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Revision as of 19:57, 13 September 2019

Age of Wonders III
Age of Wonders III cover
Developers
Triumph Studios
Release dates
Windows March 31, 2014
macOS (OS X) April 14, 2015
Linux April 14, 2015
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Age of Wonders III on Wikipedia
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Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Age of Wonders
Age of Wonders 1999
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne 2002
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic 2003
Age of Wonders III 2014
Age of Wonders: Planetfall 2019
Age of Wonders 4 2023

General information

Official website
Official forum
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Publisher website
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 Deluxe and Collection Editions also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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 Deluxe and Collection Editions also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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 Deluxe and Collection Editions also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
Icon overlay.png
 Deluxe and Collection Editions also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Deluxe Edition DLC Includes a bonus scenario and soundtrack.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Golden Realms Expansion
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Eternal Lords Expansion
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Essential improvements

Improved performance

Performance is drastically increased if the game is installed on a faster drive, such as an SSD.[citation needed]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\AoW3\Profiles\<user-id>\
macOS (OS X) ~/AoW3/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/AoW3/
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\AoW3\Profiles\<user-id>\SAVES\
macOS (OS X) ~/AoW3/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/AoW3/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

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Anti-aliasing (AA)

Nvidia Inspector Force AA and AO[1]
  1. Set Antialiasing compatibility to 0x084112C5
  2. Set the anti-aliasing quality and sampling in the Antialiasing section.
  3. Set AO settings.
  4. Apply

Input settings

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Russian
Polish
Spanish
Fan translation, download.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
8 Hot seat
LAN play
8 Versus, Co-op
Requires a Triumph Account and initial internet access for authentication.[2]
Online play
8 Requires a Triumph Account.

Issues fixed

Game does not launch

Delete configuration files[citation needed]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\AoW3\Profiles\<user-id>\
  2. Delete <user-id>.APD and <user-id>.APS.

No music when out of combat

Enter combat and finish the battle[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
OpenGL
OS X and Linux only.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD Ex
Interface Iggy, Adobe Flash

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP Vista or newer
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6 GHz		 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz
AMD Phenom X4 9900 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8800 series
ATI Radeon HD 3870
Intel HD Graphics 3000 (3 GB RAM required)
512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible 		Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
AMD Radeon HD 6850
1 GB of VRAM
Other 1024 x 768 screen resolution

References