Etherlords
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Developers | |
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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 |
Etherlords | |
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Etherlords | 2001 |
Etherlords II | 2004 |
Etherlords is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view strategy game in the Etherlords series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | StarForce DRM | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Steam |
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] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/270770/pfx/[Note 2] |
-
settings.ini
stores the global configuration, in the install path.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/270770/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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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 |
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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 |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Retail version. | |||
German | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | Download. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Hot seat Added in Patch 1.07.[1] |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play | The official multiplayer service has been shut down. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 7 |
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 |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/270770/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (270770) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://ds.nordicgames.at/etherlords/etherlords_readme_patch107_eng.txt
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-04-10