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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|February 16, 2006}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|February 16, 2006}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|April 2, 2007}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|April 2, 2007}}
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|reception    =
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{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|star-wars-empire-at-war|79}}
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{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|star-wars-empire-at-war|rating}}
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|taxonomy    =
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | Expansion pack }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | Singleplayer, Multiplayer }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Bird's-eye view }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Multiple select, Point and select }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | RTS }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Sci-fi, Space }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Star Wars }}
 
|steam appid  = 32470
 
|steam appid  = 32470
 
|steam appid side = 32472
 
|steam appid side = 32472
 
|gogcom id    = 1421404887
 
|gogcom id    = 1421404887
 
|strategywiki = Star Wars: Empire at War
 
|strategywiki = Star Wars: Empire at War
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|hltb        = 9103
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|mobygames    = star-wars-empire-at-war
 
|wikipedia    = Star_Wars:_Empire_at_War
 
|wikipedia    = Star_Wars:_Empire_at_War
 
|winehq      = 3164
 
|winehq      = 3164
 
|license      = commercial
 
|license      = commercial
 
}}
 
}}
{{Series|Star Wars}}
 
  
 
'''Key points'''
 
'''Key points'''
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'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
{{mm}} [http://www.lucasarts.com/games/swempireatwar/indexFlash.html Official game site]
 
{{mm}} [http://www.lucasarts.com/games/swempireatwar_foc/ Official game expansion site]
 
{{mm}} [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Wookieepedia] - A huge wiki dedicated to the Star Wars universe
 
 
{{GOG.com links|1421404887|star_wars_empire_at_war_gold}}
 
{{GOG.com links|1421404887|star_wars_empire_at_war_gold}}
 
{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/32470/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
 
{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/32470/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
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{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc, Key | {{DRM|SecuROM|7}}. | | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc, Key | {{DRM|SecuROM|7}}. | | Windows }}
{{Availability/row| GamersGate | DD-SWEAWGP | Steam | | | Windows }}
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{{Availability/row| GamersGate | star-wars-empire-at-war-gold-pack | Steam | | | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| Gamesplanet | 2809-1 | Steam |  |  | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| Gamesplanet | 2809-1 | Steam |  |  | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| GOG.com | star_wars_empire_at_war_gold_pack | DRM-free | Star Wars: Empire at War: Gold Pack | | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| GOG.com | star_wars_empire_at_war_gold_pack | DRM-free | Star Wars: Empire at War: Gold Pack | | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| Mac App Store | id420787036 | MacApp | Does not support online play (LAN only). | | OS X }}
 
{{Availability/row| Mac App Store | id420787036 | MacApp | Does not support online play (LAN only). | | OS X }}
{{Availability/row| Origin | star-wars/star-wars-empire-at-war-gold-pack | Origin | Star Wars: Empire at War: Gold Pack<br/>Included with {{Store feature|Origin Access Basic}}. |  | Windows }}
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{{Availability/row| Origin | star-wars/star-wars-empire-at-war-gold-pack | Origin | Star Wars: Empire at War: Gold Pack<br/>Included with {{Store feature|EA Play Pro}}. |  | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| Steam | 32470 | Steam | Star Wars: Empire at War: Gold Pack | | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| Steam | 32470 | Steam | Star Wars: Empire at War: Gold Pack | | Windows }}
 
}}
 
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}}
  
==Video settings==
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==Video==
 
{{Image|Star Wars Empire at War General Video.png|In-game general video settings.}}
 
{{Image|Star Wars Empire at War General Video.png|In-game general video settings.}}
 
{{Image|Star Wars Empire at War Advanced Video.png|In-game advanced video settings.}}
 
{{Image|Star Wars Empire at War Advanced Video.png|In-game advanced video settings.}}
{{Video settings
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{{Video
 
|wsgf link                  = https://www.wsgf.org/dr/star-wars-empire-war
 
|wsgf link                  = https://www.wsgf.org/dr/star-wars-empire-war
 
|widescreen wsgf award      = silver
 
|widescreen wsgf award      = silver
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|4k ultra hd wsgf award    = incomplete
 
|4k ultra hd wsgf award    = incomplete
 
|widescreen resolution      = true
 
|widescreen resolution      = true
|widescreen resolution notes=  
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|widescreen resolution notes= Menus are stretched, but HUD elements properly scale.
 
|multimonitor              = false
 
|multimonitor              = false
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
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|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
 
|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
 
|4k ultra hd                = true
 
|4k ultra hd                = true
|4k ultra hd notes          = Will lock up some systems. Confirmed working R9 390x.
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|4k ultra hd notes          = {{cn|date=2021-07-11|reason=}}
 
|fov                        = n/a
 
|fov                        = n/a
 
|fov notes                  =  
 
|fov notes                  =  
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}}
 
}}
  
==Input settings==
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==Input==
 
{{Image|Star Wars Empire at War Remapping.png|In-game key map settings.}}
 
{{Image|Star Wars Empire at War Remapping.png|In-game key map settings.}}
{{Input settings
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{{Input
 
|key remap                = true
 
|key remap                = true
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|key remap notes          =  
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}}
  
==Audio settings==
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==Audio==
 
{{Image|Star Wars Empire at War Audio.png|In-game audio settings.}}
 
{{Image|Star Wars Empire at War Audio.png|In-game audio settings.}}
{{Audio settings
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{{Audio
 
|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume notes    = Separate master, dialogue, effects and music sliders.
 
