Nuclear Dawn
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Developers | |
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InterWave Studios | |
Engines | |
Source | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 26, 2011 |
macOS (OS X) | September 26, 2011 |
Linux | April 20, 2014 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 71 |
IGDB | 82 |
Key points
- Check ND Battle Society for peopled events
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Amazon.com | Digital and retail versions available. | |||
GamersGate | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Use -novid command line argument[citation needed]
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\nucleardawn\cfg[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/17710/remote/cfg/config.cfg <path-to-game>/cfg/config.cfg <path-to-game>/cfg/video.txt |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Only available for mouse smoothing. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Only available for FPS gameplay. | |
Full controller support | You can't navigate through the settings with a controller | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Game, music | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.1 | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | ||||
German | ||||
Russian |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 32 | Versus |
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Online play | 32 | Versus |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | Dedicated Server software is available under Tools in the Steam client. | |
Direct IP |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Issues fixed
Purple and black broken textures
- A generic fix for this issue can be found on our Source engine page.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
OpenGL | 2.1 | OS X and Linux only. |
Shader Model support | 2, 3 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok | |
Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | Steamworks |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 6 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon HD 2900 Nvidia GeForce 8800 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible Shader model 2.0b support |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 6 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon HD 2400 Nvidia GeForce 8600M Intel HD Graphics 3000 |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu or Debian/Linux 12.04 or higher | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 6 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon HD 2400 Nvidia GeForce 8600M Intel HD Graphics 3000 |
Notes
- ↑ 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).