The Settlers: Rise of an Empire

This page is for the original release. For the History Edition, see The Settlers: Rise of an Empire - History Edition.

The Settlers
The Settlers	1994
The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici	1996
The Settlers III	1998
The Settlers IV	2001
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings	2004
The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary	2006
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire	2007
Die Siedler: Aufbruch der Kulturen	2008
The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom	2010
The Settlers Online	2012
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings - History Edition	2018
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire - History Edition	2018
The Settlers 7: History Edition	2018
The Settlers (2020)	2020

Key points

Currently it is recommended to buy the GOG.com version, this includes a patch to fix issues on Graphics Cards with 2GB of VRAM or more.^[1]

General information

Official Forum - Ubisoft forum for game series

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions (Gold Edition)

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Gold Edition includes The Eastern Realm

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name	Notes
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire - The Eastern Realm

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\THE SETTLERS - Rise of an Empire\Config\
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15330/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\THE SETTLERS - Rise of an Empire\SaveGames\
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15330/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See Windowed set the display resolution to the desired resolution
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Needs to be forced on in Graphics Control Panel.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Windowed[edit]

Windowed^{[citation needed]}

Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\THE SETTLERS - Rise of an Empire\Config\Options.ini
Find the section [Display]
Change Windowed=0 to Windowed=1

Input settings[edit]

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 settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Polish				Local retail version only.

VR support[edit]

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

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play	4	Versus
Online play

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 1.66 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3400+ 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	256 MB of VRAM

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>/15330/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (15330) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/the_settlers_series/rise_of_an_empire_contains_a_bug_concerning_available_vram_size/post6

[Proton_path_note-2] 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>/15330/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (15330) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] ttps://www.gog.com/forum/the_settlers_series/rise_of_an_empire_contains_a_bug_concerning_available_vram_size/post6

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Developers

	Blue Byte Software
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	RenderWare
Release dates
Windows	September 25, 2007