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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

Stable Version

Downloads with integrated Java runtime

Important: Before extracting the zip file into a previous version,
please delete the folders jre and lib first!

Download Windows 64Bit ZIP
Download Windows 32Bit ZIP

App for MacOS (external page)

Downloads without integrated Java runtime
Important: To run the game without integrated runtime you need Java
version 17.
A suitable version may be downloaded at: adoptium.net

Download JAR

Newest Version: 2.1.1 of January 20, 2025 ( Changelog )

Development Version

Attention: The development version represents the current state of
development and may contain errors or crash.

Downloads with integrated Java runtime

Important: Before extracting the zip file into a previous version,
please delete the folders jre and lib first!

Download Windows 64Bit ZIP
Download Windows 32Bit ZIP

App for MacOS (external page)

Downloads without integrated Java runtime
Important: To run the game without integrated runtime you need Java
version 17.
A suitable version may be downloaded at: adoptium.net

Download JAR

Newest Version: 2.2.0-SNAPSHOT of September 24, 2025 ( Changelog )

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.

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