Lords of the Realm III

Lords of the Realm
Lords of the Realm	1994
Lords of the Realm II	1996
Lords of the Realm III	2003

Key points

Online multiplayer servers have been shut down.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com
Steam

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Delete/rename binks folder^{[citation needed]}

Go to the installation folder.
Delete or rename the binks folder.

Patches[edit]

The 1.01 Patch updates the English version to the latest version. The GOG.com version already includes this patch.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\*.dat
macOS (OS X)

gfxconfig.dat contains graphics settings.

gameinfo.dat contains all other settings.

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Nobles
macOS (OS X)

*.nif files store unlock progress.

*.l3g files in the nobles' folders are in-game saves.

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Video settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			800x600 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music and SFX.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		2-8
Online play		2-8	Online multiplayer servers have been shut down.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Direct IP

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

OS X
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.7.0
Processor (CPU)	2 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM

References

↑ Mac Game Update: 34 New Additions - GOG.com

[1] Mac Game Update: 34 New Additions - GOG.com

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Developers

	Impressions Games
Publishers
	Sierra Entertainment
Release dates
Windows	March 17, 2004
OS X	November 15, 2013^[1]