Warnings
- GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Key points
- Also released as 1701 A.D in North America.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Ubisoft Forums
Availability
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Demo
A demo is available here.
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Anno 1701: The Sunken Dragon |
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Essential improvements
Patches
- Patches are available. A Patch 1.04 is available for the US release.
Tages Drivers: http://www.tagesprotection.com/main.htm?page=5.5.htm
Install, Update 1.04, Update Tages -> working on Win1064
Skip intro videos
Download intro skip file[citation needed]
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- Download the Anno 1701 intro skip.
- Extract
data11.rda from the zip file to the Anno 1701 installation folder.
- Run the game.
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Game data
Interface and Camera settings.
Configuration file(s) location
- For the GOG version, profile data and keybindings are stored under
<path-to-game>\Profiles\
Save game data location
Video
Edit Engine.ini
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Edit
Engine.ini .
- Change
<ScreenFormat>0</ScreenFormat> to <ScreenFormat>1</ScreenFormat> .
- Save your changes and close the file.
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Master, music, speech, sound effects, unit, environment and news sliders. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Only in fullscreen mode or when minimised in windowed mode. |
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Czech |
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Local retail version only. |
French |
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German |
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Hungarian |
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Local retail version only. |
Polish |
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Local retail version only. |
Spanish |
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Local retail version only. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
VR support
3D modes |
State |
Notes |
vorpX |
| G3D User created profile, see vorpx forum for additinal hints. |
Other information
API
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Multiplayer |
GameSpy |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
2000 |
XP |
Processor (CPU) |
2.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or similar
| 3 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or similar |
System memory (RAM) |
512 MB |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
3.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 1.1 support |
256 MB of VRAM Shader model 2.0 support |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[1][2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
, %PROGRAMDATA%
, or %WINDIR%
might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References