Praetorians
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This page is for the original release. For the HD Remaster, see Praetorians HD Remaster.
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Developers | |
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Pyro Studios | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Eidos Interactive |
First digital | Merge Games |
Second digital | Kalypso Media Digital |
Re-release | Sold Out Software |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 10, 2003 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 78 |
IGDB | 84 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RTS, Strategy |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Classical, Europe, Historical |
Series | Praetorians |
Praetorians | |
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Praetorians | 2003 |
Praetorians HD Remaster | 2020 |
Warnings
Praetorians is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RTS and strategy game in the Praetorians series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM DRM | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Steam | ||||
ZOOM Platform |
- A free demo is available from Archive.org.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is 1.04, available from Patches-Scrolls.
Unofficial patch
- The unofficial 1.05 patch is available from Patches-Scrolls.
Skip intro videos
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Praetorians\Profiles\*.usr |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/277460/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Praetorians\Savegame |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/277460/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | 1024x768 is maximum by default; see Widescreen resolution. Hor+ | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
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) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Widescreen resolution
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Scroll speed only. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, music, effects, ambient, voice, interface. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
German | Retail only; download for digital releases. | |||
Spanish | Retail only; download for digital releases. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play | The official GameSpy service has been shut down. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 7 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME | 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 500 MHz | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | 256 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 2 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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>/277460/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (277460) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Praetorians | WSGF - last accessed on [unknown]