Rival Realms

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Warnings

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

Rival Realms is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric RTS game.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM^{[Note 1]} in Sold Out Software release.

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

System	Location
Windows

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saves\^{[Note 2]}

Settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		640x480 and 800x600 only.
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)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Uncapped
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		SFX and Music
Surround sound
Subtitles		Game has no dialogue
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Red Book CD audio		Can be switched for MIDI in menus

Run `Gsetup.exe` in compatibility mode for Windows 95/98

Run `Rival.exe` in compatibility mode for Windows 95/98

Use _inmm.dll.

Download and install the program from here
Go to <path-to-game>, and drag-and-drop Rival.exe onto _inmmcnf.exe in order to patch the former.
Put the generated .org file into <path-to-game>.
Rip the music from the game CD using a media player which can do so.
Start _inmm.dll Setup. Add the soundtrack files to the _inmm.ini tab and press save. Put the generated .ini file into <path-to-game> and the music should work.

Both _inmmcnf.exe and _inmmserv.exe might need administrator privileges in order to work.

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

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↑ This version of SafeDisc 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]
↑ 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).

Developers

	Activ Pub
Publishers
	Titus Interactive
Re-release	Sold Out Software
Release dates
Windows	December 4, 1998
Reception
Metacritic	n/a
IGDB	n/a
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	RTS
Themes	Fantasy