The Nations

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The Nations

Developers
	JoWood Vienna
Publishers
2001-2011	JoWood Productions
2011-2016	Nordic Games
2016-present	THQ Nordic
Russia	1C Company
Spain	Zeta Multimedia
Release dates
Windows	June 15, 2001
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls	Point and select, Multiple select
Genres	Building, RTS
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Alien Nations

Alien Nations
Alien Nations	1999
The Nations	2001

The Nations is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric building and RTS game in the Alien Nations series. It was released as Alien Nations 2 in most of the world, Die Völker II in Germany and Lost World 3 in Russia.

General information

Official website (retrieved)

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 2 DRM Some copies use SecuROM 4 DRM
GamersGate		Gold Edition.
GOG.com		Gold Edition.

Version differences

The Gold Edition, released in late 2001, includes 22 additional missions, a new research system, and new cutscenes and music.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen Resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
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
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

Set in registry
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JoWood\DV2Addon Change the video.refresh value to FFFFFFFF (set back to 00000000 to return to fullscreen mode).

Widescreen Resolution

Use included tools utility
Run <path-to-game>\tools\tools.exe. Select Troubleshooting and press start. Set the checkbox next to Resolution, select Fix and enter 1920 and 1080. Press the Save button and close the utility. Disable compatibility mode from game.exe if it is set. Higher resolutions might work but the UI elements become unrecognisably small.

Fix flickering mouse

Use narzoul's DDrawCompat

Input

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

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
German				Retail only; download for GOG.com version
Polish				Retail only
Spanish				Retail only

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8	Versus
Online play		The official FSGS multiplayer service was shut down

Issues fixed

Spanish version not working

Use the English version and replace dv2.ca[citation needed]
Install the English version of the game and replace dv2.ca with the one from the Spanish version. Notes The Gold Edition bonus content cannot be copied over this way.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System	6.1a
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 350 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	300 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7.0 compatible