Heritage of Kings: The Settlers

Heritage of Kings: The Settlers
Also known as: Die Siedler: Das Erbe der Könige (DE), The Settlers: Heritage of Kings (UK/AU) Developer: Blue Byte Publisher: Ubisoft Platform: Windows Released in US: February 24, 2005 Released in UK: February 18, 2005 Released in DE: November 25, 2004 Released in AU: February 24, 2005 This game has unused graphics.

Heritage of Kings: The Settlers is the fifth game in the Settlers series of citybuilder/real-time strategy games, notable for being the first to feature 3D graphics and for focusing more on the RTS side of the gameplay formula compared to previous entries.

UI icons of Technologies

Some of the following images show icons that are both used and unused in the game.

Bank

All of the Bank technologies were cut (referred in code as Debenture, Book Keeping, Scale, and Coinage).

Brickmaker

The bottom technology was cut (referred in code as Light Bricks).

Keep

The bottom technology/ability was cut.

University

The technologies in rows 9, 11, and 15 were cut and the blank in row 12 never had an icon (referred in code as the cut "Trading" tech tree: Taxation, Laws, Banking, Gilds).

HQ

The technology/ability in row 2 was cut, likely a levy tax function that was enabled after the previously mentioned "Taxation" technology.

Unit selection UI icons

The following are the unused icons used in the UI on top of the screen to move the player camera over to the specified unit on the map. In the retail game they were replaced with different ones, or in the case of the last one, the hero was made unplayable due to being replaced by another.

Bowmen Cavalry Spearmen Swordsmen Shiny Ari Regent Dovbar

Other UI icons

The following are the unused UI art for the general UI and for the cut silver resource.

• Silver resource

• Unclear NPC mood, referred to as for serfs (the only player controllable workers)

• Bottom general UI

Unused technology names

Found in technologies.xml, here are the unused technologies leftover in the files:

	<!--Global-->

		<!--Trading NOTE: THIS IS NOT USED ANYMORE!!-->
		<Technology>GT_Taxation</Technology>	
		<Technology>GT_Laws</Technology>
		<Technology>GT_Banking</Technology>
		<Technology>GT_Gilds</Technology>

	<!--Brickworks Technologies -->				
			<!--Speed: Serfs build-->		
			<Technology>T_LightBricks</Technology> 

	<!-- NOT USED FOR THE MOMENT: -->
	<Technology>T_CropCycle</Technology>	
	<Technology>T_PickAxe</Technology>	
	<Technology>T_SpinningWheel</Technology>	
	<Technology>T_CityGuard</Technology>		
	<Technology>T_ChainBardingArmor</Technology>		
	<Technology>T_PlateBardingArmor</Technology>	
	<Technology>T_PaddedBardingArmor</Technology>	
	<Technology>T_LeatherBaringArmor</Technology>