The Settlers III

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The Settlers III
The Settlers III cover
Developers
Blue Byte Software
Release dates
Windows November 30, 1998
 
 
The Settlers
The Settlers 1993
The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici 1996
The Settlers III 1998
The Settlers IV 2001
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings 2004
The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary 2006
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire 2007
Die Siedler – Aufbruch der Kulturen 2008
The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom 2010
The Settlers Online 2012

Key points

Cannot use Alt+Tab ↹ while in-game

General information

Official game site
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
 
 
Amazon.com
 
 The Settlers III: Gold Edition includes the base game and both expansions.
 
GOG.com
 
 Settlers III: Ultimate Collection includes the base game and both expansions and is identical to the Gold Edition.
 

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name Notes
Mission CD Bundled with The Settlers III: Gold Edition.
 
Quest of the Amazons Bundled with The Settlers III: Gold Edition.
 

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System Location
Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Blubyte\Siedler3\1.0\General

Save game data location[edit]

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save

Video settings[edit]

External video settings.
External video settings.
Graphics option Option Notes
Widescreen resolution
Use F1, F2, and F3 in-game to switch between 640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768 respectively.
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]

External control settings.
External control 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]

External audio settings.
External 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
Polish

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
20
Online play
20

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) 2300-2400, 47624
UDP (outbound) 2300-2400, 3343-3400

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98, NT 4.0
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 100 MHz Intel Pentium 166 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 250 MB 1.3 GB
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM
DirectX 6 compatible

References