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Revision as of 13:02, 5 July 2023
Developers | |
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Liquid Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Sierra Entertainment | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 8, 2003 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 67 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Free-roaming camera |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RTS |
Art styles | Stylized |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Middle-earth |
Warnings
General information
Availability
- This game is not available digitally.
- Patching information for modern systems
- A free demo version is available from SierraHelp.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Rings.ini[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Saves\[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Only 4:3 resolutions up to 1600x1200 can be selected; use the widescreen fix to enable widescreen resolutions. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
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) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | The FPS cap is tied to the monitor's refresh rate even with Vsync forced off on AMD cards; works fine with Nvidia. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, Music, Sound Effects and Dialogue. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | Japanese retail release. | |||
Polish | ||||
Russian |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 8 | Versus |
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Online play | 8 | Versus GameSpy services have been shut down;[1] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 7175 |
UDP | 6500, 13139 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Game does not save progress or score
Start the game with admin rights and "Windows XP SP2" compatibility mode.[2] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | GameSpy | GameSpy online server browser deactivated. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz AMD Athlon 800 MHz |
Intel Pentium 4 2.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Hardware T&L support 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible | 128 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 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).
References
- ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology
- ↑ gamefaqs.gamespot.com - last accessed on 28 May 2023