Difference between revisions of "Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate"
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Revision as of 15:33, 27 April 2022
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Developers | |
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Random Games Inc. | |
Publishers | |
Strategic Simulations Inc. | |
GOG.com | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 31, 1998 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Strategy |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Series | Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate |
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate | |
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Subseries of Warhammer 40,000 | |
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate | 1998 |
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters | 2022 |
General information
- Lexicanum - A huge wiki for the Warhammer 40,000 series
- Warhammer 40,000 Chaosgate Cinematic Trailer - BoLS
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
GOG.com | Uses GOG's custom DirectDraw wrapper and IPX configuration tool as of 27 April 2022. |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate Updates contains all the currently released patches for the game.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save_G[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | Enabled on 27 April 2022. |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | 4:3 resolutions only. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | GOG's custom wrapper unable to switch to windowed mode. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Full rebinding in the options menu. | |
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 | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues unresolved
Tooltip performance issues
- Hovering tooltips can slow down the game immensely.
Issues fixed
Game runs very slow on Windows 10 (retail)
Use Elisha's Windows 10 Patch[citation needed] |
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Music volume and animation stuttering fix for Windows 10 (retail)
Follow the procedure[citation needed] |
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Game crashes on startup
Comptability mode[citation needed] |
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Enable the following compatibility settings for
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Crash to desktop on Chaos turn
Editing WeapDef.dat [citation needed]
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Game crashes on mission start
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Graphical corruption
- See Rainbow color problems in older games for solutions.
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 133 MHz or Equivalent | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 80 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 2 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).