Space Empires V

Space Empires V

Developers
	Malfador Machinations
Publishers
	Strategy First
Release dates
Windows	October 16, 2006
Taxonomy
Series	Space Empires

Space Empires
Space Empires I	1993
Space Empires II	1995
Space Empires III	1997
Space Empires IV	2000
Space Empires: Starfury	2003
Space Empires V	2006

Key points

Game runs at an inconsistent, often-unplayable frame rate on Windows Vista and later without fixes. See Issues fixed.

General information

Space Empires Wiki

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Publisher website		Also available in the Space Empires Complete Pack.
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming
Steam

Essential improvements

Patches

All of the available patches for the game can be found on the official patch page.

Enable Multithreading

Multithreading is not enabled by default; it must be enabled manually through the game's configuration file.

Modify settings file[citation needed]
Go to the configuration files location. Open settings.txt. Replace the line which reads Support Multithreading := FALSE with Support Multithreading := TRUE Save your changes.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\data
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1690/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savegame
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1690/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

External settings.

In-game settings.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Space Empires V falters if borderless fullscreen is forced directly, and will not recognize mouse input or update the screen.

Set window size[citation needed]
Open <path-to-game>/Data/HUDSettings.txt Adjust Windowed Width and Windowed Height to desired values. Notes For borderless fullscreen, these values must match screen resolution.

When window size is set in config file, you can then force using your favorite utility.

Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play		Hot seat
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	6720
UDP	6716

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Inconsistent frame rate on Windows Vista and later

Set compatibility options[citation needed]
Follow this Steam Guide.

Put WineD3D components in root installation folder[citation needed]
Download the latest version of WineD3D for Windows from here. Extract d3d9.dll, libwine.dll, wined3d.dll into the installation folder

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 500 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7.0 compatible