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{{Infobox game
 
{{Infobox game
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|cover        =  
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|cover        = WOTW BoxArt.jpg
 
|developers  =  
 
|developers  =  
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{{Infobox game/row/developer|Rage Games Ltd.}}
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{{Infobox game/row/developer|Rage Software}}
 
|publishers  =  
 
|publishers  =  
 
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|GT Interactive}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|GT Interactive}}
 
|engines      =  
 
|engines      =  
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{{Infobox game/row/engine|War of the Worlds engine}}
 
 
|release dates=  
 
|release dates=  
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|1999}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|December 22, 1998}}
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|wikipedia    = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Wayne's_The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1998_video_game)
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|taxonomy    =  
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
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|steam appid  =
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|gogcom id    =
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|mobygames    = jeff-waynes-the-war-of-the-worlds
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|strategywiki =
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|wikipedia    = Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds (1998 video game)
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|winehq      = 1949
 +
|license      = commercial
 
}}
 
}}
  
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'''Key Points'''
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'''Key points'''
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{{ii}}The game will not work on XP and higher without [http://www.mediafire.com/view/0mffm8d554k94ck/1.+War+of+the+Worlds+PC+Game+%28GENERAL+SOLUTIONS%29.pdf user-made fixes] for general issues (i.e. color corruption, game not loading, etc.).
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{{ii}} The game will not work on XP and higher without fixes. See [[#Game crashes on start and/or has no CD audio|Issues fixed]].
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{{ii}}The game may not work on Vista or higher - even with the aforementioned user-made fixes - unless [https://www.williamfeely.info/wiki/DXGL DXGL] is used (see [[Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds#Game_crashes_after_starting_or_loading_a_new_game|"Issue Fixed"]]).
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{{ii}} The game may not work on Windows Vista and later - even with the aforementioned user-made fixes - unless [https://www.dxgl.info/downloads/ DXGL] is used (see [[#Game crashes after starting or loading a new game|Issues fixed]]).
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{{--}}Resolution is not unified - strategic and tactical maps display in the resolution chosen in Graphics Settings, while videos, menus, and loading screens always display at 640x480.
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{{--}} Resolution is not unified - strategic and tactical maps display in the resolution chosen in Graphics Settings, while videos, menus, and loading screens always display at 640x480.
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'''General information'''
 
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{{mm}} [http://www.thewaroftheworlds.com/messageboard/messages.aspx?ForumID=12] Official forum for all video game adaptations of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds.
 
  
 
==Availability==
 
==Availability==
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{{Availability Table|
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{{Availability|
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{{Availability Table/row| Retail | {{ID|Retail}} |}}
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{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | | | Windows}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
==Game data==
 
==Game data==
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{{Game Location Table|
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===Configuration file(s) location===
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{{Game Location Table/row|Save game location|C:\Games\Jeff Wayne's 'The War Of The Worlds'\SaveGame}}
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{{Game data|
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{{Game Location Table/row|Configuration files location|HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Rage\Jeff Wayne's 'The War Of The Worlds'\1.00.000}}
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{{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|hklm}}\SOFTWARE\Rage\Jeff Wayne's 'The War Of The Worlds'\1.00.000}}
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
===Save game data location===
 +
{{Game data|
 +
{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\SaveGame}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
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==Video settings==
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==Video==
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{{ii}} All menu screens, including the graphics and audio settings screens, are unique for both the Human and Martian factions; however, they both have the exact same wording, format, and settings, so the difference is merely superficial.
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{{ii}} All menu screens, including the graphics and audio settings screens, are unique for both the Human and Martian factions; however, they both have exactly the same wording, format, and settings, so the difference is merely superficial.
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[[File:WOTW_Graphics.png|290px|right|thumb|Graphics settings.]]
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{{Image|WOTW Graphics.png|Graphics settings.}}
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[[File:WOTW_Audio.png|290px|right|thumb|Audio settings.]]
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{{Image|WOTW Audio.png|Audio settings.}}
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{{Video settings
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{{Video
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|wsgf link                  =  
−
|widescreen wsgf award      = incomplete
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|widescreen wsgf award      =  
−
|multimonitor wsgf award    = incomplete
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|multimonitor wsgf award    =  
−
|ultrawidescreen wsgf award = incomplete
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|ultrawidescreen wsgf award =  
−
|4k ultra hd wsgf award    = incomplete
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|4k ultra hd wsgf award    =  
−
|widescreen resolution      = false
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|widescreen resolution      = hackable
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|widescreen resolution notes=  
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|widescreen resolution notes= Screen resolution can be changed in the registry value {{p|hklm}}\SOFTWARE\Rage\Jeff Wayne's 'The War Of The Worlds'\1.00.000\Screen\Size, max width 1497.
 
