Age of Wonders III
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Developers | |
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Triumph Studios | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 31, 2014 |
macOS (OS X) | April 14, 2015 |
Linux | April 14, 2015 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 80 |
OpenCritic | 82 |
IGDB | 80 |
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.
Age of Wonders | |
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Age of Wonders | 1999 |
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne | 2002 |
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic | 2003 |
Age of Wonders III | 2014 |
Age of Wonders: Planetfall | 2019 |
Age of Wonders 4 | 2023 |
General information
- Official website
- 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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Publisher website | Deluxe and Collection Editions also available. | |||
Deluxe and Collection Editions also available. | ||||
GOG.com | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Green Man Gaming | Deluxe and Collection Editions also available. | |||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | Deluxe and Collection Editions also available. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Deluxe Edition DLC | Includes a bonus scenario and soundtrack. | |
Golden Realms Expansion | ||
Eternal Lords Expansion |
Essential improvements
Improved performance
- Performance is drastically increased if the game is installed on a faster drive, such as an SSD.[citation needed]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\AoW3\Profiles\<user-id>\ |
macOS (OS X) | ~/AoW3/ |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/AoW3/ |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\AoW3\Profiles\<user-id>\SAVES\ |
macOS (OS X) | ~/AoW3/ |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/AoW3/ |
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 |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | UI might not be scaled enough with "automatic UI scaling" option; see Issues Fixed for a solution | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA, toggle only. Can force through Nvidia Inspector. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Color blind mode |
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Nvidia Inspector Force AA and AO[1] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | 2 keys per action. | |
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 | Master, Music, Effects, Ambiance, Speech, Units, Events, Interface. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.1. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation. | |||
Russian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Spanish | Fan translation, download. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 8 | Hot seat, Co-op |
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LAN play | 8 | Co-op, Versus Requires a Triumph Account and initial internet access for authentication.[2] |
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Online play | 8 | Co-op, Versus Requires a Triumph Account. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 14800 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Game does not launch
Delete configuration files[citation needed] |
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No music when out of combat
Enter combat and finish the battle[citation needed] |
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UI is too small on higher resolution
- Go to
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\AoW3\Config.
- Create Game.cfg file.
- Write
InterfaceScale=1.0
inside.
Default value is 0.8. 1.0 looks nice on a 4k screen.
Other information
API
Technical specs
Supported
Notes
Direct3D
9
OpenGL
OS X and Linux only.
Executable
32-bit
64-bit
Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.
Linux
Middleware
Middleware
Notes
Audio
FMOD Ex
Interface
Iggy, Adobe Flash
System requirements
Windows
Minimum
Recommended
Operating system (OS)
XP
Vista, 7, 8, 8.1
Processor (CPU)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6 GHz
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz
AMD Phenom X4 9900 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)
2 GB
4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
10 GB
Video card (GPU)
Nvidia GeForce 8800 series
ATI Radeon HD 3870
Intel HD Graphics 3000
512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
AMD Radeon HD 6850
1 GB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)
DirectX 9 compatible
Other
1024 x 768 screen resolution, Broadband Internet connection
- 3 GB of system RAM is required for Intel integrated GPU's.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Recommended
Operating system (OS)
10.9.3
Processor (CPU)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6 GHz
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz
AMD Phenom X4 9900 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)
3 GB
4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
10 GB
Video card (GPU)
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250
ATI Radeon HD 4870
Intel HD Graphics 4000
512 MB of VRAM
Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
AMD Radeon HD 6850
1 GB of VRAM
Other
1024 x 768 screen resolution, Broadband Internet connection
Linux
Minimum
Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Ubuntu 14.10, SteamOS
Processor (CPU)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6 GHz
Intel Core i3-3240 3.4 GHz
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)
3 GB
4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
10 GB
Video card (GPU)
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250
ATI Radeon HD 4870
Intel HD Graphics 4000
512 MB of VRAM
Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
AMD Radeon HD 6850
1 GB of VRAM
Other
1024 x 768 screen resolution, Broadband Internet connection
References