Hi, i have the Settlers 7 gold edition. I haven't played it in a while. I downloaded the Ubisoft connect app. Signed in and downloaded the game. Once installed I pressed "Play" but I get a pop up saying "The Launcher Cannot be started directly" and the text " Please start the game you want to play instead" I then closed the popup and tried running the games directly from the laptop but again go the same popup and same message. Any ideas what could be causing this?

Thanks

Getting this error on my new laptop when I start any mission in Settlers 4. Working on Windows 11 it worked on my last laptop running the same OS but this new one is a much higher spec. Not sure if I need to downgrade something to run the game.
Any ideas anyone?

We recently had a developer live stream talking about the Research in The Settlers: New Allies. Today we wanted to follow up and get you some more details on the topic.

We’re excited to announce that The Settlers: New Allies will be coming to PC on February 17, 2023! Find out more about the three different game modes and our upcoming live streams here.

Hello,
I purchased Settlers 3 through Ubisoft Connect.
The first run worked normally.
When I tried to launch the game a second time, it stopped working.
I've tried reinstalling the game, I've tried checking the game files, I've reinstalled my graphics drivers. When I start the game, the Ubisoft Connect window opens where the game keeps loading, but even after half an hour with no result.
Please try to give me some advice.
Thank you.

I just bought the game which is one of my childhood favourites and tried diving right into it. However, since for some reason you can't change the resolution it starts in 4k, which means everything is way too small and I can't read any of the numbers (Ressources etc.) ingame. I wish you would warn people before they buy it that the game is practically unplayable in high resolutions or patch it so that we can choose a resolution that allows us to play the game. Or at least patch it so that we can set the menu size to 200-300% to be able to properly see what it says!

Hi, folks 🙂

Are there any news about the new Settler game at all? According to the store on Ubi Connect, it's getting released in exactly a month from now, on February 17, and it's available for preorder in standard and deluxe editions. I googled it, and only found info about the old version, except a single Ubi youtube video ("The Settlers - New Allies - Developer's Update"), which had a lot of talk about nothing - the only real new thing is that they've added a forester.

And btw, the store info is absolutely terrible. The Deluxe Edition includes the Explorer Pack and a Deluxe Pack, but not a single words about what those includes. There's also a Founders Pack (preorder bonus) which has a title and a booster, but also 3 "Reef Towers". What the heck are these, and do they even have a purpose? And do we get some homebase to put them on, or are they left behind on some map, or what?

I played the beta last year, and we all know how that went... I'm hoping they've fixed the game, and made it into a real Settler game. But with no info about anything at all, I see no reason to spend money on it.

Please do tell if you have any details on what's going on.

Thanks 🙂

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Today we are showing off one of the game modes players can enjoy in The Settlers: New Allies!

Hey everyone, I hope as many people as possible get to see this

Settlers 4 launched in 2001 and since then the desync error have been a problem that has not been fixed yet
I was hoping with the launch of History edition that Ubisoft would take another try at fixing it but it still havent succesfully managed to

I created a map from scratch trying to narrow it down to what exactly is causing the error, is it a problem with a certain building? is it because there are to many things going on at the same time etc?

The first version of the map had 2 player teams and 1 AI team
The AI team consisted of 30000 soldiers that all they did from start was attacked the player teams for more than 2 hours straight and did not focus anything on building anything.
The player teams had to build like a normal settlement in order to survive the attack
The goal of this map was only to see if the answer was in a too much going on kind of error

But it worked, this map worked to play Multiplayer for hours without any desync problems(It still have never desynced) and was the first map I created that worked which is what made me interested in searching for what the actual problem is

After this I created a new map, this map had 6 AI teams in it instead of 1 but the idea of the map was the same, The AI Teams attack directly on start
This map contained more building elements for the AI Teams aswell and this map also worked but when the final test was to remove so that the AI Team DID NOT attack on start it started to desync every game

Therefor a MP game without desync error only works if the AI team gets baited to attack another team directly on start.
If this doesnt happen and the 40+min wait for a normal attack happens instead then the desync error happens exactly at the moment when attack starts (1 AI Team decides to attack another team)

How do I get AI teams to attack on start?

You bait them by adding starting towers behind a player settlement as AI teams will always send out troops to guard a tower anywhere on the map but they will run into your base and get locked onto a tower or enemy soldiers instead

What happens in a MP game without any AI?

I cannot answer this as I have not tested this myself. I know there are people saying it can desync even when there are only human players but I stil feel that what i found out about my testing with AI could be applied to human matches aswell because in pretty much all PvP games there isnt any battles in the start.
The conclussion could basicly be described as, the longer it takes for attack desicions the higher chance for a desync