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Developers | |
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Liquid Entertainment | |
Crave Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 7, 2001 |
Warnings
Key points
- Online multiplayer no longer works due to the GameSpy servers being shut down.[1]
- Can use multiplayer with GameRanger.
- Small online community on Discord and GameRanger.
General information
- Battle Realms Wiki
- Battle Realms Community Discord
- The oldest forums dedicated to Battle Realms (Down as of February, 2019)
- Battle Realms Reddit
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1]. | |||
GOG.com | Includes 'Winter of the Wolf' expansion. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Winter of the Wolf |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest version of the game is also the expansion - Winter Of The Wolf (1.50q). The latest non-expansion version is 1.50g.
- Patches for the non-expansion game are available. The page falsely states there is a 1.50q (Winter Of The Wolf) patch while it's the 1.50g patch for the original game.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Battle_Realms.ini[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Saved Games[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy |
Video settings
Windowed
Use DxWnd[citation needed] |
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | The addon WotW is not localized. | |||
German | The addon WotW is not localized. | |||
Spanish | The addon WotW is not localized. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play | GameSpy services have been shut down;[4] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 7174,7175,7177 |
UDP | 7174,7175,7177 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Could not find supported display mode / Could not rasterize API
Use the Resolution & FoV Patch |
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Use dgVoodoo2[5] |
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Run the game in windowed mode[citation needed] |
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Disable other monitors[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DirectDraw | 7 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | 2000, ME, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 400 MHz | Intel Pentium III 750 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | 600 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible | 32 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[3]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
- ↑ GameSpy Multiplayer Services Closing
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 11 June 2015