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Revision as of 09:13, 8 July 2023
Developers | |
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Strategic Simulations Inc. | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Strategic Simulations Inc. |
Digital, original | GOG.com |
Digital, current | SNEG |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 1997 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Perspectives | Top-down view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | TBS, Strategy |
Themes | World War II |
Series | Panzer General |
Panzer General | |
---|---|
Panzer General | 1994 |
Allied General | 1995 |
Star General | 1996 |
Fantasy General (series) | |
Pacific General | 1997 |
Panzer General II | 1997 |
People's General | 1998 |
Panzer General 3D Assault | 1999 |
Panzer General III: Scorched Earth | 2000 |
General information
- Released as Pazifik Admiral in Germany and Batailles du Pacifique in France.
- Die PanzerLiga, a multiplayer community for Five-Star General, Panzer Corps and Strategic Command series
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Version 1.1 is the latest official patch for the game. The English version is available from Patches-Scrolls.de, while the German version is available from Die PanzerLiga website.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\data\PREFS.DAT[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1741130/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1741130/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, music, unit movement, explosion and effects, ambient sounds | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
German |
Network
- Multiplayer support requires DirectPlay.
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Versus Hot seat |
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LAN play | 2 | Versus |
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Online play | ||||
Asynchronous multiplayer | Playing by email (PBEM) |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DirectDraw | Steam and English GOG.com versions use cnc-ddraw 4.4.4.0. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | 3.6B |
Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | 1 MB of VRAM DirectX 3 compatible |
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Other | 4x CD-ROM drive |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1741130/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1741130) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.