Lords of the Realm II
Developers | |
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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 |
Lords of the Realm | |
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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
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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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 | Windows version, pre-packaged with DDrawCompat. 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 | |
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Siege Pack |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video file[2] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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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 |
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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 |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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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) | |||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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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 |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | On/off only. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Retail only. | |||
German | Retail and GOG.com only. | |||
Japanese | Retail only. |
Network
- Multiplayer requires DirectPlay to be enabled in Windows.
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 5 | |||
Online play | Sierra Internet Gaming System has been shut down. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Distorted colors
Run the game in 256 color mode[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | SVGA |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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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 | ||
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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) | ||
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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
- ↑ Verified by User:Plok on 2024-02-21