American Conquest Windows 10 Patch

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If American Conquest crashes, American Conquest will not start, American Conquest not installing, there are no controls in American Conquest, no sound in game, errors happen in American Conquest – we offer you the most common ways to solve these problems.

A Full Version Strategy game for Windows. American Conquest is a full version Windows game, belonging to the category PC games with subcategory Strategy. More about American Conquest. Since we added this game to our catalog in 2016, it has already achieved 86 downloads, and last week it had 22 downloads. 3 PC hardware requirements may vary for games on Windows 10. DirectX Raytracing available with supported games, graphics chips, and requires Windows 10 April Update (or newer). 4 Files may be made available for offline use. Otherwise internet is required. Files Restore requires a Microsoft 365 subscription (sold separately).

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Be sure to update your graphics card drivers and other software

Before letting out all of your bad feelings toward development team, do not forget to go to the official website of your graphics card manufacturer and download the latest drivers. There are often specially prepared optimized drivers for specific game. You can also try to install a past versions of the driver if the problem is not solved by installing the current version. It is important to remember that only the final version of the video card driver must be loaded – try not to use the beta version, since they can have some terrible bugs.

Do not also forget that for good game operation you may need to install the latest version DirectX, which can be found and downloaded from official Microsoft website.

American Conquest not starting

Many of the problems with games launching happen because of improper installation. Check, if there was any error during installation, try deleting the game and run the installer again, but before install don’t forget to disable antivirus – it may often mistakenly delete files during installation process. It is also important to remember that the path to the folder with a game should contain only Latin characters and numbers. /camtasia-9-serial-key-list.html.

You also have to check whether there is enough space on the HDD for installation. You can also try to run the game as an administrator in compatibility mode with different versions of Windows.

American Conquest crashes. Low FPS. Friezes. Hangs

Your first solution to this problem install new drivers for a video card. This action can drastically rise game FPS. Also, check the CPU and memory utilization in the Task Manager (opened by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + ESCAPE). If before starting the game you can see that some process consumes too many resources - turn off the program or simply remove this process from Task Manager.

Next, go to the graphics settings in the game. First – turn off anti-aliasing and try to lower the setting, responsible for post-processing. Many of them consume a lot of resources and switching them off will greatly enhance the performance, and not greatly affect the quality of the picture.

American Conquest crashes to the desktop

If American Conquest often crashes to the desktop, try to reduce quality of the graphics. It is possible that your PC just does not have enough performance and the game may not work correctly. Also, it is worth to check out for updates - most of today's games have the automatic patches installation system on startup if internet connection is available. Check to see whether this option is turned off in the settings and switch it on if necessary.

Black of black screen in the American Conquest

The most common issue with black screen is a problem with your GPU. Check to see if your video card meets the minimum requirements and install the latest drivers. Sometimes a black screen is the result of a lack of CPU performance.

If everything is fine with your hardware and it satisfies the minimum requirements, try to switch to another window (ALT + TAB), and then return to the game screen.

American Conquest is not installed. Installation hangs

First of all, check that you have enough space on the HDD for installation. Remember that to work properly installer requires the declared volume of space, plus 1-2 GB of additional free space on the system drive. In general, remember this rule – you must always have at least 2 gigabytes of free space on your system drive (usually it’s disk C) for temporary files. Otherwise, the games and the other software may not work correctly or even refuse to start.

Problems with the installation may also be due to the lack of an internet connection or it’s instability. Also, do not forget to stop the antivirus for the time game installation – sometimes it interferes with the correct file copy, or delete files by mistake, mistakenly believing they are viruses.

Saves not working in American Conquest

By analogy with the previous solution, check for free space on HDD - both on where the game is installed, and the system drive. Often your saves are stored in a folder of documents, which is separate from the game itself.

