Europa Universalis
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Developers | |
---|---|
Paradox Development Studio | |
Publishers | |
Retail (North America) | Strategy First |
Retail (UK) | Koch Media |
Retail (Germany) | Blackstar Interactive |
Retail (Scandinavia) | Vision Park |
Retail (Russia) | 1C Company |
Retail re-releases, digital | Paradox Interactive |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 23, 2000 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 86 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Top-down view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Strategy, Simulation |
Themes | Historical |
Series | Europa Universalis |
Europa Universalis is a singleplayer top-down view strategy and simulation game in the Europa Universalis series.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\config[Note 2] <path-to-game>\config.eu[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\Scenarios\Save Games[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
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 Remapping | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Remapping
Edit file <path-to-game>\config\Buttons.txt
, shortcuts are identified by parameter shortcut = <key>
. Letters in lowercase mean the key pressed without modifier keys, uppercase means with Shift
pressed. Special keys are all uppercase.
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Music can only be toggled on/off. SFX has a slider. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Only the narrator's lines are voiced. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
German | Retail version only; download for digital releases (includes fan-edited font). | |||
Polish | Retail version only. | |||
Portuguese | Retail version only.[3] |
Issues fixed
Getting compatibility with Windows 10/11
- Information available on official Paradox Interactive forum website.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DirectDraw | 7 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, 2000, NT SP4 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 200 MHz | Intel Pentium II 300 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 210 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Verified by User:DarkSonicPT on 2023-03-18