Warnings
- GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- A free demo can be downloaded from 4Players.de (German site, but English demo).
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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The Solon Heritage |
Retail version requires base game; digital distribution version is a standalone title. |
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Essential improvements
Patches
- The most recent patch is 1.10, available from Patches-Scrolls.
- All 1.10 patched version still show 1.09 in the menu. Digital releases are already on 1.10.
Skip intro videos
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
- Must be performed each time you launch the game - resets when viewing options menu.
- The whole registry branch might disappear
Registry edit for widescreen resolution[4]
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- Open the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Digital Reality\Haegemonia
- Set values for
ResolutionX and ResolutionY
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Use modding tools[citation needed]
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- Install the Hegemonia: Legions of Iron Modding Tools.
- Go to
Inf_files_uncrypted\Inf in the Modding Tools folder.
- Copy
program.inf to Inf in the installation folder, replacing the existing file when prompted.
- Open this new
program.inf .
- Change English to your language if you were not playing in English.
- Set
SkipStartScreen to 0 to disable the automatic mission loading.
- Save your changes and close the file. The game will now run in a window. Change
FullScreen to 1 for fullscreen mode.
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Input
3D movement
To move up and down (z-axis), press M and ⇧ Shift and then right-click to set vertical coordinates.[5]
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Music, Effect and Speech. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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Retail and Steam only. |
German |
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Retail and Steam only; download for GOG.com release. |
Hungarian |
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Retail only. |
Italian |
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Retail and Steam only. |
Japanese |
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Retail only. |
Polish |
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Retail only. |
Russian |
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Retail only. |
Spanish |
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Retail and Steam only. |
Issues fixed
Sound System Error
Disable audio[6]
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- In the options menu, set all audio sliders to zero.
- Restart the game.
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Ships become transparent
If textures on ships start disappearing after reloading (which makes the ships transparent / invisible):
Replace starfield.mat[7]
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Replace the starfield.mat file in Legions of Iron with the one from The Solon Heritage:
- Go to
<path-to-game>\Shaders\Materials in the Solon Heritage install directory and copy starfield.mat
- Go to
<path-to-game>\Shaders\Materials in the Legions of Iron directory and replace the starfield.mat there
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Install patch 1.10[8]
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Install patch 1.10 from here.
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
UDP |
19664,19667 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
8 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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macOS (OS X) | |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Multiplayer |
GameSpy |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
98, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium III 600 MHz
| Intel Pentium III 1 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
128 MB |
256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 1 ATI Radeon 7500 Matrox Parhella DirectX 8.1 compatible
| Nvidia GeForce 2 GTS |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] 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.[3]
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- ↑ 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).
References