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Latest revision as of 23:13, 8 April 2024
Developers | |
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Titanic Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Activision | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 1997 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | RTS |
Themes | Fantasy |
NetStorm - Islands At War is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RTS game.
General information
- NetstormHQ (fansite)
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is v10.62, available from here.
v10.82 unofficial patch
- Makes the game playable on modern systems, supports high resolutions and revives online lobby.
- Music and videos have to be copied from the retail copy of the game.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\d\options.cfg[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\d\options.cfg[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Use the v10.82 unofficial patch. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Use the v10.82 unofficial patch. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use the v10.82 unofficial patch. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | 72 FPS lock. Can be raised up to 144 with the v10.82 unofficial patch. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | Use the v10.82 unofficial patch. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Use the v10.82 unofficial patch. | |
Mouse input in menus | Use the v10.82 unofficial patch. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Sound effects and music. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local play | ||||
LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play | 8 | Official Activision servers were shut down in 2002. Use the v10.82 unofficial patch. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 5 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 90 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 24 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 25 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 Color (640 x 480) VLB or PCI video card 1 MB of VRAM |
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).