Anno 1701

Remastered as Anno 1701: History Edition in 2020.


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Anno 1602: History Edition	2020
Anno 1701: History Edition	2020
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Warnings

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

Anno 1701 is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view building, strategy and simulation game in the Anno series.

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
Retail		English and German 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 releases).

If installation from disc failed because of TAGES DRM, or to simply remove TAGES, delete the files atksgt.sys and lirsgt.sys from %WINDIR%\System32\drivers.^[3]

Demo

A free demo is available here.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
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]}
Download the Anno 1701 intro skip. Extract `data11.rda` from the zip file to `<path-to-game>`. Run the game.

Game data

Interface and Camera settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Virtual Store\Program Files (x86)\Aspyr\1701 AD\Engine.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-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
Windows	<path-to-game>\Savegames\^{[Note 3]} <path-to-game>\Savegames_mp\^{[Note 3]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7870/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
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.
Color blind mode	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

Edit Engine.ini
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Edit `Engine.ini`. Change `<ScreenFormat>0</ScreenFormat>` to `<ScreenFormat>1</ScreenFormat>`. Save your changes and close the file.

Input

Keybinding menu.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity		Camera scroll speed slider, but not mouse sensitivity.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Sound Options.

Audio feature	State	Notes
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
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
LAN play		4	Cannot be played with 1 CD key
Online play		GameSpy services have been shut down;^[4] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created profile, see vorpx forum for additinal hints.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	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
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	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

↑ Version 4.0 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
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (7870) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
↑ Kopierschutztreiber und Ruckeln - last accessed on 2025-08-25
↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[3] Version 4.0 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.

[Proton_path_note-5] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (7870) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (7870) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[gamedir-6] 3.0 ^3.1 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[StarForce_Windows_8.1-1] Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support

[StarForce_Windows_10-2] Windows 10 support - StarForce Support

[4] Kopierschutztreiber und Ruckeln - last accessed on 2025-08-25

[7] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

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Developers

	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