The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom

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This page is for the original release. For the History Edition, see The Settlers 7: History Edition.

The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom

Developers
	Blue Byte Software
macOS (OS X)	TransGaming Inc.
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows	March 24, 2010
macOS (OS X) (Cider)	March 24, 2010
Reception
Metacritic	79
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	Building, RTS
Themes	Fantasy
Series	The Settlers

The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view building and RTS game in the The Settlers series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com		Gold Edition.
GamersGate (unavailable)		Deluxe Gold Edition. Replaced by the History Edition in 2018.
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)
Steam (unavailable)		Deluxe Gold Edition. Replaced by the History Edition in 2018.
Ubisoft Store (unavailable)		Deluxe Gold Edition. Replaced by the History Edition in 2018.

All versions require Ubisoft Connect DRM. Playable offline after activation; no longer requires a constant internet connection.

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	The DLC includes a new campaign, skirmish maps, buildings, victory points, AI players and technologies.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Uncharted Land Map Pack
Conquest: The Empire Expansion
Rise of the Rebellion
The Two Kings

Access Ubisoft Connect rewards & all DLC/bonus content

Since the servers have been shut down in 2021, it is not possible to access bought DLC anymore. To unlock them again, the game executable can be modified with a Hex Editor. This has only been tested on the Steam Gold Edition, it may or may not work on other versions.

Editing the game executable

Search for the file Settlers7R.exe in the installation folder. Create a backup in case something goes wrong. Open Settlers7R.exe in a Hex Editor. Go to offset 0xD40E and replace 0x1D with 0x2D. Go to offset 0x1A978E and replace 0x74 with 0xEB. Go to offset 0x1A977C and replace 0x75 0x12 with 0x90 0x90. Replace the bytes at the offsets 0x64477C, 0x21929C and 0x219224 with 0xB0 0x00. Save the changes. Notes: This enables the development mode (skippable intros), unlocks all maps, enables the RotR maps to be played as skirmish maps, and adds three unique victory points as well as the "Enormous Advantage" in the ingame map editor. Other changes might also be possible.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Settlers7\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/48120/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Settlers7\Savegames\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/48120/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		The Options.ini file needs to be manually edited. Change FullScreen = 1 to 0.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

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

Controller types

Audio

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		The official multiplayer service was shut down on October 6, 2015 for OS X and June 1, 2021 for Windows.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2 GHz AMD XP 2600+ 2 GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo AMD Athlon 64 X2
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support	512 MB of VRAM