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Difference between revisions of "Gears of War"

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'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
{{mm}} [http://forums.epicgames.com/forums/360-Gears-of-War-for-Windows Epic Games Forum]
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{{mm}} [http://forums.epicgames.com/forums/360-Gears-of-War-for-Windows Epic Games Forums]
  
 
==Availability==
 
==Availability==
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|key remap notes          =  
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|acceleration option      = hackable
 
|acceleration option      = hackable
|acceleration option notes = Mouse smoothing enabled by default. See [[#Mouse acceleration|Mouse acceleration]].
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|acceleration option notes = Smoothing enabled by default. See [[#Mouse acceleration|below]] how to disable it.
 
|mouse menu                = unknown
 
|mouse menu                = unknown
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
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===[[Glossary:Mouse acceleration|Mouse acceleration]]===
 
===[[Glossary:Mouse acceleration|Mouse acceleration]]===
{{ii}} Mouse smoothing is enabled by default. There is no option in game's menu to disable it.
 
 
 
{{Fixbox|1=
 
{{Fixbox|1=
{{Fixbox/fix|Disalbing Mouse Smoothing in configuration file}}
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{{Fixbox/fix|Edit WarInput.ini}}
# Go to <code>%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Games\Gears of War for Windows\WarGame\Config</code> and open <code>WarInput.ini</code> with a text editor.
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# Open {{file|[[#Configuration file(s) location|WarInput.ini]]}} with a text editor.
# Under <code>[Engine.PlayerInput]</code>, find a line <code>bEnableMouseSmoothing=true</code> and change it to <code>bEnableMouseSmoothing=false</code>.
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# Under <code>[Engine.PlayerInput]</code>, find line <code>bEnableMouseSmoothing=true</code> and change it to <code>bEnableMouseSmoothing=false</code>.
 
# Save and launch a game.
 
# Save and launch a game.
 
}}
 
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|separate volume          = unknown
 
|separate volume          = unknown
 
|separate volume notes    =  
 
|separate volume notes    =  
|surround sound          = unknown
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|surround sound          = true
|surround sound notes    =  
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|surround sound notes    = 5.0 by default.<ref>[http://satsun.org/audio/ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up]</ref> Possibly 7.0{{CN|please test if removing the bundled openal.dll bring back the last 2 channels}}
 
|subtitles                = unknown
 
|subtitles                = unknown
 
|subtitles notes          =  
 
|subtitles notes          =  
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|minGPU  = GeForce 6600 / ATI X700
 
|minGPU  = GeForce 6600 / ATI X700
 
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{{References}}

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Gears of War
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Developers
Epic Games
Publishers
Microsoft Studios
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows November 6, 2007
Gears of War on Wikipedia

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.

Key points

This game uses P2P connections only.
Not available digitally.

General information

Epic Games Forums

Availability

Template:Availability Table

All versions require Games for Windows - LIVE.

Installation instructions

Retail version

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Mouse acceleration

Instructions

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel 2.4 GHz / AMD 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 12 GB
Video card (GPU) GeForce 6600 / ATI X700

References