|separate volume notes    = Separate master, dialogue, effects and music sliders.
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{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
  |language  = English
 
  |language  = English
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|interface = true
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|audio    = true
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|subtitles = true
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|notes    =
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|fan      =
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{{L10n/switch
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|language  = French
 
  |interface = true
 
  |interface = true
 
  |audio    = true
 
  |audio    = true
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  |subtitles = true
 
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{{L10n/switch
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|language  = Polish
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|interface = true
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|audio    = true
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|subtitles = true
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|notes    = Retail only.
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|ref      = <ref>{{Refurl|url=https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/topic/4858-star-wars-empire-at-war-page-missing-localization/|title=Star Wars Empire at War page missing localization.|date=2021-07-11}}</ref>
 
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  |subtitles = true
 
  |subtitles = true
 
  |notes    = Retail only. Patch for digital release [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=256214187/ here].
 
  |notes    = Retail only. Patch for digital release [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=256214187/ here].
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|recCPU  = Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
 
|recCPU  = Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
 
|recCPU2  = AMD Athlon XP 2400+
 
|recCPU2  = AMD Athlon XP 2400+
|recRAM  = 512 GB
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|recRAM  = 512 MB
 
|recHD    = 3.6 GB
 
|recHD    = 3.6 GB
 
|recGPU  = ATI Radeon 8500
 
|recGPU  = ATI Radeon 8500

Revision as of 21:20, 15 July 2021

Star Wars: Empire at War
Star Wars: Empire at War cover
Developers
Petroglyph Games
macOS (OS X) Aspyr Media
Publishers
LucasArts
Disney Interactive Studios
Engines
Alamo Game Engine
Release dates
Windows February 16, 2006
macOS (OS X) April 2, 2007
Reception
Metacritic 79
Taxonomy
Monetization Expansion pack
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres RTS
Themes Sci-fi, Space
Series Star Wars
Star Wars: Empire at War on HowLongToBeat
Star Wars: Empire at War on IGDB
Star Wars: Empire at War guide on StrategyWiki
Star Wars: Empire at War on MobyGames
Star Wars: Empire at War on Wikipedia
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Star Wars: Anakin's Speedway 2000
Star Wars: Force Commander 2000
Star Wars Math: Jabba's Game Galaxy 2000
Star Wars: Jar Jar's Journey 2000
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds 2001
Star Wars: Starfighter 2001
Star Wars Galaxies 2003
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (series)
Star Wars: Battlefront (series)
Lego Star Wars (series)
Star Wars: Republic Commando 2005
Star Wars: Empire at War 2006
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (series)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Republic Heroes 2009
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Star Wars Eclipse TBA

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Key points

Additional maps, units, and factions available through a strong modding community.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
SecuROM 7 DRM.
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Star Wars: Empire at War: Gold Pack
Windows
Mac App Store
Icon overlay.png
Does not support online play (LAN only).
macOS (OS X)
Origin
Origin
Star Wars: Empire at War: Gold Pack
Included with EA Play Pro.
Windows
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Star Wars: Empire at War: Gold Pack
Windows
The Star Wars: Empire at War: Gold Pack comes with both the base game and the Forces of Corruption expansion

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Forces of Corruption
Windows

Demos

Essential improvements

Patches

The Gold Pack is already patched to the latest major versions
The Steam version already includes all of these patches.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\GameData\Data\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32470/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Petroglyph\Empire At War\Save\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32470/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game general video settings.
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Menus are stretched, but HUD elements properly scale.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
[citation needed]
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Select windowed mode in video options (Steam only) or use the WINDOWED command line argument.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Added in Forces of Corruption expansion only, in slide-bar format.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Capped at 200 FPS.[1] Retail version capped at 85 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Separate master, dialogue, effects and music sliders.
Surround sound
Uses Dolby Surround Sound.
Subtitles
Subtitles only shown during cutscenes.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
Supports up to EAX 4.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Retail only.[2]
Russian
Retail only. Patch for digital release here.
Spanish

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Network

In-game network settings.
In-game network settings.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
8
Online play
8 GameSpy services have been shut down;[3] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 1234, 3658-3660, 6500, 27900, 28910, 3783, 6515, 6667, 13139, 28900, 29900-29901, 29920
UDP 1234, 3658-3660, 6500, 27900, 28910, 3783, 6515, 6667, 13139, 28900, 29900-29901, 29920
This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

Issues fixed

Game crashes

This usually occurs when starting a campaign or tutorial mission in the Forces of Corruption expansion pack.
Game crashes[citation needed]
  1. Download GraphicDetails.xml.
  2. Go to <path-to-game>\Data\XML\ and drop the file there.

Notes

The non-Steam version of the Forces of Corruption expansion pack has compatibility issues with 64-bit systems that have more than 2 GB of system RAM.

Low framerate on Empire at War

Go to <path-to-game>\EAWX and rename sweaw.exe to swfoc.exe.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
OpenGL 2.0 OS X only.
Shader Model support 2
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
32-bit only.[4]

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer GameSpy, Steamworks Steam version uses Steamworks.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 1000+
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2.5 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon 7200
Nvidia GeForce 256
32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 2 support
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.6
Processor (CPU) Intel 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon X1600
Nvidia GeForce 7300
128 MB of VRAM


Notes

  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. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/32470/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (32470) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References