Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse
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| Developers | |
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| Ascaron Entertainment | |
| Publishers | |
| Retail (Europe) | Ascaron Entertainment |
| Retail (USA) | Encore |
| Retail (Spain, Italy) | FX Interactive |
| GOG.com, Steam (formerly), ZOOM Platform | Strategy First |
| Steam | Kalypso Media |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 24, 2003 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 75 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Business, Strategy |
| Vehicles | Naval/watercraft |
| Themes | Europe |
| Series | Patrician |
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| Patrician | |
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| The Patrician | 1992 |
| Patrician II: Quest for Power | 2000 |
| Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse | 2003 |
| Patrician IV: Conquest by Trade | 2010 |
General information
- Sold in Germany as Patrizier II: Gold Edition, as it is in essence a bundle of the Patrician II base game and expansion pack.
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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StarForce DRM in Russian release. | |
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| GOG.com | |
Uses GOG's custom DirectDraw wrapper | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Amazon.com (unavailable) | |
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Essential improvements
Skip intro video
| Delete/rename video files |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33570/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\save[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33570/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | Added on 26 April 2021. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video
In-game options menu.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | Only supports 800x600, 1024x768 and 1280x1024. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| 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 |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | Retail, GOG.com and ZOOM Platform only. | |||
| German | Retail only; download for digital versions. | |||
| Italian | Retail only. | |||
| Spanish | Retail only. |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 8 | Hot seat |
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| LAN play | 8 | |||
| Online play | 8 | |||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | Miles Sound System | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 98 SE | ME, 2000, XP |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 266 MHz | Intel Pentium III 450 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 520 MB | 660 MB |
| Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.1 compatible | 32 MB of VRAM |
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%\VirtualStoreon 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 (33570) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.