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==Audio==
 
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Revision as of 09:01, 4 June 2022

Stronghold Legends
Stronghold Legends cover
Developers
Firefly Studios
Publishers
Retail, Collection 2K Games
Steam Edition Firefly Studios
Engines
DragonFly
Release dates
Windows October 13, 2006
Reception
Metacritic 57
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres Building, RTS
Themes Fantasy
Series Stronghold
Stronghold Legends on HowLongToBeat
Stronghold Legends on IGDB
Stronghold Legends on MobyGames
Stronghold Legends on Wikipedia
Stronghold
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

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

Key points

The Steam version has been updated for compatibility and Steamworks multiplayer.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM 7 DRM
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
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The Stronghold Collection.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Steam Edition.
Windows
Steam
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The Stronghold Collection.
Windows

Version differences

Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition is the 2016 enhanced release with Steamworks multiplayer, Workshop integration, an exclusive map pack, widescreen support, and some redone graphics.

Essential improvements

Patches

The newest patch for the non-Steam version is 1.2. Patches for the game can be found here.
The Steam version received a special patch and shows version 1.3 Steam.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Stronghold Legends\StrongholdLegends.GraphicsSettings.xml
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40980/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Stronghold Legends\Saves
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40980/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

The Steam launcher shows different options.
The Steam launcher shows different options.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Non-Steam versions are stretched from 4:3. The Steam version supports widescreen resolutions.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
"Game Speed" in options menu; FPS is locked to game speed, and capped at 90.
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

Steam Edition: Audio settings.
Steam Edition: Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, SFX & Speech.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Steam Edition only
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Removed from the Steam Edition
Online play
Steam version. The retail versions used GameSpy.

Connection types

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System 6.5e[1]
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer Steamworks, GameSpy

System requirements

Retail version

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) 1.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2.5 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon 8500
64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX 7 compatible

Steam Edition

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8.x, 10
Processor (CPU) 1.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Nessy on 2019-08-22
    Version number found in Mss32.dll in the game installation folder.