Warnings
- GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
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. |
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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
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
- 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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- Open the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Digital Reality\Haegemonia
- Set values for
ResolutionX and ResolutionY
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Use modding tools[citation needed]
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- Install the Hegemonia: Legions of Iron Modding Tools.
- Go to
Inf_files_uncrypted\Inf in the Modding Tools folder.
- Copy
program.inf to Inf in the installation folder, replacing the existing file when prompted.
- Open this new
program.inf .
- Change English to your language if you were not playing in English.
- Set
SkipStartScreen to 0 to disable the automatic mission loading.
- Save your changes and close the file. The game will now run in a window. Change
FullScreen to 1 for fullscreen mode.
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Input
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 |
Separate volume controls |
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Music, Effect and Speech. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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Retail and Steam only. |
German |
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Retail and Steam only; download for GOG.com release. |
Hungarian |
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Retail only. |
Italian |
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Retail and Steam only. |
Japanese |
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Retail only. |
Polish |
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Retail only. |
Russian |
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Retail only. |
Spanish |
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Retail and Steam only. |
Issues fixed
Sound System Error
Disable audio[7]
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- In the options menu, set all audio sliders to zero.
- Restart the game.
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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:
- Go to
<path-to-game>\Shaders\Materials in the Solon Heritage install directory and copy starfield.mat
- Go to
<path-to-game>\Shaders\Materials in the Legions of Iron directory and replace the starfield.mat there
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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.
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
UDP |
19664,19667 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
8 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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macOS (OS X) | |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Multiplayer |
GameSpy |
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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:
- ↑ 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