Anno 1404

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Anno 1404

Developers
	Related Designs
	Blue Byte Software
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows	June 23, 2009

Key points

Released as Dawn of Discovery in the United States.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Ubisoft Forums

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Tages DRM was removed in an official patch. Patch the game if necessary and Tages can be safely removed from the system
Amazon.com		Gold Edition
GOG.com		Gold Edition.
Steam		Can be played without Steam running.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Venice

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches are available to update the game and remove Tages DRM.

Unofficial Patch

This fan-made patch focuses on improving the English localisation and restoring text that was not translated from German in the original game. However it also fixes bugs and oversights relating to achievements and quests, in addition to offering a number of optional tweaks to gameplay, which means it may still be of interest to those not playing in English.

Switching Language

If you bought the game in the international version and wan't to change the language to German follow these steps

1. To change the language in Anno 1404, first download the German demo version. You can do this for example from chip.de.
2. Once the download is complete, open the .exe file and install the demo. If you have already installed the full version, make sure that you install the demo version in a different folder.
3. Openthe Windows Explorer and then go to the folder where you installed the demo version. This should default to "C: \ Program Files \ Ubisoft \ Related Designs \ Anno 1404 (Demo)".
4. Then open the folder "maindata" and copy the file "ger0.rda" on your desktop or other independent folder.
5. Once the file is copied, you can uninstall the demo version
6. Then open the maindata folder of the full version. This can normally be found under "C: \ Program Files \ Ubisoft \ Related Designs \ Anno 1404".
7. Copy the "ger0.rda" file from the demo version to this location.
8. Open the File %APPDATA%\Ubisoft\Anno1404\Config\Engine.ini in a Text editor and edit the line <LanguageTAG>eng</LanguageTAG> to read <LanguageTAG>ger</LanguageTAG>
9. The game should now start in German

Switching Language for Venice

1. The process is similar as for the main game. However the language pack can not be obtained from the demo Version. Instead it can be gotten here or in various other places on the internet.
2. copy the ger0.rda of the addon into the directory Anno 1404\addon
3. Open the File %APPDATA%\Ubisoft\Anno1404Addon\Config\Engine.ini in a Text editor and edit the line <LanguageTAG>eng</LanguageTAG> to read <LanguageTAG>ger</LanguageTAG>

Once the files have been replaced, Anno 1404 Venice should start in German

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33250/pfx/

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33250/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect		Backup ingame possible when logging into Ubisoft Account

Video settings

In-game general settings.

In-game video settings.

Input settings

In-game input settings.

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		8	Requires the Venice expansion.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9, 10
Shader Model support	2, 4

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz	Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible	512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible