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Revision as of 17:44, 4 February 2023
Developers | |
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Digital Reality | |
Publishers | |
Anuman Interactive | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 14, 2002 |
macOS (OS X) | November 15, 2013[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | DLC |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Free-roaming camera |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RTS, 4X, Strategy |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Series | Haegemonia |
Haegemonia | |
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Haegemonia: Legions of Iron | 2002 |
Haegemonia: The Solon Heritage | 2003 |
Warnings
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc 2 DRM[Note 1] | |||
GOG.com | Includes Haegemonia: The Solon Heritage. | |||
Steam | ||||
ZOOM Platform | Includes Haegemonia: The Solon Heritage. | |||
Mac App Store (unavailable) |
Demo
A free demo can be downloaded here (German site, but English demo).
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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The Solon Heritage | Retail requires base game; digital distribution version is a standalone title. |
Essential improvements
Patches
The most recent patch is 1.10, download it here.
- The GOG version is only 1.09 - install patch 1.10 for them too if you get problems with invisible ships after reloading.[4] The steam version still shows 1.09 in the menu but has the content of the patch already included.
Skip intro videos
Use replacement files |
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Use the Haegemonia: Legions of Iron intro skip. Deleting the files also works but causes error messages in-game. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Digital Reality\Haegemonia\[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/294770/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save[Note 4] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/294770/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | On/off only. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Set in registry (see Game data). | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate cap. |
Widescreen resolution
- Must be performed each time you launch the game - resets when viewing options menu.
- The whole registry branch might disappear
Registry edit for widescreen resolution[5] |
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Windowed
Use modding tools[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Use ShortcutEditor.exe in the installation folder. Full key remapping is not supported; some keys can't be selected, and some functions (like Pause) cannot be rebound. |
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Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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3D movement
To move up and down (z-axis), press M and ⇧ Shift and then right-click to set vertical coordinates.[6]
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Effect and Speech. | |
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 and Steam only. | |||
German | Retail and Steam only; download for GOG.com release. | |||
Hungarian | Retail only. | |||
Italian | Retail and Steam only. | |||
Japanese | Retail only. | |||
Polish | Retail only. | |||
Russian | Retail only. | |||
Spanish | Retail and Steam only. |
Issues fixed
Sound System Error
Mod DB download[citation needed] |
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If you have the Steam version download and install Steam Legions of Iron Sound System and MP Fix If you have another version of the game you might have to use an older version of the fix: Haegemonia Legions of Iron Sound System Fix |
Disable audio[7] |
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Ships become transparent
If textures on ships start disappearing after reloading (which makes the ships transparent / invisible):
Replace starfield.mat[8] |
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Replace the starfield.mat file in Legions of Iron with the one from The Solon Heritage:
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Install patch 1.10[4] |
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Install patch 1.10 from here. This is necessary even for GOG and Steam versions. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play | GameSpy services have been shut down;[9] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
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 | 19664,19667 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 600 MHz | Intel Pentium III 1 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 1 ATI Radeon 7500 Matrox Parhella DirectX 8.1 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 2 GTS |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] 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.[3]
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details. - ↑ 3.0 3.1 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 (294770) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Mac Game Update: 34 New Additions ● GOG.com
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.gog.com/forum/haegemonia_gold_edition/patch_1_10
- ↑ https://www.wsgf.org/dr/hegemonia-legions-iron
- ↑ https://www.g4li.org/hegemonia-legions-of-iron/moving-and-attackin.html
- ↑ http://www.thegameengine.org/haegemonia/haegemonia-sound-system-error/
- ↑ https://forum.planet3dnow.de/index.php?threads/haegemonia-problem-durchsichtige-schiffe.172263
- ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology