Anno 1701
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Developers | |
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Related Designs | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software |
Retail | Deep Silver |
Retail (North America) | Aspyr Media |
Re-releases, digital | Ubisoft |
Engines | |
RD3D | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 26, 2006 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Building, Strategy, Simulation |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Historical, Fantasy |
Series | Anno |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Anno 1602 | 1998 |
Anno 1503 | 2002 |
Anno 1701 | 2006 |
Anno 1404 | 2009 |
Anno 2070 | 2011 |
Anno Online | 2013 |
Anno 2205 | 2015 |
Anno 1800 | 2019 |
Anno 1404: History Edition | 2020 |
Anno 1503: History Edition | 2020 |
Anno 1602: History Edition | 2020 |
Anno 1701: History Edition | 2020 |
Warnings
General information
- Also released as 1701 A.D in North America.
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Ubisoft Forums
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | English copies use TAGES DRM, Russian copies use StarForce 4 DRM[Note 1] and Chinese copies use SecuROM 7 DRM. | |||
GOG.com | Includes the "Sunken Dragon" expansion. | |||
Steam (unavailable) |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
- A free demo is available here.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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The Sunken Dragon |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.02 is available from Ubisoft's patch repository and Patches-Scrolls.
- A 1.04 hotfix exists for the American, German and Hungarian releases.
- Updated Tages DRM drivers are available here, to be applied after updating the game itself.
Skip intro videos
Download intro skip file[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Virtual Store\Program Files (x86)\Aspyr\1701 AD\Engine.ini |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7870/pfx/[Note 2] |
- For the GOG version, profile data and keybindings are stored under
<path-to-game>\Profiles\
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Savegames\[Note 3] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7870/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | Interface scales properly. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No FPS or refresh rate cap. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Windowed
Edit Engine.ini |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Camera scroll speed slider, but not mouse sensitivity. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, music, speech, sound effects, unit, environment and news sliders. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Only in fullscreen mode or when minimised in windowed mode. | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | Local retail version only. | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Local retail version only. | |||
Polish | Local retail version only. | |||
Russian | Local retail version only. | |||
Spanish | Local retail version only. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 4 | Cannot be played with 1 CD key | ||
Online play | GameSpy services have been shut down;[3] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created profile, see vorpx forum for additinal hints. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2000 | XP |
Processor (CPU) | 2.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or similar | 3 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or similar |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 1.1 support |
256 MB of VRAM Shader model 2.0 support |
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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>/7870/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (7870) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details. - ↑ 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).