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Stronghold Crusader
Stronghold Crusader cover
Developers
Firefly Studios
Publishers
Take-Two Interactive
Gathering of Developers
Release dates
Windows July 31, 2002
macOS (OS X) July 31, 2002
Reception
Metacritic 78
IGDB 80
Stronghold Crusader on IGDB
Stronghold Crusader on MobyGames
Stronghold Crusader on Wikipedia

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).
Stronghold
Stronghold (2001) 2001
Stronghold Crusader 2002
Stronghold 2 2005
Stronghold Legends 2006
Stronghold Crusader Extreme 2008
Stronghold 3 2011
Stronghold Kingdoms 2012
Stronghold Crusader 2 2014
Stronghold: Warlords 2021
Stronghold: Definitive Edition 2023

General information

Official game page
Official Firefly Studios game page
Official forums
Stronghold Wiki
Stronghold Heaven - A fan site for the game
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
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)
SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1]. The HD patch removes the DRM
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Amazon.com
DRM-free
Stronghold Crusader HD.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Stronghold Crusader HD. Comes bundled with the original retail release.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Green Man Gaming
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Stronghold Crusader HD
Windows
Humble Store
DRM-free
Stronghold Crusader HD
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Windows
Steam
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Stronghold Crusader HD
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
All versions can be upgraded to Stronghold Crusader HD for free with the HD patch (adds widescreen support, higher quality graphics, and various other additions).

Essential improvements

Official content

All downloads for the game (patches, demos, etc.) can be found on the developer's official download page.

HD patch

This official patch will upgrade a retail copy of Stronghold Crusader to Stronghold Crusader HD.

It can be downloaded here.

Skip intro video

Delete/move/rename video file
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\binks.
  2. Delete, move or rename intro.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Stronghold Crusader\crusader.cfg
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40970/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Stronghold Crusader\Saves\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40970/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings (HD version).
Video settings (HD version).

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Resolutions up to 2560x1600.[3] For the original release install the HD patch.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

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 settings (HD version).
Audio settings (HD version).

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, FX, Speech.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Spanish

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
2D
2D with DGVoodoo2, no vorpx profile required for 2D.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
8 Co-op, Versus
Online play
8 Co-op, Versus
GameSpy services have been shut down;[4] see GameSpy for workarounds.
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 2300-2400, 47624
UDP 2300-2400
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Game fails to launch on Windows 10

Install DirectPlay
  1. Open Control Panel
  2. Click on Programs
  3. Under Programs and Features, click on Turn Windows Features On or Off
  4. Wait for the list to load, then scroll down to Legacy Components
  5. Expand Legacy Components and you should see an item come up called DirectPlay
  6. check the box next to DirectPlay

Missing tactical powers on 1360x768 (Extreme)

Stronghold Crusader Extreme Tactical Powers.png
The tactical powers bar is not displayed while playing on 1360x768.
Change the resolution[5]
  1. Set a lower resolution before starting the mission.
  2. Change to 1360x768 during the mission.

Notes

The steps must be repeated for each mission.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 7
OpenGL
OS X only.
ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System 6.1c
Cutscenes Bink Video 1.2h
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 500 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 850 MB
Video card (GPU) 4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible


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]
  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>/40970/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (40970) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References