Star Wars: Empire at War
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Developers | |
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Petroglyph Games | |
macOS (OS X) | Aspyr Media |
Publishers | |
LucasArts | |
Disney Interactive Studios | |
Engines | |
Alamo Game Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | February 16, 2006 |
macOS (OS X) | April 2, 2007 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 79 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RTS |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Series | Star Wars |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Key points
- Additional maps, units, and factions available through a strong modding community.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 7 DRM. | |||
Retail | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | Star Wars: Empire at War: Gold Pack | |||
Mac App Store | Does not support online play (LAN only). | |||
Origin | Star Wars: Empire at War: Gold Pack Included with EA Play Pro. |
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Steam | Star Wars: Empire at War: Gold Pack |
- The Star Wars: Empire at War: Gold Pack comes with both the base game and the Forces of Corruption expansion
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Forces of Corruption |
Demos
Essential improvements
Patches
- The Gold Pack is already patched to the latest major versions
- The Steam version already includes all of these patches.
- Star Wars: Empire at War Patch v1.05
- Star Wars: Empire at War - Forces of Corruption Patch v1.1
- Star Wars: Empire At War 2 GB RAM & MP Lobby Fix - For both the base game and the expansion.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\GameData\Data\[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32470/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Petroglyph\Empire At War\Save\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32470/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Menus are stretched, but HUD elements properly scale. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | [citation needed] | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Select windowed mode in video options (Steam only) or use the WINDOWED command line argument. |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Added in Forces of Corruption expansion only, in slide-bar format. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Capped at 200 FPS.[1] Retail version capped at 85 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Separate master, dialogue, effects and music sliders. | |
Surround sound | Uses Dolby Surround Sound. | |
Subtitles | Subtitles only shown during cutscenes. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | Supports up to EAX 4. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | Retail, base game only. | |||
Polish | Retail only.[2] | |||
Russian | Retail only. Patch for digital release here. | |||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play | 8 | GameSpy services have been shut down;[3] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 1234, 3658-3660, 6500, 27900, 28910, 3783, 6515, 6667, 13139, 28900, 29900-29901, 29920 |
UDP | 1234, 3658-3660, 6500, 27900, 28910, 3783, 6515, 6667, 13139, 28900, 29900-29901, 29920 |
- This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Issues fixed
Game crashes
- This usually occurs when starting a campaign or tutorial mission in the Forces of Corruption expansion pack.
Game crashes[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Low framerate on Empire at War
Go to <path-to-game>\EAWX and rename sweaw.exe to swfoc.exe .
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
OpenGL | 2.0 | OS X only. |
Shader Model support | 2 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | 32-bit only.[4] |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | GameSpy, Steamworks | Steam version uses Steamworks. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2000 | XP, Vista |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon 1000+ |
Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2400+ |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2.5 GB | 3.6 GB |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon 7200 Nvidia GeForce 256 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 2 support |
ATI Radeon 8500 Nvidia GeForce4 Ti 4200 64 MB of VRAM Shader model 3 support |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.6 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon X1600 Nvidia GeForce 7300 128 MB of VRAM |
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>/32470/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (32470) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.