Empire: Total War

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Empire: Total War

Developers
	Creative Assembly
macOS (OS X)	Feral Interactive
Linux	Feral Interactive
Publishers
	Sega
OS X, Linux	Feral Interactive
Engines
	Warscape
Release dates
Windows	March 3, 2009
macOS (OS X)	April 12, 2012
Linux	December 9, 2014

Key points

Multiplayer is not cross-platform.

General information

Official site for the series

Official forum

Official support page

Total War Wiki - A wiki for the series

Total War Center - A large fan site for the series with an active modding community

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website		Collection bundle including all the DLC.
		Definitive Edition.
Humble Store
Mac App Store		Gold Edition.
Steam

All Windows and Linux versions require Steam DRM

Empire: Total War - Gold Edition comes with the base game and all the expansions/DLC released for it

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Elite Units of the East
Elite Units of the West
Elite Units of America
Special Forces Units & Bonus Content
The Warpath Campaign

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Using the package manager[citation needed]
Download the Package File Manager. Navigate to <path-to-game>\data, and open movies.pack Under File, Change Pack Type choose Mod. Navigate to Movies.pack\movies Delete ca.bik, corei7_intro.bik, game_intro_01.bik and sega_logo_sting_hd.bik Notes Saving might take a few minutes.[citation needed]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\The Creative Assembly\Empire\
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Empire Total War/AppData/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Empire/AppData/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\The Creative Assembly\Empire\save_games\
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Empire Total War/AppData/save_games/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Empire/AppData/save_games/

Save games can become fairly large over time. Enabling NTFS compression on Windows for the whole save games folder is advised.^{[citation needed]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

Multi-monitor

To lock the cursor to the game you can use Clip Cursor or CursorLock.

Input settings

Controls settings.

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Advisors have czech dubbing but a units speak english
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play		8
Online play		8

Issues fixed

Freeze when starting

Game freezes after first (logo & copyright) screen[citation needed]
If the game makes the computer freeze entirely, it might be an audio-issue. Try opening Windows' Device Manager and disabling your audio-device (in my case Realtek HD audio was the culprit). If this allows the game to run, then this fix might work for you. Remove the device, and download a driver from the audio-device manufacturer's website.

Changing the Game Resolution

Unable to change resolution[citation needed]

Some users are unable to change the resolution from the in-game menu. Go to %APPDATA%\The Creative Assembly\Empire\scripts and open preferences.empire_script with Notepad, then edit the 3rd and fourth lines that say: Replace the zeroes with the resolution options of your choice (1920x1080, 800x600 etc.). x_res 0; # x_res <int32>, Fixed window width # y_res 0; # y_res <int32>, Fixed window height #

Issues unresolved

Selecting a ship crash the game

The exact reason is unknown, but it seems that when you select and/or move a fleet consisting of only highest-end ship of the line and you have researched "Top Gallants" upgrade, the game will crash to desktop. Merging a Brig or a Sloop (the ships with the lowest move points) to the fleet seems to solve this bug, by reducing the distance the higher ships can travel.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2400+	Dual-Core
System memory (RAM)	1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	15 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	512 MB of VRAM
Other	Minimum screen resolution 1024 x 768

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.8.5	10.9.3
Processor (CPU)	Intel 2 GHz	Intel 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	30 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM	512 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.04
Processor (CPU)	Intel 2.0 GHz	Intel 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	16 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 600 series AMD Radeon HD 6000 series Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 512 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce 700 series 1 GB of VRAM
Other	64-bit system required