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Revision as of 09:33, 29 October 2022
Developers | |
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Phenomic | |
Publishers | |
Encore | |
JoWood Productions | |
Nordic Games | |
Engines | |
KRASS Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 28, 2003 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 74 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RPG, RTS |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | SpellForce |
Warnings
Key points
- All digital releases and recent physical releases are the Platinum Edition and include the expansions 'The Breath of Winter' & 'The Shadow of the Phoenix.'
- On modern systems, dynamic shadows (High, Very High) are only rendered on part of the screen.[1] Precise cause remains unclear.
- SLI (more than one graphics card) is not supported and causes a black anomaly to fill the screen, disable SLI to remedy.
- To fix a problem with unable to start polish box release "Spellforce: Gold Edition" on i3, i5, i7, Xeon cpu, install CDProject iCore Fix
General information
- Official Forum
- 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 | SecuROM 4 DRM disc check. Expansions use SecuROM 5 DRM. The 2007 JoWood-published 'Spellforce Universe' (red box) requires CD Key only, no disc check.[2] Russian copies use StarForce DRM. |
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GamersGate | Platinum Edition. | |||
Platinum Edition. | ||||
GOG.com | Platinum Edition. Serial keys for multiplayer available by request to GOG support team.[3] | |||
Green Man Gaming | Platinum Edition. | |||
Humble Store | Platinum Edition. | |||
Steam | Platinum Edition with unique 1.61 patch. |
Version differences
- The retail-only Gold Edition includes the base game and The Breath of Winter expansion pack.
- The Platinum Edition includes the base game and both expansion packs.
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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Expansion pack | The expansion packs include new campaigns, items, units, buildings, skirmish mode and more. |
One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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The Breath of Winter | ||
Shadow of the Phoenix |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename prelude videos[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\config.lua[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39540/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SpellForce\SAVE |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39540/pfx/[Note 2] |
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 | Added in a patch.[4] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use -window command line argument.[5] |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 8x. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Can lead to significant frame rate drops | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate cap. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Widescreen resolution
The game supports no native widescreen. There are two workarounds.
Download a fixed .exe from WSGF[citation needed] |
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==> June 11, 2021: The archive is deleted on WSGF. Now available on Nexus.
Alternatively, one can:
Edit config.lua[citation needed] |
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This fix however produces a series of graphical errors.[citation needed]
As of July 2019 latest steam version of the game includes native 1920x1080 resolution support via in-game options (It's also highly possible that higher resolutions are also available)
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 | Set in Options, Game. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, SFX and Voice. | |
Surround sound | Set in Options, Sound. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Retail and Steam only. | |||
German | Retail and Steam only; download for GOG.com version. | |||
Italian | Retail and Platinum Edition only. | |||
Polish | Retail and Platinum Edition only. | |||
Russian | Retail and Platinum Edition only. Full official text and UI translation for the Steam Platinum Edition can be downloaded here | |||
Spanish | Retail and Platinum Edition only. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 8 | Versus, Co-op Co-op supports up to 3 players. |
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Online play | 8 | GameSpy services have been shut down;[6] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 WIP58, (DX9) see profile introdution. Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum. |
Issues fixed
Game asks for CD key on every launch
Enter key while running as administrator[citation needed] |
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Other information
- Draw-distance can be increased beyond the in-game maximum in the config.lua, at the cost of performance drops.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | 6.5c |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.5y |
Multiplayer | GameSpy | GameSpy server browser has been shut down. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 1 GHz | Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 2 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0a compatible | Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti 64 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/39540/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (39540) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJttmzT8FAg
- ↑ http://forum.spellforce.com/showthread.php?t=66397&langid=8
- ↑ Spellforce Platinum - Multiplayer key request - last accessed on 2021-06-13
- ↑ SpellForce Platinum Edition - Multiplayer, Widescreen and Windows Compatibility - Steam Community Discussions
- ↑ Run Spellforce in windowed mode - SpellForce - Official Board
- ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology