Knights and Merchants

General information

Knights and Merchants NET - A fan site for the game

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Mac App Store
Steam
ZOOM Platform

Digital versions include The Peasants Rebellion expansion.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
The Peasants Rebellion	A standalone expansion, but includes all the content from the base game.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename KAMLOGO.AVI^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\data\gfx\video`. Delete or rename `KAMLOGO.AVI`.

KaM Remake

KaM Remake is an unofficial fan-made mod for the Knights and Merchants.

Key Points

Re-balances the singleplayer campaign making it harder in difficulty and adds several user made ones.

Overall game re-balance with quality of life changes.

Adds widescreen support.

Fixes various bugs and glitches.

Adds some new buildings to the game.

Adds working multiplayer with server browser and local play.

Unlocks framerate and adds V-Sync option.

The cutscenes from the original version of the game are not present in the KaM Remake.

Game data

Configuration file location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\setup.cfg^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Linux	<path-to-game>/Game/KAM/setup.cfg <path-to-game>/Game/KAMRemake/KaM_Remake_Settings.ini

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\data\save^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)	~/Library/Containers/com.rune-soft.knightsandmerchants/Data/Library/Application Support/com.rune-soft.knightsandmerchants/
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Containers/com.rune-soft.knightsandmerchants/Data/Library/Application Support/com.rune-soft.knightsandmerchants/
Linux	<path-to-game>/Game/KAM/data/save/ <path-to-game>/Game/KAMRemake/Saves/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game options menu.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use KaM Remake (requires The Peasants Rebellion).
Multi-monitor		Use KaM Remake (requires The Peasants Rebellion).
Ultra-widescreen		Use KaM Remake (requires The Peasants Rebellion).
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Use KaM Remake.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	No frame rate cap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		SFX and Music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Hungarian
Polish				Audio localization is only available in the retail version, And in (KaM Remake.)
Brazilian Portuguese				Via mod (KaM Remake.)
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		6
Online play		6	Official servers are offline; use KaM Remake.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated		Use KaM Remake.
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw	5, 7	^{[citation needed]}
OpenGL		Mac OS, OS X, and Linux only.

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, ME
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 233 MHz	Intel Pentium 300 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	90 MB	300 MB
Video card (GPU)	4 MB of VRAM DirectX 5 compatible	8 MB of VRAM

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	8.6
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC G3
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.7	10.8
Processor (CPU)	Single core	Single core 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM	128 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2.2.x or better Linux kernel with glibc-2.1 or later and X-Windows (XFree86 3.3.5 or later)
Processor (CPU)	400 MHz x86
System memory (RAM)	200 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	450 MB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM

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).

References

↑ Linux and Steam OS Version available now! :: Knights and Merchants General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023

[gamedir-2] 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).

[1] Linux and Steam OS Version available now! :: Knights and Merchants General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023

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[Note 1]

Developers

	Joymania Entertainment
Publishers
Retail, North America	Interactive Magic
Retail, Europe; Digital	TopWare Interactive
Retail, Linux	Linux Game Publishing
Release dates
Windows	September 18, 1998
Mac OS (Classic)	2001
Linux	March 13, 2007
macOS (OS X) (Cider)	February 4, 2013
Linux (Wine)	March 22, 2016^[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Top-down view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Building, Strategy
Themes	Medieval