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Stronghold (2001)

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This page is for the 2001 game. For the unrelated 1993 game, see Stronghold. For the 2023 remaster, see Stronghold: Definitive Edition.

Stronghold
Stronghold cover
Developers
Firefly Studios
macOS (OS X) Crescent Vision Interactive
macOS (OS X) Varcon Systems
Publishers
Retail Take-Two Interactive
Retail Gathering of Developers
OS X MacSoft
Retail (Collection) 2K Games
HD Firefly Studios
Release dates
Windows October 12, 2001
Mac OS (Classic) May 2002
macOS (OS X) May 2002
Reception
Metacritic 81
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres Building, RTS
Themes Europe, Medieval
Series Stronghold
Stronghold (2001) on HowLongToBeat
Stronghold (2001) on IGDB
Stronghold (2001) guide on StrategyWiki
Stronghold (2001) on MobyGames
Stronghold (2001) on Wikipedia
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Stronghold (2001) 2001
Stronghold Crusader 2002
Stronghold 2 2005
Stronghold Legends 2006
Stronghold Crusader Extreme 2008
Stronghold 3 2011
Stronghold Kingdoms 2012
Stronghold Crusader 2 2014
Stronghold: Warlords 2021
Stronghold: Definitive Edition 2023

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Stronghold (2001) is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric building and RTS game in the Stronghold series.

In 2002, the game was re-released as Stronghold Deluxe with the 1.2 patch streamlined and with exclusive extra singleplayer missions. In 2012, it was updated to the HD version with bugfixes and widescreen support, including all Deluxe content.

General information

Official Discord server for game series
Official support portal
Stronghold Heaven - a fan site for the game
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SafeDisc v2 DRM. The HD patch removes the DRM
Windows
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)
GamersGate
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Stronghold HD
Windows
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Stronghold HD
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Stronghold HD. Comes bundled with the original retail release.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Green Man Gaming
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Stronghold HD
Windows
Humble Store
DRM-free
Stronghold HD
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Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Stronghold HD. Also available as part of The Stronghold Collection.
Windows

Demos

English (CNET)
English v1.3 (GameFront)
Italian v1.3
Polish

Version differences

Stronghold Deluxe is the 2002 re-release with additional maps and missions from the free Excalibur Pack, as well as the 1.2 patch.
Stronghold HD is the 2012 enhanced version of the game which adds widescreen support, bug fixes, and retail Deluxe edition content.

Essential improvements

Official HD patch

This official patch will upgrade a retail copy of Stronghold to Stronghold HD, with all content featured in the latest build. The latest version, 1.4.1, can be downloaded here.

Skip intro video

Delete/move/rename video file
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\binks.
  2. Delete, move or rename intro.bik.

Game data

In-game general settings (HD version)
In-game general settings (HD version)

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Stronghold\stronghold.cfg
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40950/pfx/[Note 1]
Settings for the Windows version without the HD patch are stored in <path-to-game>\stronghold.cfg

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Stronghold\Saves
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40950/pfx/[Note 1]
Saves for the Windows pre-HD version are stored in <path-to-game>\Saves

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

In-game video settings (HD version)
In-game video settings (HD version)

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Resolutions up to 2560x1600.[1] For the original release install the official HD patch.
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)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Depends on game speed; up to 90 FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

In-game audio settings (HD version)
In-game audio settings (HD version)

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

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Details
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
8 Versus
Online play
8 Versus
GameSpy services have been shut down;[2] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 2300-2400, 47624
UDP 2300-2400
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Game fails to launch on Windows 10

Install DirectPlay

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 7.0
OpenGL
OS X only.
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System 6.1c
Cutscenes Bink Video 1.2h
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98, ME, 2000
Processor (CPU) 300 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 750 MB
Video card (GPU) 4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7 compatible
Mac OS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 9
Processor (CPU) PowerPC G3
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 750 MB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/40950/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (40950) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References