The Settlers: Heritage of Kings - History Edition
This page is for the updated re-release. For the 2004 original game, see The Settlers: Heritage of Kings.
Developers | |
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Ubisoft Blue Byte|Ubisoft Düsseldorf|Ubisoft Blue Byte | |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 15, 2018 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | Building, RTS |
Themes | Fantasy, Medieval |
Series | The Settlers |
This is an enhanced re-release of the 2004 building RTS The Settlers: Heritage of Kings which includes The Settlers: Heritage of Kings, the Expansion Pack, and Legends, with the only real change compared to the original being the usage of Ubisoft's multiplayer backend instead of the closed TinCat service.
The History Edition was released on 15 November 2018 alongside other History Editions in the franchise.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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GamersGate | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
Ubisoft Store | Included with Ubisoft+. |
- All versions require Ubisoft Connect DRM.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\THE SETTLERS 5 - History Edition\Data\GDB.xml |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/965300/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\THE SETTLERS 5 - History Edition\SaveGames |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/965300/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect | [1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | The font scales very poorly. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | Not listed on the Steam page but it is available. The main game and the expansion both come with the translation and voice acting. The Legends expansion is in English and some of the newer scenarios are in English and others are in German. | |||
Polish | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play |
Issues fixed
Some graphics settings cannot be changed
Use a graphics wrapper[2] |
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Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 SP1 | 8.1, 10 |
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 6 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible Shader model 4.0 support |
- A 64-bit system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (965300) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Cloud save support for games available on Ubisoft+ - last accessed on 2021-09-18
- ↑ Verified by User:Nessy on 2021-08-23
- Tested on DgVoodoo 2 v2.75.1