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Armies of Exigo
Developers

	Black Hole Entertainment
Publishers
2004-2006	Electronic Arts
2007	City Interactive
Russia	Noviy Disk
Release dates
Windows	November 30, 2004
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	Strategy, RTS, RPG
Themes	Fantasy

Contents 1 Availability 2 Essential improvements 2.1 Patches 3 Game data 3.1 Configuration file(s) location 3.2 Save game data location 4 Video 4.1 Multi-monitor 5 Input 6 Audio 6.1 Localizations 7 Network 7.1 Multiplayer types 8 VR support 9 Other information 9.1 API 9.2 Middleware 10 System requirements 11 Notes 12 References

Warnings

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

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Armies of Exigo is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view strategy, RTS and RPG game.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc 3 DRM^{[Note 1]} internationally, StarForce 3 DRM^{[Note 2]} in the Russian version.

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

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Free demo versions are available from Archive.org: singleplayer, multiplayer.

Patch 1.4 can be downloaded here.

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Armies of Exigo\Save\Profile1

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Armies of Exigo\Save

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		[1]
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)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Mouse cursor isn't locked on one monitor while using multi-monitor setup, use DMT Cursor .

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound, music and speech.
Surround sound
Subtitles		All conversation dialogue is subtitled; FMV cutscenes have no subtitles.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		12	Versus
Online play		12	Versus GameSpy services have been shut down;^[7] see GameSpy for workarounds.

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 (DX9), and certain important settings `Note:` DGVoodoo2 v 2.6 may not work with this profile, in case please report to the vorpX forum

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0b

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98 SE, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 1.5 GHz AMD Athlon 1.5 GHz	Intel Pentium 2.8 GHz AMD Athlon 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	384 MB (512 MB needed for 3 or more players)	768 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce3 ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible	Nvidia GeForce4 ATI Radeon 9600 128 MB of VRAM

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]
↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.