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==Availability==
 
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{{Availability/row| Publisher | https://www.slitherine.com/game/legion-gold | Key | Improved "Gold" re-release, including an expansion pack. | Steam | Windows }}
 
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==Essential improvements==
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===Patches===
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{{ii}} These are for the original Retail releases. The Steam release is already patched.
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====US====
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Install patch [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2760-legion-2002-101-to-106b-patch/ 1.0.1 to 1.0.6b] first, and then [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2761-legion-2002-106b-to-106c-patch/ 1.0.6b to 1.0.6c].
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====Gold====
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[https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2762-legion-gold-106c-patch/ 1.0.6c]
  
 
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==Issues fixed==
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==="Could not open INSTALL.LOG file" error when attempting to uninstall the game===
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{{Fixbox|description=[[Troubleshooting_guide/Installation_and_download_problems#.22Could_not_open_INSTALL.LOG_file.22_error_with_old_Wise_uninstallers|Workaround]]||fix=
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===The game fails to detect the disc===
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{{ii}} The original release of the game has an issue with detecting the disc on secondary drives.
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Apply one of the following fixes:
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{{Fixbox|description=Use a modified game exe to circumvent disc-check||fix=
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{{Fixbox|description=Patch the game to version 1.0.6c||fix=
 
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===API===
 
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Legion
Legion cover
Developers
Paradox Interactive
Slitherine
Publishers
Strategy First
Release dates
Windows June 3, 2002
Mac OS (Classic) 2003
Legion on MobyGames
Legion on Wikipedia

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
Retail
DRM details are not known
Mac OS
Publisher website
CD key
Improved "Gold" re-release, including an expansion pack.
Icon overlay.png
Windows
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Improved "Gold" re-release, including an expansion pack.
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

These are for the original Retail releases. The Steam release is already patched.

US

Install patch 1.0.1 to 1.0.6b first, and then 1.0.6b to 1.0.6c.

Gold

1.0.6c

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\data\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1284080/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save Games\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1284080/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

No in-game graphics options at all. Only option is to modify configuration files to toggle fullscreen or windowed mode.
Alt-tabbing may cause graphical issues on Windows Vista or newer.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Game only runs in 800x600.
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)
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

Windowed

This may induce graphical issues on Windows Vista or newer.
Modify Tweaks.txt
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\data\
  2. Open Tweaks.txt.
  3. Locate line:
FULLSCREEN     1
  1. Change 1 to 0 to force windowed mode.
  2. Save the change and launch the game.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
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

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sliders for sound and music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

"Could not open INSTALL.LOG file" error when attempting to uninstall the game

Workaround

The game fails to detect the disc

The original release of the game has an issue with detecting the disc on secondary drives.

Apply one of the following fixes:

Use a modified game exe to circumvent disc-check
Patch the game to version 1.0.6c

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 7
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium MMX 233 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 250 MB
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.0 compatible


Notes

  1. 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. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References