Controls not working in American Conquest

Sometimes the controls in game do not work because of the simultaneous connection of multiple input devices. Try disabling gamepad, or, if for some reason, you have two connected keyboards or mouses, leave only one pair of devices. If your gamepad does not work, remember - the games usually officially support only native Xbox controllers. If your controller is defined in system differently - try using software that emulates the Xbox gamepad (eg, x360ce - step by step manual can be found here).

No sound in American Conquest

Check if the sound works in other programs. Then check to see if the sound is turned off in the settings of the game, and whether there is correct audio playback device selected, which is connected your speakers or headset. After this check volumes in system mixer, it can also be turned off there.

If you are using an external audio card - check for new drivers at the manufacturer's website.

American Conquest Divided Nation Windows 10 Patch

American Conquest
Developers
Publishers
Engines
Release dates
WindowsNovember 15, 2002
  • 2Essential improvements
  • 3Game data
  • 6Audio settings
  • 7Network
  • 8Issues unresolved
  • 9Issues fixed
  • 10Other information
  • 11Other information
American Conquest
American Conquest2002
American Conquest: Fight Back2003
American Conquest: Divided Nation2006

Key points

American Conquest: Fight Back is needed to use mods.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Cossacks World forum - For American Conquest
The Hawks' Forum
American conquest windows 10 patch

Availability[edit]

SourceDRMNotesKeysOS
Retail SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1], Key for online-play.
GOG.com Includes American Conquest: Fight Back.
Steam
SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Singleplayer and multiplayer demo are both available.

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

Latest official patch: 1.46 (only for original retail versions)

Skip intro videos[edit]

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

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

SystemLocation
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/115210/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location[edit]

SystemLocation
Windows <path-to-game>Save[Note 3]
Steam Play (Linux)<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/115210/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

Video settings[edit]

General settings
Conquest
Graphics featureStateNotes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
WindowedSee the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowedSee 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 settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouseStateNotes
RemappingSee the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller supportSee the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio featureStateNotes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

LanguageUIAudioSubNotes
English
SpanishRetail version, download.

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Issues unresolved[edit]

Retail version not working on Windows 8 and later[edit]

The retail version doesn't work properly on Windows 8 and later.[3][citation needed] Digital versions do not have this problem (see Availability).

Issues fixed[edit]

Game running too fast[edit]

Running too fast[4]
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.[5][6] If the game reverts back to fast mode, press CTRL+D in-game.

Color issues[edit]

See Rainbow color problems in older games for solutions.

Game doesn't start[edit]

Game doesn't start[7]
If the game doesn't start:
  1. First try deleting the Video folder in the installation folder. Start the game.
  2. 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.
  3. 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[edit]

LAN loading time[citation needed]
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.
  • 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[edit]

American Conquest Win 10 Patch

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

American Conquest Windows 10 Patch Notes

Other information[edit]

AI Pack[edit]

An attempt to improve AI in the game for England, France, Spain, USA, Maya and Iroquois. The main work is on larger city with higher population for a more satisfied battle after a long peacetime. It is only for land battle - the water AI was untouched.
May break AI in multiplayer games.

Other downloads

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

American Conquest Patch Windows 10 Chomikuj

Executable32-bit64-bitNotes
Windows

System requirements[edit]

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS)982000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)Intel Pentium II 450 MHz
System memory (RAM)64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)1.3 GB
Video card (GPU) 8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible
Other12x CD-ROM drive

Notes

  1. SafeDisc retail DRMdoes not work on Windows 10[1] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
  2. 2.02.1File/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>/115210/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (115210) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
  3. 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).

References

  1. Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
  2. Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
  3. Using American Conquest on Windows8!!! • Mastersofthefield (retrieved)
  4. GOG.com Forums - What to do when the game runs too fast
  5. The New and Improved Way to Control Game Speed! • Mastersofthefield (retrieved)
  6. Another way to control Game Speed • Mastersofthefield (retrieved)
  7. American Conquest - Solutions if the game doesn't start. • Mastersofthefield (retrieved)