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The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici

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This page is for the original game. For the enhanced remake, see The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary. For the 2018 re-release, see The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici - History Edition.

The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici
The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici cover
Developers
Blue Byte Software
Publishers
1996-2000 Blue Byte Software
2001-present Ubisoft
Release dates
DOS May 1996
Mac OS (Classic) September 24, 1997
Windows (DOSBox) August 20, 2009[1]
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls Point and select
Genres Building, RTS
Art styles Cartoon
Themes Classical
Series The Settlers
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The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici 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

General information

Settlers2.net - A fansite for the game
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
DOS
Mac OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Gold Edition. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2]
Windows

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Mission CD Bundled with The Settlers II: Gold Edition
Windows

Unofficial downloads

You can download cd image from Archive.org (playing in browser doesn't work because this image is in CloneCD ccd/img/sub format which DOSBox can't mount)

Essential improvements

Return to the Roots

Return to the Roots is an unofficial add-on for The Settlers II currently in development. It adds new features such as online multiplayer and widescreen support. It also may improve performance and solve some compatibility issues on new machines, thanks to rendering in WinAPI or OpenGL. Files from Settlers II Gold are required in order to run it.

Installing Return to the Roots[citation needed]
  1. Install Settlers II Gold.
  2. Download newest version of Return to the Roots.
  3. Extract Return to the Roots and place it somewhere on your hard drive (e.g. in C:\Program Files\Return to the Roots).
  4. From Settlers II Gold folder copy folders DATA and GFX and place them in Return to the Roots folder (where s25client.exe is).
  5. Launch a game using s25client.exe.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SETUP.INI
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SAVE
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
No option to rebind keys. A list of hotkeys provided in-game.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Available for GOG.com version
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller types

Audio

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound Effects and Music
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Red Book CD audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Polish
Pre-rendered cutscenes feature subtitles rendered on top of video.
Russian
Unofficial translation by «Akella».
Download for History Edition

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
Difficult to get running on modern systems - requires a mouse with serial port. Co-op game can be set up, if players are set to be in one team.
LAN play
8 Co-op, Versus
Requires Return to the Roots.
Online play
8 Co-op, Versus
Requires Return to the Roots.

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 3665
UDP 3665
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile (Settlers 2: Next Generation Only), see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL 2.1 in Return to the Roots
DOS video modes SVGA
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Use Return to the Roots for 64-bit.
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 5.0
Processor (CPU) Intel 486DX2 66 MHz
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 40 MB
Video card (GPU) SVGA
Mac OS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) System 7.1
Processor (CPU) Motorola 68030
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 354 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

References