments
Release dates
DOS	October 1996
Windows	October 1996
Mac OS (Classic)	1997
macOS (OS X)	April 23, 2013^[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time, Turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Top-down view, Isometric
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Strategy
Themes	Europe, Medieval
Series	Lords of the Realm