Etherlords

Etherlords
Etherlords	2001
Etherlords II	2004

Etherlords is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view strategy game in the Etherlords 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 DRM
GamersGate
GOG.com
Steam

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.07 updates the game and adds support for hot-seat multiplayer.^[1] GOG and Steam versions already have this patch applied.^[2]

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename movie files^[2]
Go to `<path-to-game>\Resources\Movies`. Delete or rename `firstlogo.bik`, `fishtank.bik`, `intro.bik`, and `nival.bik`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/270770/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

settings.ini stores the global configuration, in the install path.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/270770/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher video settings.

General settings

Combat settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

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				Retail only (Level 113)
French				Retail version.
German
Russian
Spanish				Fan translation by Clan DLAN

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Hot seat Added in Patch 1.07.^[1]
LAN play
Online play	The official multiplayer service has been shut down.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video

Issues unresolved

ERROR: Can't flip render surface

Issues fixed

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 300 MHz	Intel Pentium III 550 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0 compatible	32 MB of VRAM

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 (270770) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 http://ds.nordicgames.at/etherlords/etherlords_readme_patch107_eng.txt
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-04-10

[gamedir-3] 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-4] 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 (270770) 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 (270770) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[hotseat-1] 1.0 ^1.1 http://ds.nordicgames.at/etherlords/etherlords_readme_patch107_eng.txt

[baronsmoki-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-04-10

[1]

[2]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

Developers

	Nival Interactive
Release dates
Windows	November 8, 2001
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Strategy
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Etherlords