Tzar: The Burden of the Crown
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| Developers | |
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| 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 |
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Tzar: The Burden of the Crown is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric RTS game.
General information
Availability
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 patches
- Unofficial patch 1.13, which provides balance changes, is available here.
- Unofficial patch 1.16b can be found at ModDB
- Unofficial launcher available from ModDB, featuring quality-of-life improvements
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 cnc-ddraw | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Use cnc-ddraw | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use cnc-ddraw | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Use cnc-ddraw | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Widescreen resolution
| Install HD Patch (1280x720 - 1920x1200).[1] |
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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 | Retail only. | |||
| Czech | Retail only | |||
| French | Retail only. | |||
| German | Retail and GOG.com only. | |||
| Italian | Retail only. | |||
| Polish | Retail only. | |||
| Portuguese | Retail and GOG.com only. | |||
| Russian | Retail only. | |||
| Spanish | Retail and GOG.com only. |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN play | 8 | Versus |
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| Online play | 8 | Versus Unofficial lobbies on tza.red and TzarOnline.com are available. |
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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 |
Mods
- Mods can be installed two ways: extracting the files directly into the game's directory, or in the
<path-to-game>\Packsfolder (create it manually if not present) and use this package. - Tzar and the Legend of the Return of the Crown
- FX Interactive's additional campaigns, with English translation
Translated official campaigns
- El Cid and the Reconquista 2.0: with Spanish voices, unvoiced
- The Empire of Genghis Khan 1.0: voiced and unvoiced
- The Domains of Magic 1.0: with Spanish voices, unvoiced
- Excalibur and King Arthur 1.0: translation patch
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%\VirtualStoreon 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