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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|November 8, 2001}}
 
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==Essential improvements==
 
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===Patches===
 
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{{ii}} [http://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/1476/7/24042 Patch 1.07] updates the game and adds support for hot-seat multiplayer.<ref name="hotseat">http://ds.nordicgames.at/etherlords/etherlords_readme_patch107_eng.txt</ref> GOG and Steam versions already have this patch applied.<ref name="baronsmoki">{{Refcheck|user=Baronsmoki|date=2019-04-10}}</ref>
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{{ii}} [https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/1476/7/24042 Patch 1.07] updates the game and adds support for hot-seat multiplayer.<ref name="hotseat">http://ds.nordicgames.at/etherlords/etherlords_readme_patch107_eng.txt</ref> GOG and Steam versions already have this patch applied.<ref name="baronsmoki">{{Refcheck|user=Baronsmoki|date=2019-04-10}}</ref>
  
 
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===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
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{{Image|Etherlords - launcher video settings.png|Launcher video settings.}}
 
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|OSfamily = Windows
 
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Latest revision as of 13:33, 26 December 2023

Etherlords
Etherlords cover
Developers
Nival Interactive
Release dates
Windows November 8, 2001
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Point and select
Genres Strategy
Themes Fantasy
Series Etherlords
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Etherlords on HowLongToBeat
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Etherlords on MobyGames
Etherlords on Wikipedia
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Etherlords
Etherlords 2001
Etherlords II 2004

Etherlords is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view strategy game in the Etherlords series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 StarForce DRM
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Steam
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Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.07 updates the game and adds support for hot-seat multiplayer.[1] GOG and Steam versions already have this patch applied.[2]

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename movie files[2]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Resources\Movies.
  2. Delete or rename firstlogo.bik, fishtank.bik, intro.bik, and nival.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/270770/pfx/[Note 2]
settings.ini stores the global configuration, in the install path.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/270770/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher video settings.
Launcher video settings.
General settings
General settings
Combat settings
Combat settings

Graphics feature State Notes
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)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Retail version.
German
Russian
Spanish
Download.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Hot seat
Added in Patch 1.07.[1]
LAN play
Online play
The official multiplayer service has been shut down.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7
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) 98, ME, 2000
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 300 MHz Intel Pentium III 550 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7.0 compatible 		32 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References