Project Online is a server reconstruction with all functions of the original UbiSoft servers. To be able to play on this server the server address has to be changed. This is possible as follows.

A registry file changes entries in the registry as follows:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Ubi Soft\Game Service]
"ConnectURL"="http://s5online.dedk.eu:40080/init?user=%s&game=%s"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ubi Soft\Game Service]
"ConnectURL"="http://s5online.dedk.eu:40080/init?user=%s&game=%s"

Download the file, double-click and run it: http://dedk.de/update/ProjectOnline.zip

As an alternative, you can also download a .exe file that contains not only the changed server address but also the No-CD patch, so that you don't always have to have a CD in the drive when starting up.
http://www.dropbox.com/s/xnk846uh7wo0xde/dev-shk6-mp.zip?dl=1

If you have the Windows 10 Creators Update, you will need this .exe file instead.
http://www.dropbox.com/s/hskhmmsgm4ttqmb/settlershok_w10cu_s5online.zip?dl=1 Warning: If you want to start with your old shortcuts, you have to rename the file in settlershok.exe.

Then you have to replace your original settlershok.exe files with the new files. You can usually find your original settlershok.exe files in the following locations:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Blue Byte\THE SETTLER - HERITAGE OF KINGS - Gold Edition\bin
C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Blue Byte\THE SETTLER - HERITAGE OF KINGS - Gold Edition\extra1\bin
C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Blue Byte\THE SETTLER - HERITAGE OF KINGS - Gold Edition\extra2\bin

If you completed one of these variants, you can start settlers as normal and connect to ubi.com as usual, but you must create a new account. The CD key can be filled with SHK-00000 … because it no longer get checked. If something doesn't work out as expected, you are welcome to ask for help on our discord server. https://discord.gg/utBbZzh

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