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Anno 1503: History Edition

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Anno 1503: History Edition
Anno 1503: History Edition cover
Developers
Ubisoft Mainz
Original Max Design
Publishers
Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows June 25, 2020
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres Building, Strategy
Themes Historical, Renaissance, Fantasy
Series Anno
Anno 1503: History Edition on IGDB
Anno 1503: History Edition on MobyGames
Anno 1602 1998
Anno 1503 2002
Anno 1701 2006
Anno 1404 2009
Anno 2070 2011
Anno Online 2013
Anno 2205 2015
Anno 1800 2019
Anno 1404: History Edition 2020
Anno 1503: History Edition 2020
Anno 1602: History Edition 2020
Anno 1701: History Edition 2020

Anno 1503: History Edition is a remastered version of the 2002 building game Anno 1503 with its Treasures, Monsters & Pirates expansion pack. It includes high resolution support up to 4K, borderless windowed mode, multi-monitor support and a new multiplayer infrastructure.

General information

Official DevBlog
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
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Windows
Ubisoft Store
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Included with Ubisoft+.
Windows
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Windows
All versions require Ubisoft Connect DRM.

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service Available via Ubisoft+.

Essential Improvements

Complete Soundtrack

Restore missing tracks from original Anno 1503 release[citation needed]
The encoding of the tracks differs between the classic and History Edition releases of Anno 1503, so a conversion is needed.
Before editing files, make a backup of the classic installation's Music folder in case things go wrong.

Three tracks are removed from the History Edition because of licensing reasons.[1]

  1. Download and install Tenacity
  2. From the classic version of Anno 1503 open <path-to-game>/Music/desperate/Hard times.WAV in Tenacity
  3. Export the file as WAV: File > Export > Export as WAV
  4. Save the file to the History Edition's <path-to-game>/Music/desperate/Hard times.WAV
  5. Choose Signed 16-bit PCM as Encoding, and click OK twice
  6. Repeat these steps for <path-to-game>/Music/fight/Tolersa.wav and <path-to-game>/Music/normal/Highlands.wav

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2820110/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Anno 1503 History Edition\SaveGame\Profilename\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2820110/pfx/[Note 1]
Original game save files are compatible with this game.

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

Input

Audio

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

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
Multiplayer between the original and History editions is not possible.[2]

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP 18000
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11 [citation needed]
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-3220 3.3 GHz
AMD FX-4130 3.9 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6.73 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon R7 265
2 GB of VRAM
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. DevBlog: Anno 1503 History Edition - last accessed on 2024-04-26
  2. [The games do not support multiplayer between the old games and the Anno History Collection. Support for multiplayer between old and new games.] - last accessed on 2020-06-27