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==Issues fixed==
 
==Issues fixed==
 
===Corrupt graphics on Windows 10===
 
===Corrupt graphics on Windows 10===
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Latest revision as of 09:32, 6 December 2022

The Legend of Three Kingdoms 4
The Legend of Three Kingdoms 4 cover
Developers
Odin Soft
Release dates
Windows January 24, 2003
Taxonomy
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Isometric, Side view
Controls Menu-based
Genres Strategy
Art styles Stylized
Themes China
Series The Legend of Three Kingdoms
The Legend of Three Kingdoms 4 on Wikipedia
The Legend of Three Kingdoms
The Legend of Three Kingdoms 1998
The Legend of Three Kingdoms 2 1999
The Legend of Three Kingdoms 3 2002
The Legend of Three Kingdoms 4 2003
The Legend of Three Kingdoms Online 2004
The Legend of Three Kingdoms 5 2005
The Legend of Three Kingdoms 6 2006
The Legend of Three Kingdoms 7 2007
The Legend of Three Kingdoms 2 Online 2009
Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 8 2021

Warnings

This game is not playable in English (see Localizations for supported languages).

The Legend of Three Kingdoms 4 is a singleplayer isometric and side view strategy game in the The Legend of Three Kingdoms series.

First released as San Guo Qun Ying Zhuan IV (Simplified Chinese: 三国群英传IV, Traditional Chinese: 三國群英傳IV) in Asia.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
StarForce 3.0 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
Steam
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Windows
StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Patches

Latest patch version is 1.062a.
Additional patch to remove StarForce check.

Game data

General options menu
General options menu

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1437850/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1437850/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Adjustable via setting files
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
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese

Issues fixed

Corrupt graphics on Windows 10

See DirectDraw troubleshooting.
Compatibility setting
  1. Right click Sango4.exe in <path-to-game>
  2. Choose Properties
  3. Select Compatibility tab
  4. Tick the Reduced color mode checkbox and set it to 16-bit (65536) color

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 1
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Indeo 5

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 2 450 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 950 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 8 compatible


Notes

  1. This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
  2. 2.0 2.1 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).
  3. 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References