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Revision as of 19:35, 29 October 2022
Developers | |
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GSC Game World | |
Publishers | |
cdv Software Entertainment | |
Engines | |
DMCR 2 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 15, 2002 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RTS |
Themes | North America |
Series | American Conquest |
American Conquest | |
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American Conquest | 2002 |
American Conquest: Fight Back | 2003 |
American Conquest: Divided Nation | 2006 |
American Conquest is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric RTS game in the American Conquest series.
Key points
- American Conquest: Fight Back is needed to use mods.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Cossacks World forum - For American Conquest
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1], key for online-play. | |||
GOG.com | Includes American Conquest: Fight Back. | |||
Steam | Slightly updated for modern systems. |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- Singleplayer and multiplayer demo are both available.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is 1.46 (Only for retail versions)
Patches can be found here.
Skip intro videos
Skip intro videos[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/115210/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save\[Note 3] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/115210/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
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 | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
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 only; download for digital releases. | |||
Russian | Retail only. | |||
Spanish | Retail only; download for digital releases. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 7 | |||
Online play | 7 |
Issues unresolved
Retail version not working on Windows 8 and later
- The retail version doesn't work properly on Windows 8 and later.[3][citation needed] Digital versions do not have this problem (see Availability).
Issues fixed
Game running too fast
Running too fast[4] |
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Color issues
- See Rainbow color problems in older games for solutions.
Game doesn't start
Game doesn't start[7] |
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0% progress in LAN
LAN loading time[citation needed] |
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Mouse doesn't work
Mouse doesn't work[citation needed] |
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Other information
AI Pack
- An attempt to improve AI in the game for England, France, Spain, USA, Maya and Iroquois. The main work is on larger city with higher population for a more satisfied battle after a long peacetime. It is only for land battle - the water AI was untouched.
- May break AI in multiplayer games.
Other downloads
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | 2000, ME, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 450 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | |
Other | 12x CD-ROM drive |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] 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.[2]
- ↑ 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 (115210) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Using American Conquest on Windows8!!! • Mastersofthefield (retrieved)
- ↑ GOG.com Forums - What to do when the game runs too fast
- ↑ The New and Improved Way to Control Game Speed! • Mastersofthefield (retrieved)
- ↑ Another way to control Game Speed • Mastersofthefield (retrieved)
- ↑ American Conquest - Solutions if the game doesn't start. • Mastersofthefield (retrieved)