Difference between revisions of "Army Ranger: Mogadishu"

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Terrorist Takedown
Terrorist Takedown	2004
Terrorist Takedown: Payback	2005
Terrorist Takedown: Conflict in Mogadishu	2005
Terrorist Takedown: War in Colombia	2006
Terrorist Takedown: Covert Operations	2006
Terrorist Takedown 2	2007
Terrorist Takedown 3	2010

Key points

Also known as Terrorist Takedown: Conflict in Mogadishu.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>\display.cfg^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Profiles\^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>\Save\^{[Note 1]}

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor		See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Set `"Anisotropic" "1"` in `<path-to-game>/autoexec.cfg`.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See Vsync broken on Windows 10.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Uncapped frame rate causes minor issues.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Widescreen resolution

Widescreen resolutions cannot be set in-game. It must be done through the configuration file.

Non-4:3 resolutions are stretched. To fix it, see Field of view (FOV).

Set video mode via configuration file
Go to `<path-to-game>`. Open `display.cfg`. Change `screenwidth` and `screenheight` to the desired resolution.

Field of view (FOV)

Change Field of View^[1]
Go to `<path-to-game>`. Open `autoexec.cfg`. Add the following lines (`FovX` represents the horizontal FOV and `FovY` represents the vertical FOV, change the values to the desired ones): "FovX" "106" "FovY" "74" To adjust the weapon model's FOV and aspect ratio, adjust the lines `pvmodelaspect` and `pvmodelfov`.

Windowed

Start `Lithtech.exe` with `-windowtitle "Army Ranger: Mogadishu" -rez Game.rez +windowed 1` parameters^[2]

Set in autoexec.cfg
Go to `<path-to-game>`. Open `autoexec.cfg`. Add the line `"Windowed" "1"`.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Uncontrollable mouse movement

Mouse moves in wavelike pattern when attempting y-axis movement.

Decrease mouse polling rate to 125 Hz

Vsync broken on Windows 10

Use dgVoodoo 2

Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper
Download `d3d8.dll` from here. Place it in `<path-to-game>`.

VR support

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

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III - 750 MHz	Intel Pentium 4 - 1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	128 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 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

↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-12-22
↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-12-21

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 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] Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-12-22

[3] Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-12-21

[Note 1]

[1]

[2]

@@ Line 17: / Line 17: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | First-person }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Action, FPS, Shooter }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Action, FPS, Shooter, Tactical shooter }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Realistic }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Africa, Contemporary }}
@@ Line 26: / Line 26: @@
 |strategywiki =
 |mobygames    = army-ranger-mogadishu
+|hltb         = 13991
+|lutris       = army-ranger-mogadishu
+|igdb         = army-ranger-mogadishu
 |wikipedia    =
 |winehq       =
@@ Line 60: / Line 63: @@
 |widescreen resolution      = hackable
 |widescreen resolution notes= See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
-|multimonitor               = false
+|multimonitor               = hackable
-|multimonitor notes         =
+|multimonitor notes         = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
-|ultrawidescreen            = false
+|ultrawidescreen            = hackable
-|ultrawidescreen notes      =
+|ultrawidescreen notes      = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
 |4k ultra hd                = hackable
 |4k ultra hd notes          = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
-|fov                        = false
+|fov                        = hackable
-|fov notes                  =
+|fov notes                  = See [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]].
 |windowed                   = hackable
-|windowed notes             = Start {{file|Lithtech.exe}} with <code>-windowtitle "Army Ranger: Mogadishu" -rez Game.rez +windowed 1</code> [[Glossary:Command line arguments|parameters]]. Make sure to cap the framerate to prevent gameplay glitches.
+|windowed notes             = See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
-|borderless windowed        = unknown
+|borderless windowed        = false
 |borderless windowed notes  =
-|anisotropic                = false
+|anisotropic                = hackable
-|anisotropic notes          =
+|anisotropic notes          = Set <code>"Anisotropic" "1"</code> in {{file|{{p|game}}/autoexec.cfg}}.
 |antialiasing               = false
 |antialiasing notes         =
@@ Line 80: / Line 83: @@
 |upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = always on
-|vsync notes                =
+|vsync notes                = See [[#Vsync broken on Windows 10|Vsync broken on Windows 10]].
 |60 fps                     = true
 |60 fps notes               =
@@ Line 92: / Line 95: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]]===
-{{--}} Non-4:3 resolutions are {{term|stretched}}.
+{{ii}} Widescreen resolutions cannot be set in-game. It must be done through the configuration file.
-{{ii}} Widescreen resolutions cannot be set in-game. You must do it through the configuration file.
+{{--}} Non-4:3 resolutions are {{term|stretched}}. To fix it, see [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]].
 {{Fixbox|description=Set video mode via configuration file|fix=
-# Go to {{p|game}}.
+# Go to {{folder|{{p|game}}}}.
 # Open {{file|display.cfg}}.
 # Change <code>screenwidth</code> and <code>screenheight</code> to the desired resolution.
+}}
+===[[Glossary:Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]===
+{{Fixbox|description=Change Field of View|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=AlphaYellow|date=2023-12-22}}</ref>|fix=
+<ol>
+<li>Go to {{folder|{{p|game}}}}.</li>
+<li>Open {{file|autoexec.cfg}}.</li>
+<li>Add the following lines (<code>FovX</code> represents the horizontal FOV and <code>FovY</code> represents the vertical FOV, change the values to the desired ones):</li>
+<pre>
+"FovX" "106"
+"FovY" "74"
+</pre>
+<li>To adjust the weapon model's FOV and aspect ratio, adjust the lines <code>pvmodelaspect</code> and <code>pvmodelfov</code>.
+}}
+===[[Glossary:Windowed|Windowed]]===
+{{Fixbox|description=Start {{file|Lithtech.exe}} with <code>-windowtitle "Army Ranger: Mogadishu" -rez Game.rez +windowed 1</code> [[Glossary:Command line arguments|parameters]]|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=AlphaYellow|date=2023-12-21}}</ref>}}
+{{Fixbox|description=Set in autoexec.cfg|fix=
+# Go to {{folder|{{p|game}}}}.
+# Open {{file|autoexec.cfg}}.
+# Add the line <code>"Windowed" "1"</code>.
 }}
@@ Line 176: / Line 201: @@
 ===Uncontrollable mouse movement===
 {{ii}} Mouse moves in wavelike pattern when attempting y-axis movement.
 {{Fixbox|description=Decrease mouse polling rate to 125 Hz}}
 ===Vsync broken on Windows 10===
-{{Fixbox|description=Use dgVoodoo2 wrapper|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Use [[dgVoodoo 2]]}}
-# Download [https://github.com/dege-diosg/dgVoodoo2/releases dgVoodoo2].
-# Copy {{file|D3D8.DLL}} from the {{folder|MS\x86\}} folder to the game install directory.
+{{Fixbox|description=Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper|fix=
+# Download {{file|d3d8.dll}} from [https://github.com/crosire/d3d8to9/releases here].
+# Place it in {{folder|{{p|game}}}}.
 }}

Developers

	Jarhead Games
Publishers
North America	Groove Games
Germany	City Interactive
Russia	1C Company
Engines
	Lithtech Jupiter
Release dates
Windows	June 14, 2005
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter, Tactical shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Africa, Contemporary
Series	Terrorist Takedown