Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War

Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War

Developers
	Stainless Steel Studios
	Midway Games San Diego
Publishers
	Midway Games
Engines
	Titan 2.0
Release dates
Windows	June 12, 2006
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select, Direct control
Genres	Action, RTS
Themes	Classical

Warnings

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War is a singleplayer and multiplayer action and RTS game.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 3.7.16.04 DRM

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.15 is the latest patch.

Skip intro videos

Invalidate the corresponding files
Go to <path-to-game>\Data\Movies. Delete, move or rename license.bik, Midway Bink.bik, nvidia.bik, and Opening Video.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Midway Home Entertainment\Rise and Fall

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\Saved Games

Campaign progress is stored in <path-to-game>\Users\default.

Portable install

The following moves the user files into a portable data folder, allowing game data to be moved between machines using e.g. a USB flash drive.

Set up a portable install using PortableApps:

Navigate to this repository, then download one of the following PortableApps installers: If the game is already installed: RiseAndFallCivilizationsAtWarPortable-XJDHDR_1.15_Development_Test_{version}_English.paf.exe If the game is not already installed, so the installer should also download the free version of the game: RiseAndFallCivilizationsAtWarPortable-XJDHDR_1.15_Development_Test_{version}_English_online.paf.exe Run the PortableApps installer that you downloaded. If the game was already installed its files must now be moved over to the PortableApps install location: Browse to <PortableApps-Launcher>\App Create a new folder named Rise and Fall; Civilizations at War. Navigate to <path-to-game> and copy all of the files from there into the newly created folder. Launch the game using <PortableApps-Launcher>\RiseAndFallCivilizationsAtWarPortable-XJDHDR.exe

Video

Video Settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			The HUD is stretched.
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)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Can be enabled under Configuration file(s) location\Wait for VSync
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Enable in-game clock

The game can display a little clock showing the game speed & map time but the setting cannot be found in any menu.

Press F11 in-game to toggle the clock.
Alternatively go to Configuration file(s) location and set ClockDisplay to 1.

Input

Input Settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Inverts the mouse Y-axis in hero mode.
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio Settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX, EAX2, EAX3. Use DS3D restoration for EAX.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		GameSpy services have been shut down; see GameSpy for workarounds.
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

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

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System	6.6g
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4, 1.5 GHz AMD Athlon 2000+, Sempron 2200+
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon series 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800, X300, X600, X800 Nvidia GeForce 3, 4, FX 5200, 5600, 5700, 5800, 5900, 5950, GT 6600, 6800 Intel Extreme Graphics 915GM-FR, 915 GGM, 900G 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible
Other	16X speed DVD or 4x speed CD/DVD