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Revision as of 11:49, 18 May 2020

This page is for the original game. For the 2020 soft reboot, see The Settlers (2020).

The Settlers
The Settlers cover
Developers
Blue Byte
Release dates
DOS May 18, 1994
Windows August 17, 2018
The Settlers guide on StrategyWiki
The Settlers on MobyGames
The Settlers on Wikipedia
The Settlers 1994
The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici 1996
The Settlers III 1998
The Settlers IV 2001
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings 2004
The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary 2006
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire 2007
The Settlers: Rise of Cultures 2008
The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom 2010
The Settlers Online 2012
The Settlers - History Edition 2018
The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici - History Edition 2018
The Settlers III: History Edition 2018
The Settlers IV - History Edition 2018
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings - History Edition 2018
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire - History Edition 2018
The Settlers 7: History Edition 2018
The Settlers: New Allies 2023

Key points

Also known under the names Die Siedler and Serf City: Life is Feudal.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Only 2nd hand copies.
DOS
Ubisoft Store
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History Edition. Included with Ubisoft+ as part of The Settlers History Collection.
Windows

Essential improvements

Freeserf

  • Freeserf is a faithful clone of The Settlers, that uses original game's files. It adds many improvements to the original, most notably - widescreen resolution support and improved mouse handling.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SNDSTUP.DAT
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\*.DS
Windows

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Ubisoft Connect

Video

General settings.
General settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Possible when using Freeserf. UI and game scalling is adjusted by [ and ].
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Toggle by pressing Alt+ Enter when running using DosBOX.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Possible when using Freeserf.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Variable framerate, tied to game's internal refresh cycle.[1]
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Polish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Requires either a joystick or COM mouse. May be impossible to play on newer systems.
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA, SVGA Menu is rendered always in VGA mode.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Freeserf has 64-bit builds.

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) 386 - 16 MHz
System memory (RAM) 4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 MB
Video card (GPU) VGA


References

  1. Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2017-05-23
    The game seems to be rendering a frame only if needed. So, if the cursor has moved or world tick happened (characters moved) etc. varies between 10-60fps, generally running at incredibile 13 fps, when cursor is not moving.