Star Wars: Empire at War

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Star Wars: Empire at War
Star Wars: Empire at War cover
Developers
Petroglyph Games
Publishers
LucasArts
Disney Interactive Studios
Engines
Alamo Game Engine
Release dates
Windows February 16, 2006
OS X April 2, 2007
 
 
 
 
Star Wars
Star Wars 1989
Series: Star Wars: X-Wing 1993
Series: Star Wars: Rebel Assault 1993
Series: Star Wars: Jedi Knight 1995
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire 1997
Star Wars: Yoda Stories 1997
Star Wars: Rebellion 1998
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D 1998
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 1999
Star Wars: Episode I – Racer 1999
Star Wars: Force Commander 2000
Star Wars: Episode I – Battle for Naboo 2001
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds 2001
Star Wars: Starfighter 2001
Star Wars Galaxies 2003
Series: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2003
Series: Star Wars: Battlefront 2004
Series: Lego Star Wars 2005
Star Wars: Republic Commando 2005
Star Wars: Empire at War 2006
Series: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2007
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes 2009

Key points

Additional maps, units, and factions available through a strong modding community.
Online multiplayer has stopped working due to GameSpy services being shut down.[1]

General information

Official game site
Official game expansion site
Wookieepedia - A huge wiki dedicated to the Star Wars universe
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
 
 
 
GamersGate
 
 
Gamesplanet
 
 Star Wars: Empire at War: Gold Pack
 
Games Republic
 
 
GOG.com
 
 Star Wars: Empire at War: Gold Pack
 
Mac App Store
 
 Does not support online play (LAN only).
 
Steam
 
 Star Wars: Empire at War: Gold Pack
 
The Star Wars: Empire at War: Gold Pack comes with both the base game and the Forces of Corruption expansion

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name Notes
Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
 

Demos[edit]

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

The Gold Pack is already patched to the latest major versions
The Steam version already includes all of these patches.

Game data[edit]

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

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

Save game data location[edit]

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Petroglyph\Empire At War\Save
macOS (OS X)

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

In-game general video settings.
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
Multi-monitor
 
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Use the WINDOWED command line argument.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Added in Forces of Corruption expansion, in slide-bar format.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input settings[edit]

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings[edit]

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.
Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio CC Notes
English
German

Network[edit]

In-game network settings.
In-game network settings.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
8
Online play
8

Connection types

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

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP (outbound) 1234, 3658-3660, 6500, 27900, 28910, 3783, 6515, 6667, 13139, 28900, 29900-29901, 29920
UDP (outbound) 1234, 3658-3660, 6500, 27900, 28910, 3783, 6515, 6667, 13139, 28900, 29900-29901, 29920
This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

Issues fixed[edit]

Game crashes[edit]

This usually occurs when starting a campaign or tutorial mission in the Forces of Corruption expansion pack.
Game crashes[citation needed]
  1. Download GraphicDetails.xml.
  2. Navigate to <path-to-game>\Data\XML\ and drop the file there.

Notes

The Forces of Corruption expansion pack has compatibility issues with 64-bit systems that have more than 2 GB of system RAM.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
OpenGL 2.0 OS X only.
Shader Model support 2
64-bit executable

Middleware[edit]

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3 Vista SP2, 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz		 Intel Pentium Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 512 MB 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3.6 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon 9600
Nvidia GeForce 7200
Intel 965
64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 2 support		 ATI Radeon X1900
Nvidia GeForce 8600
256 MB of VRAM
Shader model 3 support
OS X
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.6
Processor (CPU) Intel 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon X1600
Nvidia GeForce 7300
128 MB of VRAM

References

  1. ↑ Star Wars® Empire at War™: Gold Pack on Steam