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 |
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 |
Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse is an expanded release of the 2000 management game Patrician II: Quest for Power which includes the Rise of the Hanse expansion pack that was sold separately only in the German-speaking market. Internationally, the release was marketed as a separate game, but was titled Patrizier II: Gold Edition in Germany.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Retail | StarForce DRM in Russian release SecuROM DRM in Taiwanese release. |
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GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | Uses GOG's custom DirectDraw wrapper | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Steam | ||||
ZOOM Platform | Uses DxWrapper. | |||
Amazon.com (unavailable) |
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>\P2.cfg[Note 1] <path-to-game>\gl.cfg[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
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Only supports 800x600, 1024x768 and 1280x1024 by default. See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | GOG's custom wrapper includes support for this. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | GOG's custom wrapper includes support for this. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Widescreen resolution
Widescreen Fix |
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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 | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | Retail only. | |||
French | Retail, GOG.com and ZOOM Platform only. | |||
German | Retail only; download for digital versions. | |||
Italian | Retail only. | |||
Japanese | 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 | The official multiplayer service has been shut down. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Graphical artifacts when scrolling
- Occurs when the user enters and exits the main menu.
- Fixed in GOG.com and Zoom Platform releases.
Use a DirectDraw wrapper |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DirectDraw | 7 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
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 1.2 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). - ↑ 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.