Serflings is a remake of The Settlers 1 or Serf City in some countries.
The game is as close to the original game as possible but also includes some useful extensions like higher resolutions and network
games.
Important: To get the game to start you need one file from the original settlers 1 game because graphics and sounds are read from there. Please copy the file SPAE.PA (or SPAD.PA for German, SPAF.PA for French) in the same directory of Serflings. If the History Edition has been installed in the default path, the copy is not necessary.
The following paths will be searched for game files in the given order:
1. Current directory; usually the place of the exe or jar file
2. Sub directory data
3. (Windows only) Default path of the History Edition: C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\games\thesettlers\loca
The remake is compatible with both the files from the DOS version and the History Edition.
The original game as History Edition is sold by Ubisoft either as part of the History Collection or individually.
History Collection: https://store.ubi.com/uk/the-settlers-history-collection/5b647011ef3aa548048c5977.html
Individual game: https://store.ubi.com/uk/the-settlers-1993---history-edition/5b647012ef3aa548048c597b.html
Keep up-to-date and become a fan: Discord, Facebook, Steam
Internal information about the development of Serflings and the original Settlers 1 can be found here (only available in german yet): Serflings Internals
For bugs and feature requests: Github
The remake supports the loading of saved games from the original game. For this to work you have to copy the file for the archive (ARCHIV.DS) and the files with the actual saved games (SAVE0.DS, SAVE1.DS, ...) to the folder of the remake.
The controls match the ones from the original game including special click (right + left mouse buttons together) for actions like viewing the content of a building and scrolling by holding the right mouse button.
You may use the following additional keys:
- 1 - 5: Buttons in south panel
- Space: Building help
- Arrow keys: Scrolling
- Mouse wheel: Zoom
- TAB: Open the next new message
- ESC: Close a window in game
- p: Pause
- + and -: Adjust game speed
- 0: Reset game speed to default
- v: Toggle video mode VGA/SVGA
- F11 or Alt+Enter: Toggle fullscreen
- s: Toggle sound
- m: Toggle music
- F3: Toggle display of debug information
You may pass the following command line arguments to the game:
- --enable-preview: Activates preview mode for new functions which are still in development (see changelog)
- --validate-data: Executes a simple check for the original game data
- --system-info: Displays internal information about the environment of Java and the identified hardware
Features already included
- Most of the features from the original game (see below for missing features):
- All trainings
- All missions including passwords and ending animation
- Custom games as singleplayer
- Fully functional AI as present in the original game
- Saving and loading of games, including full support of savegames from the original game
- All main functions of the original game
- All map functions
- All menus for statistics and settings
- Supported languages: German, English, French, Polish
- Arbitrarily high resolutions
- Smooth scrolling
- Zoom
- Automatic pathfinding on path construction including a preview function
- Network games over LAN (1 vs 1) including team games
- Indication of the work radius for buildings
- Optional control without special click (middle click)
- Changing game speed
- The state of completed missions will be saved
- Display of mission and game goals
- Representation of different types of food in mines
- Additional information about transport in window for castle or stock
Still missing or planned features
- Original game: Replacing an existing building by a new one
- Original game: Timers for menus or buildings
- Original game: Scrolling while building a path
- Disable some types of messages
- Tooltips
- Messages for missing resources for Stonecutter and Fisherman
- Lobby for network games and network games with up to four players
- Additional languages
- Support for Amiga game files
Have fun playing the game.