Ascendancy

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Ascendancy

Developers
	The Logic Factory
Publishers
	The Logic Factory
Germany	Softgold Computerspiele
United Kingdom	Virgin Interactive
Netherlands	Funsoft
Release dates
DOS	September 24, 1995
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Genres	Strategy, 4X
Themes	Sci-fi

Ascendancy is a singleplayer strategy and 4X game.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	The game does not contain microtransactions.

Essential improvements

Official patch

Ascendancy Antagonizer AI module

Released: 11/23/95, improves AI management.

Ascendancy Antagonizer NON-ENGLISH AI module

Released: 11/23/95, improves AI management for NON-ENGLISH versions.

Ascendancy Ascendancy maintenance patch

Released: 1/30/96. This patch fixes a few lingering Ascendancy bugs, and also incorporates the 'u' command-line switch for UNIVBE force-loading.

If you're playing the English version of Ascendancy, use the file PATCH.EXE. Just copy it into the directory you installed Ascendancy to, and then type "patch" to run Ascendancy. If it causes problems, make sure you have the right version by typing "patch v": the version displayed should be 1.6.5.

Ascendancy Ascendancy NON-ENGLISH maintenance patch

Released: 1/30/96. This patch fixes a few lingering Ascendancy bugs, and also incorporates the 'u' command-line switch for UNIVBE force-loading.

If you're playing a non-English version of Ascendancy, use the file F_PATCH.EXE. Just copy it into the directory you installed Ascendancy to, and then type "f_patch" to run Ascendancy. If it causes problems, make sure you have the right version by typing "f_patch v": the version displayed should be 1.8.5.

Unofficial patch

Ascendancy Delyxe

An unofficial mod made by Tehulotl includes this:

• The annoying torturing ping sound is gone
• The annoying Transport Tubes are gone
• The Tec Tree from 2.0, slightly better
• The Planetary Items are far better
• The Ship Items are far better
• The Items texts are far smoother
• The Diplomacy texts are far smoother
• The Diplomacy is Warmongers, Peacekeepers
• War, Peace, Alliance, are ALL possible FOR ALL
• 4 Difficulty Levels, Easy, Middle, Heavy, Brutal
• You need 4 free workers for the ShipYard, and 16 free workers for the Orbital Docks.

The author Tehulotl is welcome to edit this section.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS

Save game cloud syncing

No save game cloud syncing information; you can edit this page to add it.

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	SVGA, SVGA (VESA)

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	5.0
Processor (CPU)	Intel 486DX 33 MHz
System memory (RAM)	8 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	15 MB