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Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends

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Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends
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Developers
Big Huge Games
Publishers
Microsoft Game Studios
Engines
Big Huge Engine
Release dates
Windows May 9, 2006
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
Themes Fantasy, Steampunk
Series Rise of Nations
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Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RTS game in the Rise of Nations series.

After its release, the game received multiple patches, but they were distributed exclusively through the GameSpy service which was shut down in 2014. However, several unofficial repacks of the patch files are available in the Patches section. In North America, the game received a re-release in 2010 which includes all patches by default.

The game runs stable on modern systems. However, as of June 2023, it is the only Microsoft-published RTS game not to receive a digital re-release of any kind, limiting its availability only to second-hand copies.

General information

Rise of Legends Heaven

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
SmarteSECURE DRM - removed by an update
Windows
Retail
CD key
2010 North American DVD-ROM release. Comes patched to the latest version.
Windows
A free demo version is available from GameFront.

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Essential improvements

Patches

In-game update server has been shut down. Published official updates (2.5, build 0.0704.1001.0000) are available in an unofficial exe installer (despite the installer being in German, it works with all languages of the game).
The USA and European patches are also available on moddb in a .bat installer. Help with patching can be found on the heavengames forums

Skip intro videos

Delete, move or rename files
  1. Open <path-to-game>\videos.
  2. Delete or rename these files: bhg_game_studios1M.bik and ms_game_studios_1M.bik.
  3. Open the folder <path-to-game>\loc\[language acronym]\videos.
  4. Delete or rename RoL_intro.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Rise Of Legends\

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Rise Of Legends\<user-id>\Saves

Video

Graphics settings
Graphics settings
Performance settings
Performance settings

Windowed

Edit configuration file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open personal.ini.
  3. Edit the following line under the [DEFAULT] section:
FullScreen=X

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Edit configuration file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open personal.ini.
  3. Edit the following line under the [DEFAULT] section:
VSync=X

Input

Mouse settings
Mouse settings

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Refers to camera panning only.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Camera controls; X-axis inversion also available.
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Mouse cursor does not work

Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows XP or Vista[citation needed]

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, sound effects, taunts, voiceover
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
6 Versus
Online play
6 Versus
GameSpy server browser has been shut down.

Connection types

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

"MSXML4.0 is not installed correctly" on startup

Reinstall MSXML 4.0. Use the installer on the disc or official download

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics AGEIA PhysX
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4.5 GB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9 compatible


References