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Disciples III: Renaissance

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Disciples III: Renaissance
Disciples III: Renaissance cover
Developers
Akella
.DAT Media
Publishers
Kalypso Media
Engines
Virtual Dream
Release dates
Windows December 11, 2009
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres RPG, TBS
Themes Fantasy
Series Disciples
Disciples III: Renaissance on HowLongToBeat
Disciples III: Renaissance on MobyGames
Disciples III: Renaissance on Wikipedia
Disciples
Disciples: Sacred Lands 1999
Disciples II: Dark Prophecy 2002
Disciples II: Guardians of The Light 2003
Disciples II: Servants of The Dark 2003
Disciples II: Rise of The Elves 2003
Disciples III: Renaissance 2009
Disciples III: Resurrection 2010
Disciples III: Reincarnation 2012
Disciples: Liberation 2021

Disciples III: Renaissance is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RPG and TBS game in the Disciples series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
English copies us ProtectDISC Software DRM.
Russian copies use StarForce 5 DRM.
Windows
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Gold Edition also available.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Gold Edition also available.
Windows
Humble Store
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Gold Edition.
Windows
Steam
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Windows
Aree demo is available on Steam: steam://install/57610

Essential improvements

Official patches for the retail version can be found on Patches-Scrolls.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\DisciplesIII
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33670/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\DisciplesIII\save
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33670/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

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
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
Fan translation; download.
French
German
Japanese
Retail only.
Polish
Retail only.
Russian
Retail only; download.
Spanish
Retail only; download.
Fan translation by Clan Dlan, download.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Hot seat
LAN play
Online play

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D, Z3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

Elven Alliance mission 7 boss inaccessible

Replace mission file with fixed version[1]
  1. Download the fixed version of the mission file elves_7.scene from Mega
  2. Extract it to <path-to-game>\Resources and overwirte the existing file.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP2
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz Single Core
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 9.0c 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>/33670/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (33670) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References