Anno 1404

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Key points

Released as Dawn of Discovery in the United States.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Ubisoft Support

Ubisoft Support (Venice DLC)

Ubisoft Forums

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		TAGES DRM was removed in an official patch. Patch the game if necessary and Tages can be safely removed from the system^[1]
GamersGate		Gold Edition
GOG.com		Gold Edition

Demo[edit]

A German demo can be downloaded here.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Venice

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

Patch 1.03 is available to update the game and remove Tages DRM.

Unofficial Patch[edit]

This fan-made patch (downloadable here or here) focuses on improving the English localisation and restoring text that was not translated from German in the original game. However it also fixes bugs and oversights relating to achievements and quests, in addition to offering a number of optional tweaks to gameplay, which means it may still be of interest to those not playing in English.

Skip intro videos[edit]

Download and extract RDAExplorer, and run RDAExplorerGUI. In '\dawn of discovery\maindata\' or '\anno 1404\maindata\', open the .rda for your language, either usa0.rda or eng0.rda.

Tip: Create a backup of the .rda file in case you mess up or want to re-enable the movies!

You MUST open the .rda using the 'Open' method, NOT 'Open - READ ONLY'. Picking READ ONLY will cause the game to claim you've modded it and achievements will be disabled.

Once the .rda is open, find the data\loca\[usa or eng]\movies\start_logo_list.txt file. Right-click on it and pick 'Delete'. Then do File->Save.

4GB patch[edit]

The 4GB patch improves stability during long sessions. Download it here and select Addon.exe as the target.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Ubisoft\Anno1404\Config\Engine.ini %APPDATA%\Ubisoft\Anno1404Addon\Config\Engine.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33210/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Ubisoft\Anno1404\Profiles\ %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Anno 1404\Savegames %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Anno 1404 Venice\Savegames
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33210/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect		Backup ingame possible when logging into Ubisoft Account

Video settings[edit]

In-game general settings.

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		4k resolution is supported, but without interface scaling.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Borderless fullscreen windowed[edit]

Remove window border^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `Engine.ini`. Change `<NoWindowFrame>0</NoWindowFrame>` to `<NoWindowFrame>1</NoWindowFrame>`.

Input settings[edit]

In-game input settings.

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

Audio settings[edit]

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		Only available in some cutscenes.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Local retail version only.
French
German				To play in German in versions without support for this language, see German.
Hungarian				Fan translation.
Italian
Polish				Local retail version only.
Spanish

German[edit]

If you bought the game in the international version and want to change the language to German, follow these steps:

These steps are not needed for the GOG.com and Steam versions and any other versions that include German language support.

Base game[edit]

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

Download the German demo version.
Once the download is complete, open the .exe file and install the demo. If you have already installed the full version, make sure that you install the demo version in a different folder.
Go to the installation folder for the demo version.
Open the folder maindata and copy ger0.rda somewhere else.
Once the file is copied, you can uninstall the demo version.
Go to <path-to-game>\maindata\ for the full version of the game.
Paste the ger0.rda from the demo version into this location.
Go to %APPDATA%\Ubisoft\Anno1404\Config\
Open Engine.ini.
Change <LanguageTAG>eng</LanguageTAG> to <LanguageTAG>ger</LanguageTAG>
The game should now start in German.

Venice expansion[edit]