|multimonitor              = false
 
|multimonitor              = false
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
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|ultrawidescreen            = false
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|ultrawidescreen            = hackable
−
|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
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|ultrawidescreen notes      = Screen resolution can be changed in the registry value {{p|hklm}}\SOFTWARE\Rage\Jeff Wayne's 'The War Of The Worlds'\1.00.000\Screen\Size, max width 1497.
 
|4k ultra hd                = false
 
|4k ultra hd                = false
 
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
 
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
 
|fov                        = false
 
|fov                        = false
 
|fov notes                  =  
 
|fov notes                  =  
−
|windowed                  = false
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|windowed                  = hackable
−
|windowed notes            =  
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|windowed notes            = Use [[Glossary:Windowed#Force windowed mode|DxWnd]] with "Suppress release on backbuffer" and "Do not notify on task switch" flags.
 
|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
−
|anisotropic                = hackable
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|anisotropic                = false
−
|anisotropic notes          = Can be added using your GPU's control panel.
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|anisotropic notes          =  
−
|antialiasing              = hackable
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|antialiasing              = false
−
|antialiasing notes        = Can be added using your GPU's control panel.
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|antialiasing notes        =  
 +
|upscaling                  = false
 +
|upscaling tech            =
 +
|upscaling notes            =
 
|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|vsync notes                =  
−
|oculus rift                = false
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|60 fps                    = false
−
|oculus rift notes         =  
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|60 fps notes               = 30 FPS
−
|120hz                      = unknown
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|120 fps                    = false
−
|120hz notes               =  
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|120 fps notes              =
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|hdr                        = false
 +
|hdr notes                 =  
 
|color blind                = false
 
|color blind                = false
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
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==Input settings==
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==Input==
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{{Input settings
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{{Input
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|acceleration option      = false
 
|acceleration option      = false
 
|acceleration option notes =  
 
|acceleration option notes =  
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|mouse sensitivity        = unknown
 +
|mouse sensitivity notes  =
 
|mouse menu                = true
 
|mouse menu                = true
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
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|controller remap          = false
 
|controller remap          = false
 
|controller remap notes    =  
 
|controller remap notes    =  
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|controller sensitivity    = unknown
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|controller sensitivity notes=
 
|invert controller y-axis  = false
 
|invert controller y-axis  = false
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|touchscreen              = false
 
|touchscreen              = false
 
|touchscreen notes        =  
 
|touchscreen notes        =  
 +
|controller hotplug        = unknown
 +
|controller hotplug notes  =
 +
|haptic feedback          = unknown
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|haptic feedback notes    =
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|simultaneous input        = unknown
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|simultaneous input notes  =
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|steam input api          = unknown
 +
|steam input api notes    =
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|steam hook input          = unknown
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|steam hook input notes    =
 +
|steam input presets      = unknown
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|steam input presets notes =
 +
|steam controller prompts  = unknown
 +
|steam controller prompts notes =
 +
|steam cursor detection    = unknown
 +
|steam cursor detection notes =
 
}}
 
}}
  
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==Audio settings==
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==Audio==
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{{Audio settings
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{{Audio
 
|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume notes    =  
 
|separate volume notes    =  
−
|surround sound          = false
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|surround sound          = true
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|surround sound notes    =  
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|surround sound notes    = Dolby Surround
 
|subtitles                = false
 
|subtitles                = false
 
|subtitles notes          =  
 
|subtitles notes          =  
 
|closed captions          = false
 
|closed captions          = false
 
|closed captions notes    =  
 
|closed captions notes    =  
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|mute on focus lost      = true
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|mute on focus lost      = false
 
|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|eax support              = false
 
|eax support              = false
 
|eax support notes        =  
 
|eax support notes        =  
 +
|royalty free audio      = false
 +
|royalty free audio notes = Game uses licensed music from '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Wayne%27s_Musical_Version_of_The_War_of_the_Worlds Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds]''' and cannot be natively substituted for royalty free equivalents.
 +
|red book cd audio        = true
 +
|red book cd audio notes  =
 +
}}
 +
 +
{{L10n|content=
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = English
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = unknown
 +
|subtitles = unknown
 +
|notes    =
 +
|fan      =
 +
}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
==Issues fixed==
 
