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General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Cossacks World forum - For American Conquest
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Skip intro videos[citation needed]
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- Go to the installation folder.
- Delete or rename
cdv.avi .
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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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
Network
Multiplayer types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s)[3] |
TCP |
2300-2400, 6667, 47624 |
UDP |
80, 3783, 27900, 28900, 29900-29901, 13139, 2300-2400, 34000-34005, 16000 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues unresolved
Retail version not working on Windows 8 and later
- The retail version doesn't work properly on Windows 8 and later.[4] Digital versions do not have this problem (see Availability).
Issues fixed
Game running too fast
Running too fast[5]
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- Like Cossacks, the other title from GSC Game World, American Conquest features a unique engine timing system. While the games' speed is still dependant on the CPU clock, like many older titles, they offer a flexible speed setting in the options menu to enable the user to tweak the speed to his liking.
- To make the game more bearable, make sure to:
- Go to the game settings.
- Choose "Slow Mode"
- Decrease the "Game speed" by approximately 10%.
- Save the settings and go play the game.
- If the game is still fast, grab ACClock or CPUGrab. If the game reverts back to fast mode, press Ctrl+D in-game.
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Color issues
- See DirectDraw troubleshooting for solutions.
Game doesn't start
Game doesn't start[6]
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- If the game doesn't start:
- First try deleting the Video folder in the installation folder. Start the game.
- If you have one of the 8000 series Nvidia graphics cards, or a similar ATI card, and are running Windows XP, download this ddraw.dll and again, place it in the installation folder. Also be sure you've deleted the Video folder as in step 1. Try starting the game again.
- If you are running Vista or Windows 7, download dmcr.zip and extract the DMCR.exe into the folder. Try starting the game again. If this doesn't work, and you also have the ddraw.dll in the installation folder from step 2, delete ddraw.dll, and try starting the game again.
- Antivirus software may think this is a virus, but it assuredly is not.
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0% progress in LAN
- This sometimes happens on Windows XP when with 3 or more players on LAN. Note that this is a workaround for this and not an actual fix.
LAN loading time[citation needed]
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- Start your multiplayer game as usual, let all players select their nations, and then click the “Ready” button. Now choose the game settings.
- You will see it still sits on 0% or starts going up very, very slowly, don't panic, press Alt+Tab ↹ to go to desktop, wait a second and then go back in the game and you will see it has progressed, again Alt+Tab ↹ out of the game, wait a second and go back into the game, again it will have progressed.
- Keep doing this until it reaches 100%, then click begin game and there you have it! It can take around 4-5 minutes, sometimes you can stay on desktop for a couple of minutes and then go back into game if it hasn't progressed.
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Mouse doesn't work
- This kind of issue manifests itself on laptops using Intel Core i3/i5/i7 CPUs, and Nvidia GPUs through Optimus technology. A workaround is possible, though not guaranteed to work.
Mouse doesn't work[citation needed]
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- Try fixing this with this tutorial originally intended for Red Alert 2.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
7 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Modifications
- Cossacks downloads - Registration only.
- The Hawks' Forum
- This is a mod which attempts to recreate vast Napoleon's conquests in its full glory including:
- Battles (Trafalgar, Austerlitz, Waterloo...)
- Factions (Poland, Austria, Prussia amongst existing ones)
- Units (Grenadiers, skirmishers, heavy cavalry, hussars, lancers...)
- Random Map AI does not work. (Except somewhat for France)
- For more information on the mod check out the beginners' guide.
- To be able to play both unmodded and modded game, make a copy of the installation folder.
- When trying to host multiplayer games, it is advisable to forward ports (see Ports).
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 |
256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
1.5 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:
- ↑ 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