Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse
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Developers | |
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Ascaron Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Retail (Europe) | Ascaron Entertainment |
Retail (USA) | Encore |
Retail (Spain, Italy) | FX Interactive |
GOG.com, Steam (formerly), ZOOM Platform | Strategy First |
Steam | Kalypso Media |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 24, 2003 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 75 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Business, Strategy |
Vehicles | Naval/watercraft |
Themes | Europe |
Series | Patrician |
Patrician | |
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The Patrician | 1992 |
Patrician II: Quest for Power | 2000 |
Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse | 2003 |
Patrician IV: Conquest by Trade | 2010 |
General information
- Sold in Germany as Patrizier II: Gold Edition, as it is in essence a bundle of the Patrician II base game and expansion pack.
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability[edit]
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Retail | StarForce DRM in Russian release. | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | Uses GOG's custom DirectDraw wrapper | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Steam | ||||
ZOOM Platform | ||||
Amazon.com (unavailable) |
Essential improvements[edit]
Skip intro video[edit]
Delete/rename video files |
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Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33570/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location[edit]
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\save[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33570/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing[edit]
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | Added on 26 April 2021. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video[edit]
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Only supports 800x600, 1024x768 and 1280x1024. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input[edit]
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio[edit]
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Retail, GOG.com and ZOOM Platform only. | |||
German | Retail only; download for digital versions. | |||
Italian | Retail only. | |||
Spanish | Retail only. |
Network[edit]
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 8 | Hot seat |
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LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play | 8 |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Middleware[edit]
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements[edit]
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 SE | ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 266 MHz | Intel Pentium III 450 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 520 MB | 660 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.1 compatible | 32 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/33570/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (33570) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.