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Eador
Eador: Genesis	2009
Eador: Masters of the Broken World	2013
Eador: Imperium	2017

Eador: Genesis is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RPG and strategy game in the Eador series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 5 DRM. CIS/Russian retail can be activated on GOG.com.^[1]
Amazon.com
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file location. Open `Eador.cfg` and look for `Intro (0 - off/1 - on): 1`. Change `1` to `0`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/235660/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\save^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/235660/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Default resolution is 1024x768.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Windowed mode can be turned off or on in the config file.
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 and 120+ FPS

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

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and sound.
Surround sound
Subtitles		All speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play		Hot seat
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	150 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (235660) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Reclaim your games. DRM-Free! ● GOG.com

[gamedir-2] 1.0 ^1.1 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).

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (235660) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (235660) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Reclaim your games. DRM-Free! ● GOG.com

[1]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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-{{Stub}}
 {{Infobox game
 |cover        = Eador- Genesis - Cover.jpg
@@ Line 8: / Line 7: @@
 |release dates=
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|August 7, 2009}}
+|reception    =
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+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Turn-based }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Bird's-eye view }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Point and select }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | RPG, Strategy}}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Fantasy }}
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 |wikipedia    =
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 }}
-{{Series|Eador}}
+{{Introduction
+|introduction      =
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 '''General information'''
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 {{Availability/row| Retail | | disc | {{DRM|StarForce|5}}. CIS/Russian retail can be activated on [[GOG.com]].<ref>[https://www.gog.com/news/breclaim_your_gamesb_drmfree Reclaim your games. DRM-Free! ● GOG.com]</ref> | GOG.com | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Amazon | B00IOOG1VG | Steam | | | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| GamersGate | DD-EADORG | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| GamersGate | eador-genesis | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| GOG.com | eador_genesis | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| GMG | eador-genesis | Steam | | | Windows }}
@@ Line 36: / Line 63: @@
 {{Fixbox|description=Delete/rename video files|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
 # Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file location]].
-# Open <code>Eador.cfg</code> and look for <code>Intro (0 - off/1 - on): 1</code>.
+# Open {{file|Eador.cfg}} and look for <code>Intro (0 - off/1 - on): 1</code>.
 # Change <code>1</code> to <code>0</code>.
 }}
@@ Line 53: / Line 80: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 {{Save game cloud syncing
-|gog galaxy            = false
+|discord                   =
-|gog galaxy notes      =
+|discord notes             =
-|origin                =
+|epic games launcher       =
-|origin notes          =
+|epic games launcher notes =
-|steam cloud           = false
+|gog galaxy                = false
-|steam cloud notes     =
+|gog galaxy notes          =
-|uplay                 =
+|origin                    =
-|uplay notes           =
+|origin notes              =
-|xbox cloud            =
+|steam cloud               = false
-|xbox cloud notes      =
+|steam cloud notes         =
+|ubisoft connect           =
+|ubisoft connect notes     =
+|xbox cloud                =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
 }}
-==Video settings==
+==Video==
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  =
 |widescreen wsgf award      =
@@ Line 90: / Line 121: @@
 |antialiasing               = n/a
 |antialiasing notes         =
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = false
 |vsync notes                =
@@ Line 102: / Line 136: @@
 }}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = false
 |key remap notes           =
@@ Line 166: / Line 200: @@
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    = Music and sound.
@@ Line 179: / Line 213: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
@@ Line 186: / Line 222: @@
   |language  = English
   |interface = true
-  |audio     = false
+  |audio     = n/a
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = French
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = n/a
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = German
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = n/a
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Italian
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = n/a
   |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
@@ Line 194: / Line 254: @@
   |language  = Russian
   |interface = true
-  |audio     = false
+  |audio     = n/a
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Spanish
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = n/a
   |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
@@ Line 207: / Line 275: @@
 |local play modes     = Hot seat
 |local play notes     =
-|lan play             = unknown
+|lan play             = false
 |lan play players     =
 |lan play modes       =
 |lan play notes       =
-|online play          = unknown
+|online play          = false
 |online play players  =
 |online play modes    =
@@ Line 259: / Line 327: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
-|macos 32-bit app       =
+|macos intel 32-bit app =
-|macos 64-bit app       =
+|macos intel 64-bit app =
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}

Developers

	Snowbird Games
Release dates
Windows	August 7, 2009
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	RPG, Strategy
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Eador