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General

What is the ESRB rating for Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns?

Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns has been rated "T," for teen audiences.   May contain violent content, mild or strong language, and/or suggestive themes. For more information on the ESRB ratings, please see the ESRB Website.


What are the minimum specifications to play Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns?

  • 1 Windows 95 or later

  • 300MHz Pentium II (or equivalent)

  • 64MB RAM

  • 400MB free disk space

  • Mouse & Keyboard

  • 4x CD-ROM

  • DirectX 7.0 Compatible Video Card with 4MB VRAM

  • Monitor and Video Card capable of 1024x768 resolution @ 16bits

  • Internet or LAN for Multiplayer


What are the recommended specifications to play Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns?

  • Windows 9x/ME/2000

  • Pentium II (or equivalent) 233 MHz, 128MB RAM

  • 600MB disk space, Mouse, Keyboard, 24x CD-ROM

  • DirectSound compatible Sound Card

  • DirectX 7.0 compatible Video Card with 8MB VRAM for 2D acceleration

  • Monitor and Video Card capable of 1024x768 resolution @ 16bits

  • Internet Connection (ISDN connection or better) or LAN for Multiplayer


What inspired TimeGate to make Kohan?

The main inspiration for Kohan came from our general love of playing strategy games. The more we played the RTS games, the more we realized that they lacked many of the elements we found interesting in our favorite turn-based games. We also wanted to lose the harvest-build-rush mentality of most RTS games. We would rather have the better strategist win than the fastest mouse clicker. We created Kohan so the player most able to plan ahead and use true strategy would be victorious.


What separates Kohan from all other RTS games?

Kohan's innovative features and addictive gameplay appeal to gamers worldwide. The first noticeable difference is the company based combat system where players organize their units into custom groupings called companies. Literally thousands of unique combinations of units can be created to make up each company. These companies will react to classic military concepts such as morale, fatigue, supply, and terrain that will affect movement and combat abilities. The economic model also sets Kohan apart from other RTS games. It was created to allow players to plan ahead and devise long-term strategies to be successful. Resources and towns are maintained internally eliminating tedious micro-management tasks.


Will Kohan be available in any additional languages or operating systems?

Kohan will be available in English, French, German, Korean, Chinese, Thai and Polish. It will be sold throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia. There will be both the Windows and Linux versions of Kohan available.

How long has Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns been in development?

Kohan's development took approximately 2 years.


Gameplay & Multiplayer

How many players can be in a multiplayer game?

You can play games with a maximum of 8 players.


 

How long will games usually last?

Games can last anywhere from 15 minutes to 2 hours.  It all depends on the game type, size of the map, and the strategies used.


Can allies trade technologies?

While “Elite” technologies are never shared amongst allies, all other technologies are automatically shared with anyone allied to you.


Can allies trade heroes?

No.


What ports have to be open on a firewall to allow me to play multiplayer games?

You will likely experience difficulty in using Arcade or playing games if you are behind a firewall or a similarly restrictive proxy server. Arcade and the multiplayer modes of supported games can be used only if certain data is free to travel back and forth across your Internet connection. If your firewall is set to restrict access, Arcade cannot verify information in its database, send you the chat responses from other users, nor send you the game server lists. Arcade was certainly not designed to “work around” your firewall! Since there are many, many different types of firewalls and network environments, our tech support information cannot guide you with each one. Check your firewall's security settings, or contact your administrator. If you are behind a firewall and are able to change its settings, Arcade needs the following ports open in order to function (more ports might also be necessary in order to run certain games). Unless specified otherwise, the TCP ports are: 6667 (IRC)
80 (HTTP)
3783 (Voice Chat Port)
27900 (Master Server UDP Heartbeat)
28900 (Master Server List Request)
29900 (GP Connection Manager)
29901 (GP Search Manager)
13139 (Custom UDP Pings)

In reality, getting Arcade to work on certain restrictive networks may even be a little harder than opening these ports. DirectPlay games in all likelihood will not launch properly at all. Disabling / Permission - We do not recommend disabling your firewall. Disabling it will not make it open up the ports it has already closed. Instead, you need to configure it to allow access to Arcade. This is usually called “giving permission,” and can be accomplished quickly by following these steps:

  • Black Ice - Set the security level to low.
  • ZoneAlarm - Set ZoneAlarm to recognize Arcade as a part of your Local Network and set both local and Internet settings to “Low.”

