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Rise of Nations
Rise of Nations cover
Developers
Big Huge Games
Publishers
Microsoft Game Studios
Engines
Big Huge Engine
Release dates
Windows May 20, 2003
macOS (OS X) December 2004
Taxonomy
Monetization Expansion pack
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres RTS
Series Rise of Nations
Rise of Nations guide on StrategyWiki
Rise of Nations on MobyGames
Rise of Nations on Wikipedia
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Rise of Nations
Rise of Nations 2003
Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends 2006
Rise of Nations: Extended Edition 2014

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.
GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

This page is for the original release. For the updated version, see Rise of Nations: Extended Edition.

Key points

GameSpy online server browser was shut down in 2012.

General information

Rise of Nations Heaven

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
 SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1] for the base game, custom for expansion pack.
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
This game is not available digitally.

Version differences

The retail Gold Edition includes the base game and the Thrones & Patriots expansion. The former has patch 4 applied, but the latter is unpatched. Some DVD versions may not have a disc check.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Thrones & Patriots
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

In-game update servers have been shut down. Published updates are available in v03.02.12.0800 Update.

Skip intro videos

Intro videos[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open rise2.ini.
  3. Change SkipIntroMovies=0 to SkipIntroMovies=1

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Microsoft Games\Rise of Nations\
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Rise of Nations\
macOS (OS X)

Video settings

Can only change resolution in-game.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

The minimum resolution is 1024x768. The game won't accept any resolution lower than that.
Widescreen[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open rise2.ini.
  3. Change AllowAllResolutions=0 to AllowAllResolutions=1
  4. If the in-game drop-down box still does not show your preferred resolution, edit Windowed Width and Windowed Height= lines in the configuration file

Notes

When the resolution on the X axis is lower than 1280, the game shrinks the size of game world graphics according to the X axis, not unlike Vert-.
When the resolution on the X axis is 1280 or higher, the game world graphics no longer change size. The game functions like any "pixel based" games. At maximum zoom, the game graphics now are the same size as their original assets (the TGA files in the "art" folder).

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Italian
German
Spanish
Korean

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
8
Online play
8 GameSpy server browser has been shut down.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
GameSpy server browser has been shut down.
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP 34987
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Patching

When patching the game from the main menu an error may occur after the patch has downloaded. To prevent this error, run the game as an Administrator before patching.

Other information

API

ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
PowerPC only.[3]

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98SE ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon 500 MHz
Pentium III		 AMD Duron/Athlon 1.0 GHz or better
System memory (RAM) 128 MB 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 800 MB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM 32 MB of VRAM
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.2.8
Processor (CPU) 600 MHz 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 800 MB 1 GB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] 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.[2]

References