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Space Empires V

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Space Empires V
Space Empires V cover
Developers
Malfador Machinations
Publishers
Strategy First
Release dates
Windows October 16, 2006
Reception
Metacritic 68
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Multiplayer
Series Space Empires
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Space Empires V on IGDB
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Space Empires V on Wikipedia
Space Empires
Space Empires I 1993
Space Empires II 1995
Space Empires III 1997
Space Empires IV 2000
Space Empires: Starfury 2003
Space Empires V 2006

Key points

Game runs at an inconsistent, often-unplayable frame rate on Windows Vista and later without fixes.[1] See Issues fixed.

General information

Space Empires Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
English release.
Windows
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Russian release.
Windows
Publisher website
DRM details are not known
Also available in the Space Empires Complete Pack.
Windows
Epic Games Store
DRM details are not known
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Bundled in the Space Empires Complete Pack.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
ZOOM Platform
DRM-free
Bundled in the Space Empires Complete Pack.
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

All of the available patches for the game can be found on the official patch page.

Enable Multithreading

Multithreading is not enabled by default; it must be enabled manually through the game's configuration file.
Modify settings file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration files location.
  2. Open settings.txt.
  3. Replace the line which reads Support Multithreading := FALSE with
    Support Multithreading := TRUE
  4. Save your changes.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\data[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1690/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\savegame[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1690/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

Video

External settings.
External settings.
In-game settings.
In-game settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
1024x768 default - see Borderless fullscreen windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Must first launch windowed mode with resolution matching screen resolution.
See Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
No frame rate cap.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Space Empires V falters if borderless fullscreen is forced directly, and will not recognize mouse input or update the screen.

Set window size[citation needed]
  1. Open <path-to-game>/Data/HUDSettings.txt
  2. Adjust Windowed Width and Windowed Height to desired values.

Notes

For borderless fullscreen, these values must match screen resolution.

When window size is set in config file, you can then force using your favorite utility.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
No voiceovers.
Closed captions
No voiceovers.
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
Hot seat
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 6720
UDP 6716
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Inconsistent frame rate on Windows Vista and later

Set compatibility options[citation needed]

Follow this Steam Guide.

Put WineD3D components in root installation folder[citation needed]
  1. Download the latest version of WineD3D for Windows from here.
  2. Extract d3d9.dll, libwine.dll, wined3d.dll into the installation folder

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 500 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7.0 compatible


Notes

  1. 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. 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>/1690/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1690) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. SE5 + Windows 7 - last accessed on 17 May 2023