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Sword of the Stars

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Sword of the Stars
Sword of the Stars cover
Developers
Kerberos Productions
Publishers
Paradox Interactive
Lighthouse Interactive
Release dates
Windows August 22, 2006
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Sword of the Stars guide on StrategyWiki
Sword of the Stars on Wikipedia
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Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Sword of the Stars
Sword of the Stars 2006
Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter 2012
Sword of the Stars: The Pit 2013
Sword of the Stars: Ground Pounders 2014
The Pit: Infinity 2019

Key points

GameSpy online server browser was disabled for this game, due to GameSpy services being shut down.

General information

Developer's forum
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions (Complete Collection)
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Steam
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 Complete Collection - includes all expansion packs
Windows

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Born of Blood
Windows
A Murder of Crows
Windows
Argos Naval Yard
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/42890/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/42890/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
8
Online play
8 Requires Direct IP. GameSpy server browser disabled.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues unresolved

Invalid CD Key

The Steam version has recently provided nonfunctioning CD-keys, or has them missing.
Instructions[1]
  1. Open 42890_install.vdf
  2. In the "CDKey" option, change %CDKEY% to the valid CD key.
  3. Launch the game.

Notes

Requires access to a prior known CD-key. You should find it in HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Valve/TestApp42890 from previous use.
A valid CD key may exist in a different Swords of the Stars entry in the game list (e.g. "Sword of the Stars Complete Collection" rather than "Sword of the Stars").

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB (2 GB for Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9 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>/42890/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (42890) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References