Difference between revisions of "Nuclear Dawn"

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Key points

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General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com		Digital and retail versions available.
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use `-novid` command line argument^{[citation needed]}

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\nucleardawn\cfg^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/17710/remote/cfg/config.cfg <path-to-game>/cfg/config.cfg <path-to-game>/cfg/video.txt

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		According to SteamDB's search engine

Input

In-game key map settings.

In-game mouse/gamepad settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Only available for mouse smoothing.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Only available for FPS gameplay.
Full controller support		You can't navigate through the settings with a controller
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game audio settings.

In-game voice settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Game, music
Surround sound		Up to 7.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
German
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		32	Versus
Online play		32	Versus

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting		Dedicated Server software is available under Tools in the Steam client.
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

Purple and black broken textures

A generic fix for this issue can be found on our Source engine page.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL	2.1	OS X and Linux only.
Shader Model support	2, 3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 2900 Nvidia GeForce 8800 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible Shader model 2.0b support

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 2400 Nvidia GeForce 8600M Intel HD Graphics 3000

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu or Debian/Linux 12.04
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 2400 Nvidia GeForce 8600M Intel HD Graphics 3000

Notes

↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

[gamedir-1] When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Note 1]

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Developers

	InterWave Studios
	GameConnect
Publishers
	Iceberg Interactive
Engines
	Source
Release dates
Windows	September 26, 2011
macOS (OS X)	September 26, 2011
Linux	April 20, 2014
Reception
Metacritic	71
IGDB	82