Tzar: The Burden of the Crown

Tzar: The Burden of the Crown is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric RTS game.

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com
Steam		Can be played without Steam running

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Tzar: El Cid y la Reconquista	Released only in Spain.
Tzar: El Rey Arturo y Excalibur	Released only in Spain and Italy.
Tzar: El Imperio de Gengis Khan	Released only in Spain and Italy.
Tzar: Los Dominios de la Magia	Released only in Spain.

Essential improvements

Patches

Official patches that update the game to the latest version can be found here.

Unofficial patch 1.13, which provides balance changes, is available here.

Unofficial patch Tzar 1.16b, can be found at https://www.moddb.com/mods/tzar-the-burden-of-the-crown-116b/downloads/tzar116b

Unofficial Launcher https://www.moddb.com/mods/tzar-r2p-launcher/downloads/tzar-ready2play-launcher . You need to add cnc-draw and set it to GDI rendering, opengl CTD-ed on me

Use use https://github.com/FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw/releases for stability.

Digital music Ogg format = true

Digital music Ogg format = https://github.com/dippy-dipper/ogg-winmm. Rip the music to ogg, put the files in Music folder, configure ogg-winmm

Patch with cnc-draw, music in digital format, all campaigns

https://mega.nz/file/mNsHWYCR#fJgFkTuFzSw_7Vitym-o64BxwQo1ElUy1mgNTMHRyA8

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\tzar.ini^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/825730/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/825730/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

External options menu.

In-game options menu.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		use https://github.com/FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw/releases
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		use https://github.com/FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw/releases
Borderless fullscreen windowed		https://github.com/FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw/releases
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		https://github.com/FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw/releases
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Widescreen resolution

Widescreen resolutions support^[1]
Install HD Patch (1280x720 - 1920x1200).

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound, Music
Surround sound		5.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 2.0
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio		On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Bulgarian				Local retail version only.
French				Local retail version only.
German
Italian				Local retail version only.
Polish
Portuguese
Russian				Local retail version only.
Spanish

Steam version is available only in English.

Mods

https://www.moddb.com/mods/tzar-and-the-legend-of-the-return-of-the-crown/downloads/early-access-campaign-release

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8	Versus
Online play		8	Versus

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw	7.0
Software renderer		GDI

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000
Processor (CPU)	200 MHz Pentium
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	202 MB

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
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 (825730) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Tzar - Burden of the Crown HD Patch (1280x720 - 1920x1200) - last accessed on 2022-08-22

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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).

[Proton_path_note-2] 2.0 ^2.1 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 (825730) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (825730) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] Tzar - Burden of the Crown HD Patch (1280x720 - 1920x1200) - last accessed on 2022-08-22

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

Developers

	Haemimont Games
Publishers
	Take-Two Interactive
Italy, Spain	FX Interactive
Digital	Haemimont Games
Release dates
Windows	January 27, 2000
Reception
IGDB	60
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	RTS
Themes	Medieval, Fantasy