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Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War
Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War cover
Developers
Stainless Steel Studios
Midway Games San Diego
Publishers
Midway Games
Engines
Titan 2.0
Release dates
Windows June 12, 2006
Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War on Wikipedia

Warnings

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
StarForce 3.7.16.04 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.15 is the latest patch.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Midway Home Entertainment\Rise and Fall

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Data\Saved Games[Note 2]

Video settings

Video Settings.
Video Settings.

Template:Video settings

Enable In-Game Clock

The game can display a little clock showing the game speed & map time but the setting cannot be found in any menu.
Instructions[3]
  1. Press F11 in-game.

Alternatively go to Configuration file(s) location and set ClockDisplay to 1.

Input settings

Input Settings.
Input Settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio Settings.
Audio Settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
GameSpy services have been shut down;[4] see GameSpy for workarounds.
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System 6.6g[5]
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows[6]
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4, 1.5 GHz
AMD Athlon 2000+, Sempron 2200+
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon series 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800, X300, X600, X800
Nvidia GeForce 3, 4, FX 5200, 5600, 5700, 5800, 5900, 5950, GT 6600, 6800
Intel Extreme Graphics 915GM-FR, 915 GGM, 900G
64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9.0c compatible
Other 16X speed DVD or 4x speed CD/DVD

Notes

  1. 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. 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

  1. Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
  2. Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
  3. Tested by Nessy
  4. Pricing | GameSpy Technology
  5. Verified by User:Nessy on 2019-06-09
    Version number found in Mss32.dll in the game installation folder.
  6. Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War (2006) Windows box cover art - MobyGames - last accessed on 2017-01-03