American Conquest: Fight Back

American Conquest: Fight Back

Developers
	GSC Game World
Publishers
	cdv Software Entertainment
Engines
	DMCR 2
Release dates
Windows	August 29, 2003
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	RTS
Themes	North America
Series	American Conquest

American Conquest
American Conquest	2002
American Conquest: Fight Back	2003
American Conquest: Divided Nation	2006

American Conquest: Fight Back is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric RTS game in the American Conquest series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Cossacks World forum - For American Conquest

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v2 DRM.
GOG.com		Also includes the original American Conquest.
Steam		Slightly updated for modern systems.

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos[citation needed]
Go to the installation folder. Delete or rename cdv.avi.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/115220/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/115220/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General 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)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

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

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
German				Retail only; download for digital releases.
Spanish				Retail version; download for digital releases.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		7
Online play		7

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	2300-2400, 6667, 47624
UDP	80, 3783, 27900, 28900, 29900-29901, 13139, 2300-2400, 34000-34005, 16000

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues unresolved

Retail version not working on Windows 8 and later

The retail version doesn't work properly on Windows 8 and later. Digital versions do not have this problem (see Availability).

Issues fixed

Game running too fast

Running too fast

Like Cossacks, the other title from GSC Game World, American Conquest features a unique engine timing system. While the games' speed is still dependant on the CPU clock, like many older titles, they offer a flexible speed setting in the options menu to enable the user to tweak the speed to his liking. To make the game more bearable, make sure to: Go to the game settings. Choose "Slow Mode" Decrease the "Game speed" by approximately 10%. Save the settings and go play the game. If the game is still fast, grab ACClock or CPUGrab. If the game reverts back to fast mode, press Ctrl+D in-game.

Color issues

See DirectDraw troubleshooting for solutions.

Game doesn't start

Game doesn't start

If the game doesn't start: First try deleting the Video folder in the installation folder. Start the game. If you have one of the 8000 series Nvidia graphics cards, or a similar ATI card, and are running Windows XP, download this ddraw.dll and again, place it in the installation folder. Also be sure you've deleted the Video folder as in step 1. Try starting the game again. If you are running Vista or Windows 7, download dmcr.zip and extract the DMCR.exe into the folder. Try starting the game again. If this doesn't work, and you also have the ddraw.dll in the installation folder from step 2, delete ddraw.dll, and try starting the game again. Antivirus software may think this is a virus, but it assuredly is not.

0% progress in LAN

This sometimes happens on Windows XP when with 3 or more players on LAN. Note that this is a workaround for this and not an actual fix.

LAN loading time[citation needed]

Start your multiplayer game as usual, let all players select their nations, and then click the “Ready” button. Now choose the game settings. You will see it still sits on 0% or starts going up very, very slowly, don't panic, press Alt+Tab ↹ to go to desktop, wait a second and then go back in the game and you will see it has progressed, again Alt+Tab ↹ out of the game, wait a second and go back into the game, again it will have progressed. Keep doing this until it reaches 100%, then click begin game and there you have it! It can take around 4-5 minutes, sometimes you can stay on desktop for a couple of minutes and then go back into game if it hasn't progressed.

Mouse doesn't work

This kind of issue manifests itself on laptops using Intel Core i3/i5/i7 CPUs, and Nvidia GPUs through Optimus technology. A workaround is possible, though not guaranteed to work.

Mouse doesn't work[citation needed]
Try fixing this with this tutorial originally intended for Red Alert 2.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Modifications

Cossacks downloads - Registration only.

The Hawks' Forum

European Warfare: Napoleonica (HEW)

This is a mod which attempts to recreate vast Napoleon's conquests in its full glory including:

• Battles (Trafalgar, Austerlitz, Waterloo...)
• Factions (Poland, Austria, Prussia amongst existing ones)
• Units (Grenadiers, skirmishers, heavy cavalry, hussars, lancers...)

Random Map AI does not work. (Except somewhat for France)

For more information on the mod check out the beginners' guide.

To be able to play both unmodded and modded game, make a copy of the installation folder.

When trying to host multiplayer games, it is advisable to forward ports (see Ports).

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 450 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible
Other	12x CD-ROM drive