Europa 1400: The Guild
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Developers | |
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4 Head Studios | |
Publishers | |
2002-2011 | JoWood Productions |
2011-2016 | Nordic Games |
2016-present | THQ Nordic |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 25, 2002 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 82 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Business, Strategy |
Themes | Medieval |
Series | The Guild |
The Guild | |
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Europa 1400: The Guild | 2002 |
The Guild II | 2006 |
The Guild II: Pirates of the European Seas | 2007 |
The Guild II: Venice | 2008 |
The Guild II: Renaissance | 2010 |
The Guild 3 | 2022 |
Europa 1400: The Guild is a singleplayer bird's-eye view business and strategy game in the The Guild series.
General information
- Offical Nordic Games Support Forum
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 4 DRM in base game, SecuROM 5 DRM in Gold Edition. | |||
GamersGate | Gold Edition. | |||
Gold Edition. | ||||
GOG.com | Gold Edition. | |||
Green Man Gaming | Gold Edition. | |||
Humble Store | Gold Edition. | |||
Steam | Gold Edition. |
Version differences
- The Gold Edition includes the base game and the expansion.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Gaukler, Gruften & Geschütze | Available separately only in the German-speaking market |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patches for non-German versions can be found here.
- For the German versions see: Main game, The expansion and Gold Edition.
Skip intro videos
Change parameters in game.ini |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\game.ini[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39520/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\resources\gamedata\Saves[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39520/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 | Change Bildmodus=FULLSCREEN in =DIRECTWINDOW in game.ini and use TL.exe to run the game | ||
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) | No VSync in Software TnL mode. Always-on in Hardware TnL mode; Doesn't function on modern Windows without a wrapper. |
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60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate cap. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Press F12 in-game to remap hotkeys. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Change invert_mouse=0 to =1 in game.ini | |
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sound Effects, Music, Speech. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Need to be forced to focus lost | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
German |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues unresolved
Crash on launch
Run T&L executable[citation needed] |
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Low frame rate and missing graphics stuff
Extract DDrawCompat to the game directory[1] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 6, 8 | Software TnL mode uses 6; Hardware TnL mode uses 8. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | 6.1c[2] |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000 | XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 400 MHz | Intel Pentium III 500 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 852 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 8.1 compatible |
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 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 (39520) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Reference
- ↑ Verified by User:Nessy on 2020-07-23
- Version number found in Mss32.dll in the game installation folder.