See also:http://www.gamespyarcade.com/support/firewalls.shtmlm/.


Hardware & Software

I have an AMD processor and Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns keeps crashing. What can I do?

If you have an AMD processor and have been experiencing crash problems since the 1.1.0 patch please update your BIOS. This has solved the problem for every AMD user so far.


I have Guard Dog on my computer. Will these cause any problems?

Guard Dog, an internet monitoring utility, prevents Kohan from running the copy protection check correctly and prevents the game from running.


I have Pretty Good Privacy installed on my machine. Will this create any problems?

Kohan will not run if you have Pretty Good Privacy installed on your machine. This may change as we get updates for SafeDisk 2. For the moment you will have to uninstall PGP to be able to play Kohan, disabling isn't enough.


I'm running Windows 95 and I keep getting “A required .DLL file, WS2_32.DLL, was not found.” How can I fix this?

You will need the Windows 95 Winsock update. The file and installation instructions can be found here (Microsoft website): 


My mouse keeps freezing up. Is there anything I can do to fix the problem?

So far this has only been reported as a problem with the Microsoft Intellimouse, but this may work for other makes as well,  Go to your System Properties then go to the Performance Tab, click on the Graphics tab. Then adjust the Hardware acceleration tab back to three quarters of the way.


Why do I keep getting a DirectDraw error that prevents me from playing Kohan?

If you are getting the “C:\Kohan\source\system\DirectDraw.ccp(1230) : (FATL) : Couldn't create buffer surface” error then Direct Draw does not gave enough memory to perform the operation.

The most likely problem is that your video card doesn't have at least 4MB of video RAM for 2D acceleration.


My system meets min specs but should it run this slow?

Generally Kohan runs well even on a minimum spec machine. If you are experiencing severe slow downs in the game our first recommendation is to update your video drivers. Then upgrade to DirectX 8.0a found on the Kohan CD.


Kohan is having trouble running in my Kenwood 72X CD drive. What can I do?

First try step 1. If that doesn't work move on to step 2. If those don't solve the problem, undo the changes you made in step 2.

  • Check the Kenwood web page for a firmware update for you CD drive.
  • In BIOS, please disable UDMA or change from AUTO to None. Then set it to PIO MODE4. In Device manager, please check DMA ON.


Will my NVIDIA video card present any problems with Kohan?

If you own an NVIDIA card please follow this link. There is important information for you to be aware of. The update specifically refers to Hercules cards, but it was addressed to all NVIDIA card owners. If you are having trouble with Kohan crashing to your desktop this may provide a solution. http://us.hercules.com/support/readtechnote.php3?id=49


I have a CD-RW drive. Will I experience any problems running Kohan?

Terminate all programs running in the background especially those for CD burners and rewriters since these have been known to block the copy protection software's attempt to read the special data.


How can I reset the Kohan CD key?

The easiest way to do this is to use the Run command from the Windows Start menu.

  • Click Start
  • Click Run
  • Click Browse
  • Locate the Kohan root directory
  • Double click on the Kohan .exe
  • Now you should have "C:Program Files/Kohan/Kohan.exe" in the Open command line. (NOTE: The " must be in the line to function correctly)
  • Now double click just behind the last "
  • Type in a space and the word resetcdkey.
  • The final version should look like this if you used the default install directory.
    "C:Program FilesKohanKohan.exe" resetcdkey
  • Click OK


Why do I keep getting an error when trying to watch game films?

Game films must be viewed by the version of Kohan that recorded the film. For example you won't be able to watch a film recorded in version 1.0.7 if you have patched up to version 1.0.9 and visa versa.