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Empires: Dawn of the Modern World

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Empires: Dawn of the Modern World
Empires: Dawn of the Modern World cover
Developers
Stainless Steel Studios
Publishers
Activision
Engines
Titan
Release dates
Windows October 21, 2003
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Empires: Dawn of the Modern World guide on StrategyWiki
Empires: Dawn of the Modern World on Wikipedia
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Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Empire Earth
Empire Earth 2001
Empires: Dawn of the Modern World 2003
Empire Earth II 2005
Empire Earth III 2007

Key points

Online multiplayer stopped working due to GameSpy services being shut down
Supported by GameRanger[1]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Official manual

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Patched to 1.3.
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

The newest patch is 1.3. Patches for the game can be found here.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SSSI\Empires\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2690/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2690/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Windowed

Force windowed[2]
  1. Download and run DxWnd.
  2. Click on Edit, then Add.
  3. Set the path to <path-to-game>\Empires_DMW.exe.
  4. Set the desired window position and size.
  5. Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed.
  6. Click on DirectX tab, set DirectX 8.
  7. Click OK, then File and Save.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Disable Vsync[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Double-click on Wait for VSync.
  3. Change the value to 0 to disable Vsync.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
Spanish
English
German

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
GameSpy services have been shut down;[3] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)[4]
TCP 6500, 28900, 29900, 29901, 33335
UDP 13139, 27900, 33321
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 75 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Set screen refresh rate[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Double-click on Custom Refresh Rate.
  3. Select Decimal and change 75 to the screen refresh rate.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer GameSpy GameSpy servers have been shut down.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98. 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 600 MHz
AMD Athlon 600 MHz		 Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 1.0 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB (Online multiplayer: 256 MB) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.1 GB 1.1 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0b compatible 		64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0b compatible

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2690/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (2690) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References