Difference between revisions of "Prince of Qin"

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Prince of Qin is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view ARPG game.

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Epic Games Store
GamersGate

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Steam		English & Russian version.
Steam		Chinese version.
ZOOM Platform

Essential improvements

Latest patch is 1.30. Already installed in Steam version.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1717410/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1717410/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Menus display in 800x600 regardless of which resolution option is selected.

Game options menu.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Natively 640x480, 800x600, or 1024x768. See Widescreen Resolution Fix
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen Resolution Fix.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen Resolution Fix.
Field of view (FOV)	Can zoom in with the mouse scroll wheel.
Windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Widescreen Resolution Fix^[1]
Download the WSGF fix. Replace the game's executable with the one for your desired resolution.

Input

No in-game options for adjusting input. The game is controlled primarily with the mouse and has a few hard-coded hotkeys.

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
Simplified Chinese				Chinese retail only.
Russian				Retail and Zoom Platform only.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play	20	Direct connect only.
Online play	Direct connect only.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

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

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98, 2000, Me, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 266 MHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	400 MB	600 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX compatible 2 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%\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 (1717410) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ wsgf.org - last accessed on 26 May 2023

[gamedir-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).

[Proton_path_note-2] 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 (1717410) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (1717410) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] wsgf.org - last accessed on 26 May 2023

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

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+{{L10n/switch
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Developers

	Object Software
Publishers
Digital (English Version)	Strategy First
Digital (Chinese Version)	Object Software
Release dates
Windows	August 20, 2002
Reception
Metacritic	61
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	ARPG
Themes	China, Historical, Fantasy