Posted on: January 25, 2020

postblitz

Games: 145 Reviews: 1

Settlers 3

How to make it run on Windows 10: 1. extracting https://github.com/Tarvis451/ogg-winmm/releases/tag/v1.1 to game's folders + 2. running the game once, prompts a download of directplay from windows, press install. + 3. start the game, start the tutorial/campaign anything and it may say you have no serial number + 4. restart and it works now GAME REVIEW HERE: Game quality: - construction is fun but slow. pressing F12 in single player goes 1 minute into the future which is nice. no option to increase game speed that i'm aware of which ain't that great - goods production logistics is fun to start but has little point beyond a limited quantity: once you have four of each, you can flood the map - tutorial doesn't really go into explaining temples, upgraded units, healer hut, gold production, distribution quotas and all the fancy settler & military menu options, shoveler or pioneer importance, landing pad trading - could've used at least some measure of unit group control aside from ctrl groups which barely function - no idle villager or buttons to find specialists aside from whoever is on screen, a hassle if your base is growing - there really isn't a point in making pigs or bread when you find the distribution menu by clicking on the food icons of mines and making sure they get fish, making a bunch of fishing huts pays off tremendously - archers not firing on units which come out of towers is a bummer - once you build one perfect base, what then? next game is pretty much the same. Bugs or problems: - pathfinding for colliding units like military & ships is horrible. you will find your units going haywire or simply getting stuck - the imperfect shoreline is a deadly trap for unloaded transport ship units, never unload anywhere except on a perfectly straight shore to avoid having units stuck forever - trade ship doesn't seem to function all the time It's a comfy and beautiful game but functionally far below many RTS or Impressions titles.

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Posted on: December 31, 2020

jirosan

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Games: 200 Reviews: 1

Win 10 needs some tweaks

You need to open the game folder and run "regs.cmd" as admin to "register the game key". Then you should open "setups3.exe" to get your settings, you can´t do that ingame.

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Posted on: June 9, 2020

Azura_rose

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Games: 14 Reviews: 1

Great Game once it works.

To stop it form asking for a serial number, run as administrator 'regs.cmd' from main directory (found this on the forums but see a lot of people mentioning it here). I do love this game, brings back lots of memories from younger years.

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Posted on: June 4, 2022

blove47

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Games: 58 Reviews: 1

If you have issues starting game

Download the offline installation file You can just install the offline installation over the existing installation, it will overwrite all files and add the missing .dll. The standard installation folder is your standard GoG folder by default, but make sure to check the folder just in case. now we can all enjoy our game still c:

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Posted on: March 7, 2013

Protoss

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Games: 1112 Reviews: 7

The pinnacle of German "Aufbau" sims

Many series had their highlight in the third part, for others the third part sucked horribly. Settlers is of the former kind. After the first two parts (only parts starting from 2 are available on GOG also) had you build up your small town with roads, originally I was very skeptical when it was announced that the settlers would create their own roads. This, however, was a misunderstanding, as the roads concept was scrapped, buildings could be placed almost freely, and what ensued was goodness. But what is Settlers 3? When my aunt gifted me a few games at one of my birthdays, they included "One Step Beyond" - a forgotten small game - and three games I completely loved: Dungeon Keeper 2, Settlers 3, Might & Magic VII. Settlers 3 later got two expansions, I bought them both later. They are included on GOG. Settlers 3 is an "Aufbau sim" in German style. The American style Aufbau sims like Caesar and Pharaoh have you built a complex city, the German style sims are more about building a basic economy, then getting some resources to build up the military and overwhelming the opponent with this. Knights & Merchants is a clunky gem with that idea, but the Settlers series might have been the origin of this style. And it is one that takes its time. You have four kinds of buildings: Basic resources, food, military, society. So you build at first woodcutters, sawmills, possibly foresters, and stonemasons, to get planks (made from logs cut by woodcutters, processed in the sawmill) and stone (directly cut from stone by masons, a finite but usually plentiful resource, like mine resources). Then you build a food production (feeds miners only, others need no food), and mines. With the resources from mines you create morale-lifting gold (or gems as Egyption) and weapons. And then you attack. Miracles by priests, and rarely used siege weapons can help you. Each of the 3+1 civs is different, but basic gameplay is the same. [see comments for the continuation]

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