==Issues fixed==
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===No CD Audio===
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===Game crashes on start and/or has no CD audio===
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{{Fixbox|1=
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{{ii}} Under XP and higher, the game may be unable to read the CD Audio tracks on the Human (Disc 1/Installation Disc) and Martian (Disc 2) CDs, causing it to think there is no CD-ROM inserted into the disc drive.
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{{Fixbox/fix|Install and configure _inmm.dll}}
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−
{{ii}} Under XP and higher, the game may be unable to read the CD Audio tracks on the Human (Disc 1/Installation Disc) and Martian (Disc 2) CDs, causing it to think there is no CD-ROM inserted into the disc drive. To fix this:
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{{Fixbox|description=Install angrylion's patch|fix=
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:* Follow the instructions found in this [http://www.mediafire.com/view/nmc3zp3n2cu97by/2.+War+of+the+Worlds+PC+Game+%28CD+MUSIC+FIX%29.pdf community-made instruction manual].
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Download and install the patch [https://www.old-games.ru/forum/threads/patchi-vozvraschajuschie-cd-audio-the-patchs-to-restore-cdda-playback.51778/#post-877625 from here].
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
===Game crashes after starting or loading a new game===
 
===Game crashes after starting or loading a new game===
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{{Fixbox|1=
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{{ii}} Under Vista and higher, the game will crash as soon as the strategic map is loaded due to DirectDraw features the game relies upon being deprecated.
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{{Fixbox/fix|Install and configure DXGL}}
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{{ii}} Under Vista and higher, the game will crash as soon as the strategic map is loaded. This is due to DirectDraw features the game relies upon being depreciated in the current versions of DirectX. To resolve this, a DirectDraw compatibility layer called DXGL must be installed and configured. To do so:
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{{Fixbox|description=Install and configure DXGL|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Expack3|date=2013-12-27}}</ref>|fix=
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:# Download the latest installer from the [https://www.williamfeely.info/wiki/DXGL#Downloads official DXGL wiki].
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# Install [https://www.dxgl.info/downloads/ DXGL].
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:# Install DXGL using the installer you downloaded.
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# Once installed, open '''dxglcfg.exe''', DXGL's config application.
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:# Once installed, open '''dxglcfg.exe''', DXGL's config application.
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# Using the "Add..." button, add the following EXEs from the installation folder to DXGL's list of programs: '''WoW.exe''' and '''WOWStart.exe'''
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:# Using the "Add..." button, add the following EXEs from the game's root folder to DXGL's list of programs: '''WoW.exe''' and '''WOWStart.exe'''
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# Run the game as normal.
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:# Run the game as normal.
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}}
 +
 
 +
===Game crashes when transitioning to/from support screens===
 +
{{ii}} Depending on how the game is run (natively, with DXGL, with DxWnd), the game will occasionally crash when switching resolutions for support screens.
 +
 
 +
{{Fixbox|description=Set game resolution to same as support screen resolution|fix=
 +
Edit "{{p|hklm}}\SOFTWARE\Rage\Jeff Wayne's 'The War Of The Worlds'\1.00.000\Screen\Support screen size" to be the same value as
 +
"{{p|hklm}}\SOFTWARE\Rage\Jeff Wayne's 'The War Of The Worlds'\1.00.000\Screen\Size"
 +
 
 +
'''Notes'''
 +
{{ii}} This will make support screens occupy a 640x480 area in the top left surrounded by black borders, but will make screen transitions instant and will stop them occasionally crashing.
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
==Other information==
 +
===API===
 +
{{API
 +
|direct3d versions      =
 +
|direct3d notes        =
 +
|directdraw versions    = 6
 +
|directdraw notes      = No support for hardware acceleration
 +
|opengl versions        =
 +
|opengl notes          =
 +
|glide versions        =
 +
|glide notes            =
 +
|software mode          = true
 +
|software mode notes    = Via DirectDraw.
 +
|mantle support        =
 +
|mantle support notes  =
 +
|vulkan versions        =
 +
|vulkan notes          =
 +
|dos modes              =
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|dos modes notes        =
 +
|shader model versions  =
 +
|shader model notes    =
 +
|windows 32-bit exe    = true
 +
|windows 64-bit exe    = false
 +
|windows arm app        = unknown
 +
|windows exe notes      =
 +
|macos intel 32-bit app =
 +
|macos intel 64-bit app =
 +
|macos arm app          = unknown
 +
|macos app notes        =
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|linux 32-bit executable=
 +
|linux 64-bit executable=
 +
|linux arm app          = unknown
 +
|linux executable notes =
 
