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* A rolling demo dated roughly half a year before the games release. | * A rolling demo dated roughly half a year before the games release. | ||
* Given how the same magazine has distributed another confidential demo and them being the only origin of this particular one, it is likely it was not meant to be distributed either. The lack of a readme, installer and inclusion of debugging logs in the files make this theory more likely. | * Given how the same magazine has distributed another confidential demo and them being the only origin of this particular one, it is likely it was not meant to be distributed either. The lack of a readme, installer and inclusion of debugging logs in the files make this theory more likely. | ||
* The gameplay mechanics differ significantly from the retail version in following aspects: | |||
** The warehouse acts similar to Settlers II's headquarters and seems to maintain the initial settlement's borders | |||
** All settlers are moving at all times, even when they are idle. | |||
** All military units have their weapons holstered. | |||
* The demo ends abruptly after few minutes. | |||
* There are C++ header files with names corresponding to .gfx and other files. Their contents seem to indicate the assets stored within, each having a constant definition with unique number. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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A rolling demo of the Settlers 3 dated roughly half a year before the games release.
Notes
- A rolling demo dated roughly half a year before the games release.
- Given how the same magazine has distributed another confidential demo and them being the only origin of this particular one, it is likely it was not meant to be distributed either. The lack of a readme, installer and inclusion of debugging logs in the files make this theory more likely.
- The gameplay mechanics differ significantly from the retail version in following aspects:
- The warehouse acts similar to Settlers II's headquarters and seems to maintain the initial settlement's borders
- All settlers are moving at all times, even when they are idle.
- All military units have their weapons holstered.
- The demo ends abruptly after few minutes.
- There are C++ header files with names corresponding to .gfx and other files. Their contents seem to indicate the assets stored within, each having a constant definition with unique number.
See also
https://archive.org/details/cdrom-GameLand19980827