Stronghold Legends

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Stronghold Legends

Developers
	Firefly Studios
Release dates
Windows	October 27, 2009
Reception
Metacritic	57
IGDB	50

Warnings

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

Stronghold

Stronghold (2001)	2001
Stronghold Crusader	2002
Stronghold 2	2005
Stronghold Legends	2006
Stronghold Crusader Extreme	2008
Stronghold 3	2011
Stronghold Kingdoms	2012
Stronghold Crusader 2	2014
Stronghold: Warlords	2020

Key points

The Steam version has been updated for compatibility and Steamworks multiplayer.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

Essential improvements

Patches

The newest patch for the non-Steam version is 1.2. Patches for the game can be found here.

The Steam version received a special patch and shows version 1.3 Steam.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Stronghold Legends\StrongholdLegends.GraphicsSettings.xml
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40980/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Stronghold Legends\Saves
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40980/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

The Steam launcher shows different options.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Non-Steam versions are stretched from 4:3. The Steam version supports widescreen resolutions.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
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
120+ FPS		"Game Speed" in options menu; FPS is locked to game speed, and capped at 90.

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		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio

Steam Version: Audio Settings.

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		Steam version. The retail versions used GameSpy.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Self-hosting

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System	6.5e
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	Steamworks, GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000	XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	1.6 GHz Equivalent Intel or AMD	2.0 GHz Equivalent Intel or AMD
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Hardware Transform and Lighting 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Hardware Transform and Lighting 128 MB of VRAM