}}
 
}}
  
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|OSfamily = Windows
 
|OSfamily = Windows
  
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|minOS    = Windows 95
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|minOS    = 95
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|minproc  = Pentium I 133 (133MHz)
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|minCPU  = Intel Pentium I 133 (133 MHz)
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|minmem   = 16MB
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|minRAM   = 16 MB
−
|minHD    = 120MB
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|minHD    = 120 MB
−
|minGPU  = 1MB graphics card
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|minVRAM  = 1 MB
  
−
|recOS    =
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|recCPU  = Intel Pentium II 333 (333 MHz)
−
|recproc  = Pentium II 333 (333MHz)
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|recRAM   = 64 MB
−
|recmem   = 64MB
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|recVRAM  = 4 MB
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|recHD    =
 
−
|recGPU  = 4MB graphics card
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
{{References}}
 
{{References}}

Latest revision as of 11:20, 25 January 2023

Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds
Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds cover
Developers
Rage Software
Publishers
GT Interactive
Release dates
Windows December 22, 1998
Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds on MobyGames
Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds on Wikipedia
Icon overlay.png

Key points

The game will not work on XP and higher without fixes. See Issues fixed.
The game may not work on Windows Vista and later - even with the aforementioned user-made fixes - unless DXGL is used (see Issues fixed).
Resolution is not unified - strategic and tactical maps display in the resolution chosen in Graphics Settings, while videos, menus, and loading screens always display at 640x480.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Rage\Jeff Wayne's 'The War Of The Worlds'\1.00.000[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SaveGame[Note 2]

Video

All menu screens, including the graphics and audio settings screens, are unique for both the Human and Martian factions; however, they both have exactly the same wording, format, and settings, so the difference is merely superficial.
Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.
Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Screen resolution can be changed in the registry value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Rage\Jeff Wayne's 'The War Of The Worlds'\1.00.000\Screen\Size, max width 1497.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Screen resolution can be changed in the registry value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Rage\Jeff Wayne's 'The War Of The Worlds'\1.00.000\Screen\Size, max width 1497.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Use DxWnd with "Suppress release on backbuffer" and "Do not notify on task switch" flags.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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 and 120+ FPS
30 FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Dolby Surround
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
Game uses licensed music from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds and cannot be natively substituted for royalty free equivalents.
Red Book CD audio
On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Game crashes on start and/or has no CD audio

Under XP and higher, the game may be unable to read the CD Audio tracks on the Human (Disc 1/Installation Disc) and Martian (Disc 2) CDs, causing it to think there is no CD-ROM inserted into the disc drive.
Install angrylion's patch

Download and install the patch from here.

Game crashes after starting or loading a new game

Under Vista and higher, the game will crash as soon as the strategic map is loaded due to DirectDraw features the game relies upon being deprecated.
Install and configure DXGL[1]
  1. Install DXGL.
  2. Once installed, open dxglcfg.exe, DXGL's config application.
  3. Using the "Add..." button, add the following EXEs from the installation folder to DXGL's list of programs: WoW.exe and WOWStart.exe
  4. Run the game as normal.

Game crashes when transitioning to/from support screens

Depending on how the game is run (natively, with DXGL, with DxWnd), the game will occasionally crash when switching resolutions for support screens.
Set game resolution to same as support screen resolution

Edit "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Rage\Jeff Wayne's 'The War Of The Worlds'\1.00.000\Screen\Support screen size" to be the same value as "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Rage\Jeff Wayne's 'The War Of The Worlds'\1.00.000\Screen\Size"

Notes

This will make support screens occupy a 640x480 area in the top left surrounded by black borders, but will make screen transitions instant and will stop them occasionally crashing.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 6 No support for hardware acceleration
Software renderer
Via DirectDraw.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium I 133 (133 MHz) Intel Pentium II 333 (333 MHz)
System memory (RAM) 16 MB 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 120 MB
Video card (GPU) 1 MB of VRAM 4 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. ↑ Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
  2. ↑ 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

  1. ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2013-12-27