Battle Isle: The Andosia War
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This page is for the 2000 Battle Isle game. For the Battle Isle game also known as "Battle Isle 4", and released in 1997, see Incubation: Time Is Running Out.
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| Developers | |
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| Blue Byte Software | |
| Cauldron | |
| Publishers | |
| Early prints | Blue Byte Software |
| Ubisoft | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 24, 2000 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Turn-based |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
| Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
| Genres | Strategy |
| Themes | Sci-fi |
| Series | Battle Isle |
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| Battle Isle | |
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| Battle Isle | 1991 |
| Battle Isle 2 | 1994 |
| Battle Isle 3 | 1995 |
| Incubation: Time Is Running Out | 1997 |
| Battle Isle: The Andosia War | 2000 |
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
ProtectDISC Software 3 DRM | |
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| GOG.com | |
Updated to version 206, but not 208. | |
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is v208, and can be downloaded from Ubisoft's website and Patches-Scrolls.
Use the /setup command line argument[1]
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Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\save\config[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\save[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy |
Video
External video settings.
In-game video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Vert- | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | 4K is supported by the game, but not by legacy D3D so LegacyD3DResolutionHack is needed. UI does not scale with resolution and is extremely small in 4K. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | By default. | ||
| 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 | Scroll speed is significantly slower with high framerates. | ||
Input
In-game control settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | Refers only to camera panning. | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
External audio settings.
In-game audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | Retail only | |||
| German | Retail only; download for GOG.com release | |||
| Polish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| LAN play | 8 | |||
| Online play | 8 | The official multiplayer service has been shut down. | ||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 7 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | Miles Sound System | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95 OSR2 | 98, ME, 2000 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 300 MHz | Intel Pentium III 600 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 300 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).