Empire Earth III
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Developers | |
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Mad Doc Software | |
Publishers | |
2007-2008 | Sierra Entertainment |
2008-present | Rebellion Developments |
Re-release | Sold Out Software |
Engines | |
Gamebryo | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 6, 2007 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 50 |
IGDB | 40 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RTS |
Series | Empire Earth |
Empire Earth | |
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Empire Earth | 2001 |
Empires: Dawn of the Modern World | 2003 |
Empire Earth II | 2005 |
Empire Earth III | 2007 |
Warnings
Empire Earth III is a singleplayer and multiplayer RTS game in the Empire Earth series.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 7 DRM. | |||
GOG.com | Serial keys for multiplayer available by request to GOG support team.[1] | |||
ZOOM Platform | ||||
Green Man Gaming (unavailable) | ||||
Steam (unavailable) | Unpublished. |
- A free demo version is available from GameFront.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is 1.1, and can be found on Patches-Scrolls and GameFront.
Skip intro videos
Skip intro videos[2] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Empire Earth III\profiles\<user-id>\profile.xml |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254800/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Empire Earth III\profiles\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254800/pfx/[Note 1] |
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 | Available resolutions up to 1920x1200, but image is stretched. Certain resolutions are missing. Manually changing the resolution in the configuration file reverts to a default setting in the next session, and setting the file to read-only mode reverts to 1024x768.[3] | ||
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) | Labeled as "Texture Filtering". | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | For scroll speed only. | |
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 | Music, effects, voice. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | On by default. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Separate US and UK English releases | |||
Czech | Retail only | |||
French | Retail only | |||
German | Retail only; download for GOG.com version | |||
Hungarian | Retail only | |||
Italian | Retail only | |||
Japanese | Retail only | |||
Polish | Retail only | |||
Spanish | Retail only |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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Local play | |||
LAN play | |||
Online play | The official GameSpy service has been shut down. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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UDP | 26000 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Game freezes/crashes
Run EE3.exe in compatibility mode for Windows 7[citation needed]
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 1.7 GHz AMD Athlon XP |
Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3500+ |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 6.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 6000 series 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 2.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce 7000 series 256 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 (254800) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Empire Earth III on GOG.com - last accessed on 2023-04-10
- "Multiplayer notice: The game's official multiplayer servers have been taken offline and the only multiplayer option available is LAN. Multiplayer mode is available after registering your unique CD-key for the game."
- ↑ Verified by User:Plok on 2023-04-10
- ↑ Empire Earth III | WSGF - last accessed on 2023-04-10